科: Palaemonidae
ゴーストシュリンプはアメリカ南東部原産の透明な Palaemonetes paludosus で、体長3～5cm、18～28℃と非常に丈夫で、透明な体の内臓や卵が見える面白い種です。
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.
初心者でも安心。Peaceful but opportunistic。Groups of 3 or more。
適水温 18–28 °C。18–28 °C stable range。Stable 18–28 °C; very tolerant。
成魚 3–5 cm 前後。Bottom — transparent ghost cruising plantsのため 30 L 以上の水槽を推奨。
Omnivore-scavenger; accepts all foods, including detritus。人工飼料に冷凍餌を組み合わせて。
Peaceful but opportunistic；Groups of 3 or more。向いているのは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。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は不向き。
原産地はNorth America — southeastern United States。Warm springs, swamps and slow streams with vegetationに生息。Still to gentle current。Moderate oxygen。
飛び出す種。ふたをしっかり閉める。
繁殖：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.。