Ghost Shrimp

[Valkyrie]

Wondering because I would like to put some in my stonefish's aquarium so that they can clean up after the feeder fish before they are eaten (the Thing often takes a week or two to devour his rosies). I have little doubt that he would eventually eat the shrimp, too, but that's why I'm so interested in such a cheap bottomfeeder. My problem is that the Thing--the Freshwater Stonefish--is actually brackish, not freshwater. So can Ghost Shrimp live in brackish water, or are they salt-sensitive?

 

[moray]

they should be fine in brackish, my brackish have them in, and they do well, they don't like it too hot and they need plenty of oxygen.

 

[AMS]

Ghost Shrimp are very hardy and are indeed salt tolerant of specific gravities up to 1.005, anything above this would be risky. If I remember correctly do occasionally live in slightly salty waters in the wild.

 

[randyttp]

Actually most Ghost Shrimp these days are miss-identified, and instead of a real ghost shrimp (or glass shrimp rather) they are a diffrent species which is brackish... Chances are if you got your ghost Shrimp from a commercial/big store then you have brackish ghost shrimp.
I cant remember the exact scientific names for each so you can tell the diffrence.. I will look it up again.



.. I can say though, they are extremly hardy. Before I figured out this diffrence I had ghost shrimp living in a 10gal freshwater for a long time.. It turns out they were the brackish kind and as far as I could tell they didnt seem to mind at all, in fact they flourished in my tank.

And one more thing, someone said they like cooler waters. I think they like warmer waters. The warmer the water the more active they tend to get. And they are fun to watch. I would say 79-82 degress F.
One report I read on them said that they can get so active in warmer waters they have been known to attack fish before. now that would be fun to see.

 

[Dragonscales]

They are more active in warmer water due to a rise in metabolism, fish exhibit this too. Unfortunantly it also results in a shorter lifecycle on average. The same can be seen in people, those from a more temperate climate (not too cold though) generally live longer than people from tropical climates.

Personally I keep all my fish on the cooler side of recommended temps.