Can you keep jumbo shrimp in reef tank?

anememoni · 01/03/2009, 09:06 PM

Can you keep those live jumbo shrimp from the supermarket in a reef tank?

indianagrays · 01/03/2009, 09:16 PM

i am thinking they may cause a cycle....just guessing....hahaha

RicksReefs · 01/03/2009, 09:21 PM

no. while they'll live just fine, they'll eat all the pods, worms, etc. they can find. they're not shy about going down the throat of a coral to steal the food either.

my experimental bait shrimp (same as market shrimp) got pulled and ended up getting fed to the corals and fish.

Fish_wiz2 · 01/03/2009, 09:25 PM

I don't think so as they are cold water species. but if you have a cold water tank then it should be alright

anememoni · 01/03/2009, 09:30 PM

Haha...thanks, just wondering because they a lot cheaper than 1 cleaner shrimp. Oh well, I think it will do just fine in a hot water tank with cocktail sauce.

RicksReefs · 01/03/2009, 10:04 PM

food shrimp aren't cold water. most come from the gulf coast (a.k.a. bubba gump shrimp) although I did work a shrimp boat out of north carolina many many years ago.

plyr58 · 01/03/2009, 10:55 PM

I was gonna say... shrimp are harvested all over the south pacific. And they certainly fish and catch good quantity when the water was 80 degrees or warmer her in North Carolina. The bigger issue is that they are voracious eaters and naturally school in the wild. Doesn't seems like a good fit.

Cool idea though

chrisgil10 · 01/04/2009, 10:11 AM

before I bought my live rock I kept a bunch of "bait shrimp" in my tank for my husband to use when fishing . while they did live fine they ate like crazy and eventually just ate themselves when I could not meet there food demands

01/03/2009, 09:06 PM	#1
anememoni Moved On Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Lubbock Posts: 61	Can you keep jumbo shrimp in reef tank? Can you keep those live jumbo shrimp from the supermarket in a reef tank?

01/03/2009, 09:25 PM	#4
Fish_wiz2 Mangroves are kool. Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 5,246	I don't think so as they are cold water species. but if you have a cold water tank then it should be alright __________________ -The Wiz Current Tank Info: Elos Mini Seahorse Tank, 2500 gallon Koi pond

01/03/2009, 09:16 PM	#2
indianagrays Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 107	i am thinking they may cause a cycle....just guessing....hahaha

01/03/2009, 09:21 PM	#3
RicksReefs Moved On Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In America's Dangling Junk State. Posts: 6,413	no. while they'll live just fine, they'll eat all the pods, worms, etc. they can find. they're not shy about going down the throat of a coral to steal the food either. my experimental bait shrimp (same as market shrimp) got pulled and ended up getting fed to the corals and fish.

01/03/2009, 09:30 PM	#5
anememoni Moved On Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Lubbock Posts: 61	Haha...thanks, just wondering because they a lot cheaper than 1 cleaner shrimp. Oh well, I think it will do just fine in a hot water tank with cocktail sauce.

01/03/2009, 10:04 PM	#6
RicksReefs Moved On Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In America's Dangling Junk State. Posts: 6,413	food shrimp aren't cold water. most come from the gulf coast (a.k.a. bubba gump shrimp) although I did work a shrimp boat out of north carolina many many years ago.

01/03/2009, 10:55 PM	#7
plyr58 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 747	I was gonna say... shrimp are harvested all over the south pacific. And they certainly fish and catch good quantity when the water was 80 degrees or warmer her in North Carolina. The bigger issue is that they are voracious eaters and naturally school in the wild. Doesn't seems like a good fit. Cool idea though

01/04/2009, 10:11 AM	#8
chrisgil10 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: fl Posts: 18	before I bought my live rock I kept a bunch of "bait shrimp" in my tank for my husband to use when fishing . while they did live fine they ate like crazy and eventually just ate themselves when I could not meet there food demands