I have a 35 gal tank, heavily planted, containing 16 golden topwater, 5 flagfish, and 4 very small darters. When I set it up I also put 22 ghost shrimp in as a clean up crew. There's also some large pieces of "driftwood" with lots of nooks and crannies.
My question is, I am unable to see a single shrimp; do these guys hide during the day? I'm sure that the fish are too small to eat 'em. Do ghost shrimp burrow at all into the substrate? I looked into the tank with a flashlight when dark, and still I couldn't find any. What could have happened? I just can't figure this one out.
Where Did Those Darn Ghost Shrimp Go?
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, Nov 22 2007 09:55 PM
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Posted 22 November 2007 - 09:59 PM
My guess is that they were eaten. I have seen guppies eat ghost shrimp, so I see no reason, the fish you have could not eat them.I have a 35 gal tank, heavily planted, containing 16 golden topwater, 5 flagfish, and 4 very small darters. When I set it up I also put 22 ghost shrimp in as a clean up crew. There's also some large pieces of "driftwood" with lots of nooks and crannies.
My question is, I am unable to see a single shrimp; do these guys hide during the day? I'm sure that the fish are too small to eat 'em. Do ghost shrimp burrow at all into the substrate? I looked into the tank with a flashlight when dark, and still I couldn't find any. What could have happened? I just can't figure this one out.
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Posted 22 November 2007 - 10:12 PM
Ghost shrimp also like to climb out of fish tanks. I had the same problem and noticed some dried up on the floor. Those were the ones my cats didn't eat!
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Posted 22 November 2007 - 10:13 PM
Yeah i forgot about the time my kitten followed a ghost shrimp across the living room floor before eating it.Ghost shrimp also like to climb out of fish tanks. I had the same problem and noticed some dried up on the floor. Those were the ones my cats didn't eat!
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Posted 22 November 2007 - 10:47 PM
Try looking in the tank with a flashlight after lights out. Their eyes reflect. Looks like they're glowing.
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Posted 22 November 2007 - 10:49 PM
Oh wait, you said ghost my brain substituted grass. Are they the same thing?
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Posted 22 November 2007 - 11:51 PM
OK so I looked in to it. Seems grass and ghost are interchangable. The ones I've kept came from brackish water or freshwater subjected to occasional saltwater overwash from storms.
Like I said, the eyes glow in a flashlight beam.
Like I said, the eyes glow in a flashlight beam.
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Posted 23 November 2007 - 11:50 AM
Golden Ear Topminnows will eat them up yum.
They need to be in vegetated peaceful tanks. Ive never seen any crawl out of my tank... hum.
I catch them in a local spring fed pond here in landlocked Tennessee.
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They need to be in vegetated peaceful tanks. Ive never seen any crawl out of my tank... hum.
I catch them in a local spring fed pond here in landlocked Tennessee.
Casper
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Posted 23 November 2007 - 01:32 PM
And I don't think your darters are too small... I have been very surprised to see what I thought were small torquoise darters chase down, corner and eat a shrimp that didn't look like it but did just barely fit in their mouth...
I have never been able to keep grass/glass/ghost shrimp alive in any tank with darter as the fish just love 'em!
I have kept some from the Mingo swamp alive in a tank with their Fundulus neighbors from the convention a couple of years ago.
I have never been able to keep grass/glass/ghost shrimp alive in any tank with darter as the fish just love 'em!
I have kept some from the Mingo swamp alive in a tank with their Fundulus neighbors from the convention a couple of years ago.
Golden Ear Topminnows will eat them up yum.
They need to be in vegetated peaceful tanks. Ive never seen any crawl out of my tank... hum.
I catch them in a local spring fed pond here in landlocked Tennessee.
Casper
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Posted 23 November 2007 - 02:40 PM
I have two ghost shrimp in a tank with a bluespotted sunfish, two black bullheads, a brook stickleback, and a bunch of minnows. I don't have any problems. It might help that the shrimp are bigger than the fish.
The good part for you, HooperG, is that your fish got a good meal, so it wasn't a waste to put the shrimp in.
The good part for you, HooperG, is that your fish got a good meal, so it wasn't a waste to put the shrimp in.
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