Ghost Shrimps 6,5,4......1........still alive?!?

[SnowJob]

Question; do bettas eat ghost shrimps ? or Corys ? or Plecos ? or Barbs ?

Started with 6 shrimps........I'm down to one !!!

My fish look a little too well fed

 

[moray]

what sort of barbs? Most fish think of shrimp as food, so it depends on what size the shrimp are, and what size the fish.

 

[fishwatcher]

Have you found any bodies of the shrimp? Mine die all the time... I just buy more about every 3-4 weeks. I usually find a soft body laying on the floor of the tank. I think they molt and then the fish end up biting them. My fish never do eat them though, as I always find the body intact. It's just soft and pink.

 

[utahfish]

yeah i had 12 and they lasted for a couple of weeks, luckily they are only 7 for a dollar so i can afford it. they die mostly when they shed. i dont know if the water parameters for fish and shrimp are so different that they cant hack it but yeah they die pretty quickly which is sad.