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What is the best setup and how do you go about breeding ghost shrimp?

Thanks openwater.

For me it was a 29 gallon tank with an undergravel filter. We only used one side of it with one uplift tube connected to a power head turned on low. Pea sized gravel, colored blue to see the shrimp better. We did water changes once a month being careful not to suck any up. Molting ghost shrimp will give you the impression that one has died, but that's not the case. They loose their skin every once in a while whenever they grow. A female carrying babies will look like little moving legs under the belly area, kinda a darker spot. Get a sinking food that is red or green and you can see the food being digested. Feed once a day or less. You can even keep them with fancy guppies, just provide plenty of hiding places.
Good luck.

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Thanks for the info.
Another question, how fast do they reproduce?
thanks......openwater

how many ghost shrimp did you start with to start breeding?

i also was interseted in ghost shrimp. i plan to start with about 50 of them. i plan to put about 3/4 into two molly ten gallons and try to breed the other half.

To answer the question above, I have none right now, but I was wondering what would be a good number for a ten gallon.
thanks............openwater

With no fish probably like 50. That whey if they did breed there would be no fish around to eat them.

How fast do u think the reproduction rate would be?
thanks..................openwater