Gouramiguy17

Ok so I finally talked my mom into letting me get some Rcs off aquabid I sorta want to get ghost shrimp too but I have heard that they will eat the cherry shrimp babies, will the ghost shimp do that

aquarist48

Good morning Gouramiguy17. I don't have personal experience with the shrimp but I'm sure someone will help you out soon.

harpua2002

I don't know either, but why risk it? Ghost shrimp are much larger than cherry shrimp. If you keep cherry shrimp alone in the right conditions, they will breed a ton. You may even be able to make a little extra cash selling shrimp to the LFS or other hobbyists.

MPrudent

'Ghost' Shrimp is a generic name that covers a lot of species of freshwater shrimp. Some of which will attack smaller shrimp if given the opportunity. Remember, all shrimp are scavengers and will feed on whatever is available to them. I would just go with the colony of RCS and not risk adding the ghost shrimp that could potentially eat the smaller RCS's.

Gouramiguy17

I'm not going to risk it, I can get ghost shrimp any where but I had to specail order rcs from some guy in florida

uprightandlocked

How is your RCS colony doing? I just started mine yesterday with 6 RCS and I'm really excited about it!

Gouramiguy17

it is doing well, it is so cute to turn on the lights when all the fish are sleeping and seeing 2 or 3 baby rcs scurrying around on the back wall