Re-acclimating ghost shrimp

Ok, I know ghost shrimp can and do live in sal****er. So what woud be
a good way to acclimate a large bunch of them to sw. I can get a one
time good deal on a bunch of them, but have no desire to keep them in
freshwater. I would llike to add them to a huge fuge or a separate
tank alonog with some smaller fish that would not eat them, as well
as be able to pull out a few to feed as a treat to certain fish.

Any suggestions appreciated.

I figured I would place em all in a 20 gal tank, with a AC110 hob
filter, live sand and live rock rubble and some calurpea.....but to
start I owuld have em in FW in that tank, and every other day increase
salinity by .001 until I get to a salinity of 1.021, and then just
observe for a week or so, and then once again adjust it every other
day by .001 until I get it to my range of 1.025/1.026 whichis where I
keep all my tanks at......From the time I get to 1.021 I would also
starat to introduce fully cured live sand every day or so along with
live rock......and once I have sufficient sand inplace would introduce
the calurpea. I could use chaeto in th interim until calurpea is all
in the tank.

I know of a few places that sell em all ready acclimated but I am not
willing to paya what they want and would rather take it on myself to
do it and have something to play with in the process.


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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

Freshwater ghost shrimp aren't able to live in sal****er. You'll need to
buy sal****er shrimp. More than likely all your shrimp will die if you put
them in sal****er. Can't recall the exact name of the sal****er "ghost"
shrimp but if you look through Google you can find them. They are two
different shrimps. Hope that helps.

Susan
"Tristan" wrote in message
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Ok, I know ghost shrimp can and do live in sal****er. So what woud be
a good way to acclimate a large bunch of them to sw. I can get a one
time good deal on a bunch of them, but have no desire to keep them in
freshwater. I would llike to add them to a huge fuge or a separate
tank alonog with some smaller fish that would not eat them, as well
as be able to pull out a few to feed as a treat to certain fish.

Any suggestions appreciated.

I figured I would place em all in a 20 gal tank, with a AC110 hob
filter, live sand and live rock rubble and some calurpea.....but to
start I owuld have em in FW in that tank, and every other day increase
salinity by .001 until I get to a salinity of 1.021, and then just
observe for a week or so, and then once again adjust it every other
day by .001 until I get it to my range of 1.025/1.026 whichis where I
keep all my tanks at......From the time I get to 1.021 I would also
starat to introduce fully cured live sand every day or so along with
live rock......and once I have sufficient sand inplace would introduce
the calurpea. I could use chaeto in th interim until calurpea is all
in the tank.

I know of a few places that sell em all ready acclimated but I am not
willing to paya what they want and would rather take it on myself to
do it and have something to play with in the process.


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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

The ghost shrimp that are sold at the local fish store
by me does not keep them in sal****er...well lightly salted water.
I don't believe these fair well in marine tanks...there meant to be live
food.
Live long enough to get chomped.

"Tristan" wrote in message
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Ok, I know ghost shrimp can and do live in sal****er. So what woud be
a good way to acclimate a large bunch of them to sw. I can get a one
time good deal on a bunch of them, but have no desire to keep them in
freshwater. I would llike to add them to a huge fuge or a separate
tank alonog with some smaller fish that would not eat them, as well
as be able to pull out a few to feed as a treat to certain fish.

Any suggestions appreciated.

I figured I would place em all in a 20 gal tank, with a AC110 hob
filter, live sand and live rock rubble and some calurpea.....but to
start I owuld have em in FW in that tank, and every other day increase
salinity by .001 until I get to a salinity of 1.021, and then just
observe for a week or so, and then once again adjust it every other
day by .001 until I get it to my range of 1.025/1.026 whichis where I
keep all my tanks at......From the time I get to 1.021 I would also
starat to introduce fully cured live sand every day or so along with
live rock......and once I have sufficient sand inplace would introduce
the calurpea. I could use chaeto in th interim until calurpea is all
in the tank.

I know of a few places that sell em all ready acclimated but I am not
willing to paya what they want and would rather take it on myself to
do it and have something to play with in the process.


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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

How come you're not trashing this NG like you are the other aquarium groups
Tristan?

"Tristan" wrote in message
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Ok, I know ghost shrimp can and do live in sal****er. So what woud be
a good way to acclimate a large bunch of them to sw. I can get a one
time good deal on a bunch of them, but have no desire to keep them in
freshwater. I would llike to add them to a huge fuge or a separate
tank alonog with some smaller fish that would not eat them, as well
as be able to pull out a few to feed as a treat to certain fish.

Any suggestions appreciated.

I figured I would place em all in a 20 gal tank, with a AC110 hob
filter, live sand and live rock rubble and some calurpea.....but to
start I owuld have em in FW in that tank, and every other day increase
salinity by .001 until I get to a salinity of 1.021, and then just
observe for a week or so, and then once again adjust it every other
day by .001 until I get it to my range of 1.025/1.026 whichis where I
keep all my tanks at......From the time I get to 1.021 I would also
starat to introduce fully cured live sand every day or so along with
live rock......and once I have sufficient sand inplace would introduce
the calurpea. I could use chaeto in th interim until calurpea is all
in the tank.

I know of a few places that sell em all ready acclimated but I am not
willing to paya what they want and would rather take it on myself to
do it and have something to play with in the process.


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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

"Tristan" wrote
There would be a reward in it for you if yu can get CArol Gulley aka
Zebulon there and keep her sorry ass there until the cowes come home!
There would be a bonus if you could also snatch up her butthole buddy
Ed Alston. Then USENET would be pretty well troll and trouble free.

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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!


"Susan" wrote in message
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Freshwater ghost shrimp aren't able to live in sal****er. You'll need to
buy sal****er shrimp. More than likely all your shrimp will die if you
put
them in sal****er. Can't recall the exact name of the sal****er "ghost"
shrimp but if you look through Google you can find them. They are two
different shrimps. Hope that helps.

Susan
"Tristan" wrote in message
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Ok, I know ghost shrimp can and do live in sal****er. So what woud be
a good way to acclimate a large bunch of them to sw. I can get a one
time good deal on a bunch of them, but have no desire to keep them in
freshwater. I would llike to add them to a huge fuge or a separate
tank alonog with some smaller fish that would not eat them, as well
as be able to pull out a few to feed as a treat to certain fish.

Any suggestions appreciated.

I figured I would place em all in a 20 gal tank, with a AC110 hob
filter, live sand and live rock rubble and some calurpea.....but to
start I owuld have em in FW in that tank, and every other day increase
salinity by .001 until I get to a salinity of 1.021, and then just
observe for a week or so, and then once again adjust it every other
day by .001 until I get it to my range of 1.025/1.026 whichis where I
keep all my tanks at......From the time I get to 1.021 I would also
starat to introduce fully cured live sand every day or so along with
live rock......and once I have sufficient sand inplace would introduce
the calurpea. I could use chaeto in th interim until calurpea is all
in the tank.

I know of a few places that sell em all ready acclimated but I am not
willing to paya what they want and would rather take it on myself to
do it and have something to play with in the process.


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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

It's so much easier to just get salt water ghost
shrimp. One method is to put them in 50% salt water,
and then put them in full salt in 24 hours. Another
method is slowly increasing the salinity. The thing
is, though, you are likely to loose quite a few
shrimp trying to adapt them, but some are likely to
live.

I once adapted a crawdad to salt water. That took a
lot of work to figure that one out.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


Tristan wrote on 2/6/2007 9:03 PM:
Ok, I know ghost shrimp can and do live in sal****er. So what woud be
a good way to acclimate a large bunch of them to sw. I can get a one
time good deal on a bunch of them, but have no desire to keep them in
freshwater. I would llike to add them to a huge fuge or a separate
tank alonog with some smaller fish that would not eat them, as well
as be able to pull out a few to feed as a treat to certain fish.

Any suggestions appreciated.

I figured I would place em all in a 20 gal tank, with a AC110 hob
filter, live sand and live rock rubble and some calurpea.....but to
start I owuld have em in FW in that tank, and every other day increase
salinity by .001 until I get to a salinity of 1.021, and then just
observe for a week or so, and then once again adjust it every other
day by .001 until I get it to my range of 1.025/1.026 whichis where I
keep all my tanks at......From the time I get to 1.021 I would also
starat to introduce fully cured live sand every day or so along with
live rock......and once I have sufficient sand inplace would introduce
the calurpea. I could use chaeto in th interim until calurpea is all
in the tank.

I know of a few places that sell em all ready acclimated but I am not
willing to paya what they want and would rather take it on myself to
do it and have something to play with in the process.


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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!