Familia: Palaemonidae
Gamba Fantasma: la transparente Palaemonetes paludosus del sureste de EE. UU. De 3-5 cm, muy resistente a 18-28 °C, limpiadora audaz de algas con órganos visibles.
Ghost Shrimp is the glass-clear Palaemonetes paludosus from the southeastern United States, sold everywhere as an inexpensive 'glass shrimp' for algae duty — and frequently underestimated. Its body is almost entirely transparent, organs, gut contents and even a clutch of green eggs visible as if through a window, which makes it a living anatomy lesson and a fascinating algae eater at the same time. It grows to 3-5 cm, tolerates 18-28 °C across a wide pH range, and handles conditions that kill fancier shrimp, though it appreciates the same clean, stable water as any invertebrate. In the aquarium it is an active, bold forager that picks food from plants, glass and gravel, and it swims openly even in bright light. Breeding is possible in freshwater: the female carries 20-30 eggs that hatch as tiny larvae needing microscopic food — most clutches vanish into filters or get eaten, but occasional juveniles appear in dense plantings. Peaceful with everything too small to eat it, and best kept in groups of five or more.
Fácil de cuidar. Peaceful but opportunistic; Groups of 3 or more.
Mantén el agua a 18–28 °C. 18–28 °C stable range. Stable 18–28 °C; very tolerant.
De adulto mide 3–5 cm. Vive bottom — transparent ghost cruising plants, así que 30 L o más.
Omnivore-scavenger; accepts all foods, including detritus. Combina pienso con alimentos congelados o vivos.
Peaceful but opportunistic; Groups of 3 or more. Buenos compañeros: Virtually any peaceful community fish — Hardy enough for beginner community tanks, Other shrimp species — No aggression between shrimp, Snails and peaceful bottom fish — Shares the cleanup crew.No convive con Copper-based medications — Lethal to all invertebrates, Large predators — Even ghost shrimp are eaten by big fish, Anabantoid bettas with attitude — May harass or nip at molting shrimp.
Originario de North America — southeastern United States; vive en warm springs, swamps and slow streams with vegetation. Still to gentle current; moderate oxygen.
Esta especie salta: mantén la tapa bien cerrada.
En acuario: breeds in freshwater but the eggs hatch as free-swimming larvae needing infusoria or powdered foods; survival in a planted tank is occasional rather than guaranteed. Females carry 20-30 green eggs visibly through the transparent abdomen.. Females are larger and deeper-bodied with a visible green egg mass; males slimmer and smaller..