What do ghost shrimp eat?

? just the things that float around in the tank?

 

They are scavengers and usually eat anythig that falls to the bottom like a cory cat does.

 

They are scavengers and usually eat anythig that falls to the bottom like a cory cat does.

basically leftover food, algae, and stuff like that

 

Leftover food, algae and fish waste....

 

I found a deal on these. I bought 20 of them for 30 cents each.

My tank is clean....and I shouldn't have to vacuum it ever again. LOL

They are constantly eating something, my driftwood, algae...anything not tied down or glass. LOL

 

lol!! that's the shrimp! they cost nothing to keep!!! they'll always find something to scavenge on! they are rather partial to algae wafers should they get to them before the pleco notices!!

 

lol!! that's the shrimp! they cost nothing to keep!!! they'll always find something to scavenge on! they are rather partial to algae wafers should they get to them before the pleco notices!! 

I wish I could get my pleco off the glass long enough to get an algae wafer. I dropped one on his head yesterday, literally, and he ignored it. He just sat there, stuck to the glass. Honestly, he's been doing the same thing since I got him home. Of course, he's growing, but still. And yes....the ghosties cleaned up the mess. LOL

I have become convinced that I only have to do water changes, no substrate vacuuming. And, honestly, that'll save me time, cuz...I got a big hose that sucks out 25% water in a few minutes.

 

lol!! that's the shrimp! they cost nothing to keep!!! they'll always find something to scavenge on! they are rather partial to algae wafers should they get to them before the pleco notices!!

I wish I could get my pleco off the glass long enough to get an algae wafer. I dropped one on his head yesterday, literally, and he ignored it. He just sat there, stuck to the glass. Honestly, he's been doing the same thing since I got him home. Of course, he's growing, but still. And yes....the ghosties cleaned up the mess. LOL

I have become convinced that I only have to do water changes, no substrate vacuuming. And, honestly, that'll save me time, cuz...I got a big hose that sucks out 25% water in a few minutes.

I have this tall hex and it's a nightmare to vacuum: because of the limited floor surface, there's always poop in the gravel, no matter how often you do it. I have another, long, tank of a similar volume and there's never anything to vacuum. So am hardly ever vacuuming that one. All this to say, a vacuumless world is within our reach, shrimp or no shrimp.

 

LOL, well, I am using silica, sand blsting, sand as the subtrate. Honestly, the only thing I do is stir the sand. I don't really vacuum it, unless it needs it now, and my cleaning crew deals with 90% of it, and piles up the 10% they can't deal with. :

 

silica sand is great for that get some mts, and you won't even have to stir!

 

That's true. But, then...I'd have to get something to eat the mts. LOL

 

That's true. But, then...I'd have to get something to eat the mts. LOL

why's that? I just let mine stay and stir

 

will ghost shrimp eat any of these?
algae green and black
algae wafers
shrimp pellets
baby fish(speciafically guppy fry)
fish eggs(specifically zebra danio eggs)
leftover food
plants
dead fish
thanks for any help

 

I feed mine frozen bloodworms and Omega One veggy rounds and what ever they find in the gravel. They don't eat plants, they are more meat eaters.

 

I didnt know they liked blood worms cool! but will they eat my baby fish and will they clean up the algae around my tank and maybe a dead fish if I happen to lose one and I can't find it?

 

Mine liked algae wafers, but only put a small peice in for them or you'll have a mess.
They loved blood worms and were fun to watch them skI'm across the top after them.
They also ate left over fish flakes and algae.

 

ill have to try the blood worm thing but I think my other fish will get to them first. so do they clean algae or not I'm getting mixed answers from different places?

 

No not really. There is different kind that do a very good job,but I can't think of their name right now. It starts with a A.

 

Mine did, but just off the plants and decorations, not off the sides of the tank.
I don't think you should rely on algae as their main source of food.

 

I don't they are fed algae and shrimp pellets with left over food from feeding. the pellets are also for my cory cat and my whiptail cat they all love them! andy65 the shrimp you were thinking of are amano shrimp.