River Shrimp

[mrs shrimp]

Hi everyone,
Does anyone else keep these? I believe they are also known as Ghost shrimp?

Val

[AdeDunn]

Careful there, the shrimp usually sold as river shrimp are usually a brackish estuarine species. So do make sure of the species before you buy.

Ade

[mrs shrimp]

Thanks for that Ade, here is the link to the shrimp I was looking at, can you ID them for me?
Thanks,

Val

http://www.reefphyto.co.uk/products/...er-Shrimp.html

[sorab]

They are the shrimp Ade is warning about. They survive in hard water for a time but are a brackish species. The American glass/ghost shrimp is sometimes available in fish shops but not often in UK, it looks much the same and is a freshwater shrimp, I'm assuming you are in UK as the link is a UK shop.
Cheers
Peter

[Ulli Bauer]

Hi,

could be Palaemonetes varians (a very common food shrimp for large fish over here), and, as Peter and Ade say, a brackish to marine species.
The article says they can live in a seahorse tank (if they're not eaten, that is), so they have to be a marine species.
Ghost/glass shrimp are freshwater species.

Cheers
Ulli

[mrs shrimp]

Thank you all SO much for all the help and advice!!

Val