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Everything worth knowing about ghost shrimp

Guides covering ghost shrimp care, from cycling an aquarium to molting, disease and breeding. Written in plain language for aquarium keepers.

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Care

Ghost Shrimp Care: The Complete Guide

The one guide to start with. Tank size, water chemistry, feeding, molting and the handful of mistakes responsible for most ghost shrimp deaths.

9 min read

Ghost Shrimp Water Parameters Explained

Target ranges, what each parameter actually controls, and why stability matters more than hitting a perfect number.

7 min read

What to Feed Ghost Shrimp

What they eat, how much, how often, plus how to gut-load shrimp being used as feeders so they pass nutrition on.

6 min read

Setup

Ghost Shrimp Aquarium Setup, Step by Step

From empty glass to stocked tank: cycling timeline, filtration choices, substrate, planting and how to know the tank is genuinely ready.

8 min read

Health

Common Ghost Shrimp Diseases and Problems

Vorticella, muscular necrosis, bacterial infection and copper poisoning, how to tell them apart and what to actually do.

7 min read

Breeding

Reference

The Best (and Worst) Ghost Shrimp Tank Mates

Safe community species, borderline cases, and the fish that will treat a 40-dollar cleanup crew as an expensive snack.

6 min read

Ghost Shrimp Frequently Asked Questions

Short, direct answers to the questions we get most often, from stocking density to shipping delays.

7 min read

Shipping

How Live Shrimp Are Shipped, and How to Acclimate Them

Shipping schedule and acclimation guidance for live freshwater ghost shrimp.

6 min read

Comparison

Ghost Shrimp vs Cherry Shrimp: Which Should You Keep?

Two very different animals that get recommended interchangeably. Breeding, hardiness, cost and temperament, side by side.

6 min read

From order to tank

  1. 1Order your pack. Orders placed before noon Eastern on Wednesday will most likely ship that same week.
  2. 2We ship Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday from New Smyrna Beach, Florida, so boxes do not sit over a weekend.
  3. 3Open the box on arrival, float the bag to match temperature, then drip acclimate.
  4. 4Net the shrimp into a cycled tank with cover. Never pour shipping water into the aquarium.

Frequently asked questions

Start with the ghost shrimp care guide. It covers tank size, water, diet and molting.

More in-depth guides

Stocking, feeding, breeding and more on our Shrimp Guides site.

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