do ghost shrimp need...

[SConrad]

Hi all,

I just bought some Ghost Shrimp from the LFS and I need to know if they need airation...i want to put them in my betta bowls to cut down on the cleaning but i dont know if they need air bubbles or not...PLZ HELP ME!

 

[BirdofPray]

Mine have lived fine without aeration in my betta's tanks. Of course, that's until my betta's ate them.

 

[SConrad]

well i put the biggest one i could find in with my female and they seem to be getting along fine, i just dont know about the airation part.

 

[cutecotton]

they dotn' need aeration, i keep mine in a 10G tank with my bettas and it has no air pumps (just a filter but that's hardly any aeration)

 

[SConrad]

well, i put the biggest one i could find in with my female and she killed him after only a few minutes she didn't eat him though, but i definatly wont put any in the males tanks

 

[cutecotton]

lol u know whats funny, i got 4 males each with a ghost shrimp for like a month now and they never attack them i guess it varies from betta to betta. I got some in with teh females and nothing hapepned either

 

[dixaisy930]

Ghost shrimp really just need the bare essentials.

It's funny, I have ghost shrimp in with all of my bettas, and one of the big female ghost shrimp took over my betta's flower pot, and hasn't let him in it since. I don't think he knows he could take her down.

 

[SConrad]

lol
well i guess my betta's just a bad (|) if you know what i mean lol

how big are these shrimp gunna get? they might just be young right now, not sure how old they are.

 

[cutecotton]

not very big, only about 1" to 1.5" when they reach adulthood

 

[SConrad]

well i'd say the biggest one i had was 3/4" to 1"

 

[StanTheBetta]

Well as long as we're on the subject, how long do ghost shrimp live? I'd like to put one in my 2.5 with Kobe. Hopefully he will leave it alone, but I guess if he eats it it'll be a live food treat for him

 

[SConrad]

good question, im wondering the same thing...

 

[Teelie]

About 1.5 years or so. I've seen some as large as 2" as well. There are several species of Ghost Shrimp and I think one of them gets to be 2" in size.

 

[SConrad]

thanks teelie

 

[Bigjula]

I want one. Haven't seen any in Sydney though. Are there any special considerations for them?