Ghost Shrimp - Transparent Crustacean

After writing a post about the Tire Track Eel (a.k.a. Zig Zag Eel), which was one of the few creatures that didn't make it (survive) in my community tanks, it reminded me of another type of aquatic life that didn't do so well in my aquariums. Have you ever heard of ghost shrimp? Some people also refer to them as glass shrimp, but either way, they are really cool to look at. These little scavengers are transparent crustaceans. Yeah, you can basically see right through them! Just think, when they eat, you can literally see the food work its way through their process of digestion, from one end to other. Well, I don't know if that's a good thing or not, but it is what it is, as they say.

I added a bunch of these to my tanks one time, not realizing how appetizing they would appear to some of the other fish in there; ha! Needless to say, the ghost shrimp may as well have been ghosts, uh, within a couple of hours. LOL! I guess a person would have no problem raising these interesting crustaceans, but only if they are in a tank with tiny little fish and/or not in an aquarium with anything that may consume them.  On a good note, these things are really cheap to buy at pet shops, etc.  I mean really cheap, like 20 or 30 cents each kind of cheap.  So, in a way, if a person wanted to have a separate tank and breed these transparent little things, you could use them for live food for your bigger fish.  Yeah, sort of use them like fish treats and/or light, see-through snacks. Anyway, I posted a few pics of the glass/ghost shrimp in case some of y'all have never seen them before; cheers!

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