Are My Shrimp Ok?

LucyC
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HI guys! I went out last night and got three amano shrimp, but I didn't notice until after I got home that one of them looks very different and might actually be a ghost shrimp? Ignoring his I acclimated them and left them in a bucket overnight with some plants. This morning the two shrimp that were amanos were laying on they're sides barely moving, but the other one was unaffected. I thought it might have been too cold in the bucket and that might have been why they looked dead, so right now they're floating in a bag in a heated tank and acting better, but still a little strange, so I have 2 questions.

1. What is wrong with the 2 Amanos?

2. What kind is the other shrimp?

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Idk if you can see in the pic but it has a green blob underneath on its stomach, kind of like a ghost shrimp?
 

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LucyC
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The 2 Amanos are fine now I think they were just cold but I still need to know what kind the other is and if it's safe with fish
 

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The 2 Amanos are fine now I think they were just cold but I still need to know what kind the other is and if it's safe with fish

It’s a ghost shrimp, and the green things you see are eggs. It’s safe with most fish, unless the fish are big enough to eat it.
 
LucyC
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It’s a ghost shrimp, and the green things you see are eggs. It’s safe with most fish, unless the fish are big enough to eat it.

Ok, thanks will the eggs hatch?

Also will it eat algae or do I have to feed it?
 
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Ok, thanks will the eggs hatch?

Also will it eat algae or do I have to feed it?

The female shrimp will release the eggs when they are ready to hatch, but they most likely won't survive unless you have plenty of coverage for them to hide in, or else the other fish will eat the shrimplets.

I fed my ghost shrimps shrimp pellets, algae wafers, and they also ate off of the pleco veggies.
 

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