Pregnant Ghost Shrimp

[minniemouse]

Does anyone know anything about the carrying and raising of ghost shrimp. One of mine is currently carring eggs. There kind of green right now and there is a lot of them. Any advice would be great. Thanks

 

[Invader Xan]

Ok...

Assuming it's a true freshwater ghost shrimp (Palaemontes sp), the mother shrimp will carry the eggs for a few weeks. Once the eggs hatch, the baby shrimp spend a few days in a free swimming larval stage, before growing legs and settling in to life on the ground. The biggest danger to them is while they're swimming, they may either become or be filtered. Some sponge around your filter should prevent them being sucked up, and some java moss or similar should help give them somewhere to hide. That's if you're going to try and raise them in your main tank... Otherwise you might need another.

If it's a different species (and there are a few sold as "Ghost Shrimp"), then it could be more difficult. I don't suppose you could get a picture of her, could you?