clear looking shrimp??

[Ariel110G]

so I went to the water of the belt parkway today with the kids, I had my net with me and I was abel catch these clear looking shrimp, what type are they, good or bad? And if good can I add the to my refugim or tank??

 

[Frank@Wall]

Picture?

 

[Ariel110G]

anyone???

 

[Waleedwale1]

Definitely ghost shrimp

 

[Yani1133]

Grass shrimp. I keep some in my tank that i net off docks and they dont bother anything at all and eat any fish food. If you have larger fish they a great food.

 

[Ariel110G]

so in the refugim or tank?? I got 4 of them so I can put 2 in the sump and 2 in the display tank And will they multiply, so food for my mandarins??

 

[Yani1133]

I kept them in my main tank. They are reallu active and swim all over so i thought they were neat. Im sure theyd do well in your refugium too so more of your preference. Ive seen them carry eggs frequently but never noticed the young.

 

[Rob&Gab]

GHOST SHRIMP! cant wait till summer time. gonna be thousands of ghost Shrimp in the Long island Sound.

 

[Ariel110G]

ok cool, so in the tank and refugim they go

 

[ming]

Ghost/Glass shrimps are freshwater
The ones in OP's picture is Grass shrimps since they were found in saltwater
And they never bothered any coral that I could tell, so tank and fuge is fine.

 

[Waleedwale1]

While they are usually sold in freshwater They can easily be acclimated to saltwater and do fine. A friend of mine had a dwarf lion that he couldnt get to eat and he bought a batch of ghost shrimp (in freshwater) and dumped them in. He ended up giving the lion to someone with more experience and a larger tank, and we saw ghost shrimp swimming around for months afterwards.

 

[Waleedwale1]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1181169
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f45/ghost-shrimp-166129.html

http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f6/how-long-do-ghost-shrimp-last-in-saltwater-122519.html
Read a couple of threads, some people say that they can't get them to live for over 2 days while others say they have kept them for months if not years.

 

[Ariel110G]

Ghost/Glass shrimps are freshwater
The ones in OP's picture is Grass shrimps since they were found in saltwater
And they never bothered any coral that I could tell, so tank and fuge is fine.

Well I did find them in shallow water where there was this type of sea grass growing.
It turns out to be that they are jumpers!!!! One of them that I put in the display tank was found on the floor this morning, I guess my copperband was running after him, and he was a big one!!!
Now my wife will not let me get more!!!!
The other ones are in the sump.

 

[Yani1133]

They all common names for the same group of shrimps so no big deal. There are three different species of them in our local bays alone that only experts with a microscope can tell apart. And ive heard that small ones are a great way to get stubborn copperbands to eat from someone before so guess that is true then. Forgot to mention they love to jump, when i used to feed my lookdown i caught them they would jump and stick to the glass lid, id brush them off days later still alive. Next time your there drag your net along the bottom. There are these burrowing shrimps that are harmless and about the same size that are real cool too.

 

[Rob&Gab]

Yani, Thanks for the info about the ones in the sand i did no know that. Are they a different color? when we first started the Hobby we had a bunch of them. then the Puffer ate them all lol.

only thing im worried about is bringing parasites in to the tank from them. Is that possible ?

 

[Yani1133]

No prob. They pretty common anywhere shallow with sand and they actually change colors from light or dark brown which was really cool. I never have an issue introducing any parasites in my reef for last 3 years adding this stuff, i also add the black mud snails which are great sand stirrers and detritus eaters. I think alot of the parasites end up coming from the holding tanks on their trip to us but could always qt to be super safe. And haha same thing happened to me i had a tank full of all kinds of little shrimps and minnows when i started out. Caught a lookdown in my seiene and was so excited but next day he had a big fat belly. Got a pic of one burried.

 

[Ariel110G]

I as well have some of the black mud snails I got them about a year a go from the same place I got the shrimp yesterday, they are a grate CC for the tank.

I'm working on having a free CC for my tank, are they any good crabs that I can find??