Ghost Shrimp Still Living Well At 1.011

[phlawed]

I havnt added any ghost shrimp for quite some time, and thought they had all been eaten, but after looking eel all over the place i have spotted a few still living and eating (could see their belly was full haha). Salinity is now 1.011. I am wandering how much salt can they truly take? These are everyday freshwater ghost shrimp you find at any chain store BTW.

 

[andywg]

Most of the ghost shrimp sold in the UK are in fact a brackish species that can survive in a fairly wide range of salinity. I have some that are doing ok in pure FW, though most die off (if not eaten) within 48 hours. I put this down to a salinity shock as I know the lfs keeps them in a brackish tank as they come out of the Thames estuary.

I have read somewhere (but forget now) of some people being able to acclimate them up towards marine for short times (which I hope to do to be able to use them as a good food for marine preds).

Of course all the above could be entirely superfluous if the species he is massively different to the ones you get over there...

 

[~T~]

I have sucessfully kept them in brackish too until my moray eventually realised they were edible