Vinny- As you might have suspected, I have raised and bred ghost shrimp. As you well know, when living in Florida all you need is a dip net for all of the "grass" shrimp you can handle. Because of this, after I had successfully bred them and raised young, I designated that tank for other breeding challenges. I started with about 20 individuals in a 10-gallon tank. Like Master's says feed them what you would any fish. I used a spirulina flake because that is what I was feeding a lot of back in the 80's. I'm sure you remember those days when I was an African rift lake FANATIC! I found that sponge filters were the best application in this situation and used a fluorescent light source to grow algae. Like crawfish (Procambarus sp.), I began to see the females carry clusters of eggs under their tail. What I wasn't prepared for was that the once the young hatched they take on a free-swimming larval form that looks nothing like the parents. I would see females without eggs and look for the babies and never find them. Upon closer inspection I finally came to see the schools of shrimp larvae in the water column. They are extremely small and extremely transparent. Upon seeing this I added cultured Euglena to the water often enough to keep the whole tank tinged green and occasionally added powdered flake. The fry developed and eventually dropped out of the water column. I didn't notice any predation by the adult shrimp in the tank. But, I soon added fish to that tank and that was that. Hope this helps... Be good to yourself, Brett ___________________________ Brett Kemker, Ph.D. Dept. of Communication Disorders The Florida State University Tallahassee, Fl. 32306-1200 Ph:850.644.2238 Fax:850.644.8994 -----Original Message----- From: owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com [mailto:owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com]On Behalf Of V Kutty Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 3:12 PM To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com Subject: Re: Ghost Shrimp Was: Microworms Does anybody have any tips on raising Ghost (or Grass) shrimp? These shrimps are GREAT for conditioning dwarf pikes. Everytime I stuff my pikes with these shrimps, the fish spawn. My aggies and bitaeniata also love taking bites out of these shrimps. I had a spare 20 with some plants and algae, so I dumped about a dozen shrimps in there. I have the Charles O. Masters Encyclopedia of Live Foods and it says feed them what you would any fish. Have any of you tried breeding these things? Vinny ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com. Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com. Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!