Reply With QuoteYes.. ghost shrimps are no veggie/algae lovers.. They are fierce and even known to ambush and whack fishes larger than themselves..
Hi Guys,
Just FYI, the ghost shrimp will rip your moss like there's no tomorrow.
I just setup a small moss tank and intended to put Cherry/CRS inside.
But I dunno don't know whether my water condition is good for them, so I decided to buy some ghost shrimps for testing purposes.
Seems like they're doing very well, but sooner I realized there's a lot of small particles in my water. I got no idea what it is.
Later I've found out my java moss & spiky moss was ripped/dismantled by them.
OMG!!! All broken and floating around the water.
I thought they're carnivorous, anyone can confirm on this?
Last edited by Justikanz; 30th May 2006 at 13:53.
There's no perfect aquarium but a satisfied one
Yes.. ghost shrimps are no veggie/algae lovers.. They are fierce and even known to ambush and whack fishes larger than themselves..
Who made up all these rules?
We follow 'em like fools.
Believe 'em to be true.
Don't care to think 'em through.
but why they're ripping all my moss into bits?
There's no perfect aquarium but a satisfied one
Coz Because they simply love to rip things apart?
Last edited by Justikanz; 30th May 2006 at 13:53.
Who made up all these rules?
We follow 'em like fools.
Believe 'em to be true.
Don't care to think 'em through.
The juggling apprentice fish
These creatures are fierce but still largely omnivorous and scavengers... Opportunistic feeders, I might add... Anything they fancy and is available, they will try...
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The ghost shrimps i see that the 6ft display tank at Rainbow farm in lck are 10cm length. Some are even blue in colour
Cheers,
Andrew
my ex-ghost shrimps simply loves christmas moss. bad combination.
my cherries usually leaves my moss unharm
kktan: Maybe you added too many ghost shrimps? I also have them in my 2ft Xmas moss tank. A few only in the moss jungle. But I don't see any floating bits of mosses.
Feed them some food and see if they stop disturbing your mosses?
koah fong
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