Fw (fresh Water) Shrimp......

[jayjay]

i'm looking for cheap shrimp in the u.k i know in the u.s ghost shrimp are really cheap but where i live there not so i'm looking for other idea's people have.

they have to be small no bigger than an inch and will be kept with betta, that is why they need to be cheap incase something happens and a few get eaten before they are large enough to not be prey for a betta.

any suggestions welcome

cheers for any help in advance

 

[Bloo]

Nah, they're not oddballs - they belong under the Invertebrates, Amphibians & Aquatic Reptiles Forum

Yep, ghost shrimp are probably the cheapest you'd find to keep with your betta. Ask your lfs to order some in for you if they don't have any in. Or phone around a few shops in your area - there's bound to be at least one shop with some in stock.

 

[jayjay]

sorry for putting it in this section.

they have the shrimp in stock it's just their like £1.50/£2 each in most of my lfs and i don't really wana pay that for a little shrimp that might get eaten.

cheers anyway

 

[Bloo]

that sounds pretty expensive for ghost shrimp. Are you sure that's what they are selling them as? Doesn't sound right. Amano Shrimp (Cardina Japonica) / Algae Shrimp, perhaps at that price, but ghost shrimp unlikely.

 

[Dwarfs]

Ghost shrimp are expensive over by me too. They are around 2-3 dollars each

 

[jayjay]

that sounds pretty expensive for ghost shrimp. Are you sure that's what they are selling them as? Doesn't sound right. Amano Shrimp (Cardina Japonica) / Algae Shrimp, perhaps at that price, but ghost shrimp unlikely.

ye, they sell both for the same price. .

i'm asking because i see people always saying how cheap ghost shrimp are and i just want some to add to my betta's for i bit more to watch(not saying the betta's aren't enough)

 

[kubora666]

we got soem where i work!
gm aquatics in the east midlands , northampton. weve also got red fire lobsters ( type of shrimp )
i cant remember the price but i know the ghost shrimps are cheap .

 

[jayjay]

ye, that's what i'm looking for but i can't get to northampton atm.

does where you work ship?

cheers

 

[wendywc]

Just to let you kknow, I had put in two ghost shrimp with my betta last month. She ate the smaller one that night and the next week, the other one died of stress --- she would constantly chase it whenever it moved.

 

[jayjay]

some people say that and some people say their fine with betta. i want shrimp because snails make alot of mess and some have uncontrollable numbers as in one of my other tanks.

what sort of set-up was your betta and shrimp in. i'm hoping of putting rocks with gaps at the bottom of mine along with flower pots cut side ways lead on the bottom and maybe some pots with a bit knocked out at the bottom like i use for dwarf chiclids in other tanks in the past. i think that would give the shrimp a chance. also i'd put some bunches of plants if i could or i'd use alot of plastic and some floating real plants.

cheers

 

[Bloo]

How big/small is the betta tank ? Have you considered an adf as companion instead ?

 

[jayjay]

it's only a little 5 gallon. but a was planning on having a tank divide, with a gap at the bottom not to big so the betta could get under but enough for say shrimp and put pebbles up against it so the betta's definetly won't get under.

adf's need bloodworms though and i've been through that with loads of species of fish and have just noe had to stop buying blood worm so often. they also make alot of mess so aren't that pratical. i used to have a adf cute and everything but i don't really want anymore.

i used to have a clawed albino frog aswel that grew the size of my fist. it was huge! it ate mollies whole. i know that's not what your suggesting but thought i'd say anyway.

cheers

 

[pieman]

Ebay!

http/home-garden.search.ebay.co.uk/shrim...sofocusZunknown

There may be too many in one go, sorry if it isn't any good.

 

[kubora666]

at our work we put a piece of drift wood with a plant growing on it in teh tank and any sign of danger the shrimps swim into the plant, id try that i cant realy see a betta chasing a shrimp in a plant can you ?

 

[jayjay]

well i now have my betta, he's on his own in a 4 gallon i'm not sure if i'm going to put anything else in but still am looking for shrimp.

i can't use ebay as i don't have a credit card/ payla account and stuff. i normally get someone i know to buy the stuff for me and i just pay them.

if there were to many shrimp in a bulk pack i could put a few with my chiclids i feed them gamma shrimp which are about the same size and they eat them.