ghost shrimp

[ram man]

ok, my mantis is finaly comeing out of hiding! i was wondering if you can aclimate ghost shrimp to salt water? since they will be mantis food could i just drop them in? or will they not survive at all in salt water?

 

[lordroad]

I've seen vids of mantis going to town on ghost shrimp. Odds are they won't last any longer in salt as they do in fresh... out of ten I try to keep as non-feeders, in two or three days I usually only have one or two alive.

I'd just drop them in, maybe keep them in a bait bucket with an air stone for a couple days to feed the shrimp more later.

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

i have two salt water aquariums. i buy them as because i like them but they usually end up as feeder fish. the longest i have had one was like a month... then he got eaten.