(08-23-2013, 03:26 AM)cpwebsite Wrote: I have had ghost shrimp, yellow shrimp, and red cherry shrimp. However, I have given away all of my yellow and ghost shrimp, and now all I have is red cherry shrimp. Red Cherry Shrimp are my favorite. Also they breed relatively quickly and are worth a descent amount, so I have made a little bit of money from selling the shrimp. Freshwater shrimp are very interesting to me, however, they are relatively expensive compared to how much I first thought they would be when I was looking into them.
They are not expensive at all.
Most of them are actually very cheap except for maybe Blue Tiger shrimp and high grade crystal red shrimp.
Ghost shrimp are going for only 25~50 cents each at most places. I have bought a dozen red cherry shrimp for $15 shipped. As for yellow shrimp, I have bought 13 of them for $30 shipped. Not expensive at all, consider how easy they will breed into hundreds within months. Some aquarium fish can cost more than $30 for just one.
It is also extremely easy to breed these shrimp.
I have a 10 gallon yellow shrimp only tank. All it has is a Hydro Sponge I (sponge filter), a 50w heater, and a large chunk of java moss. I feed them Omega One shrimp pellets. It only took 3~4 months for 13 of them turn into more than 150.
