pinky93

i found some shrimp(i don't kno what kind) in my tank. They are less than a cm long and they not growing.What's goin on?

Chief_waterchanger

Able to get pictures?
What color are they? (red, green, blue, clear, etc?)
How long has it been since you found them? Some shrimp grow slowly (in comparison to others)

pinky93

they're clear and i found them some weeks ago when changing the water.They're too small to see with my camera.

Chief_waterchanger

They could be ghost shrimp, cardinia shrimp, juvenile cherry shrimp, etc. More than likely they are probably ghost shrimp, because a lot of stores carry those as feeder shrimp. They are clear and get to about an inch and a half in size, and don't really count towards the bioload. It would take 30-50 of the things before a noticable bioload/biomass would be noticed.

pinky93

ok. so why aren't they growing?

Chief_waterchanger

Shrimp grow slowly, they are growing, but not very fast. It takes a ghost shrimp normally like 6 months to get decent size.

pinky93

ok but they reproduce faster!