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I want to know all about ghost shrimp:

* What size tank do they need?
* What do you feed them?
* How many can I have in one tank?

They do not get very big and do not really have much of a bio-load so you can pretty much have as many as you want. I have 9 in my 10g. (but I also have a small bn, an adult female guppy, some fry and some snails). They do an awesome job keeping things clean.
As I stated in another thread I was trying to breed snails for my friend who has some clown loaches but they keep eating the eggs! I also have a big peice of hornwart and when I feed the little food for the guppy fry it gets all in the hornwart but now that I have the ghost shrimp they keep that clean too.


You don't really have to worry about feeding them unless you only have a minimal amount of fish which wouldn't leave much food for the shrimp (they are scavengers) but they will eat anything you put in there.

[span class="edited"][Edited by Phone'sMate 2004-07-13 06:32][/span]

Here's some basic info.

They will help clean up the bottom but they aren't algae eaters. And some fish will eat them.

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they seem very fragile, how long do they live? Will platys and gouramis eat them? Do they eat fish poo?