She has placed her eggs in gravel, I am wondering if i should leave them there, cross my fingers, and hope for survival. I heard that i shouldn't bother them but i have a 20 gal with a POWER FILTER. A big problem. Any advice?

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Congrats on the eggs! i have no advice or experience with shrimp but i wish you the best!

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If they were dropped probably no good as they usually carry them till hatching

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Yeah the power filter will almost undoubtedly do them in, even a sponge filter would. When I was trying to raise mine I had them in a 10G with only an air pump, never got a chance to try though because I had an Ich outbreak and had to utilize the 10g for quarantine.

Also it's important to note that most species of Ghosties need salt water to survive while they're in the fry stage, so that's a bummer. They can be pretty difficult to successfully raise but best of luck!

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Lol, Rohkey beat me to it!

I've heard there are 3 types of Ghost Shrimp and 2 of them need brackish/salt water for the eggs to hatch - so you'd have to use a syringe to suck up the eggs and put them in a hatch tank with the right salinity. Or, you could be lucky and have the kind that will hatch in fresh water.

If you're worried about them getting sucked up the filter, you could use a pre-sponge on the intake, or put a piece of nylon stocking over the intake.

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Oh ghost shrimp I always wanted some, but at the petsmart I go to they are either out of stock or they die.

Anywho good luck to you as I know little about the shrimp

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Thank you for the information! Next time around ill know what to do.

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Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!

How cheerfully he seems to grin
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!

-Lewis Carroll

If you want to see shrimp breed consider red cherry shrimp, they are much easier and are a pretty color. Most people don't think it's worth the effort do breed ghost shrimp as it's not very easy and ghost shrimp don't sell for much, not to say it won't be fun to try.

This might help: Breeding ghost shrimp(Palaeomonetes patulous) - FishForums.com

I agree that if the eggs were dropped before hatching they probably were not good but they will likely produce more eggs soon.

If you wanted to try other types of dwarf shrimp I'd get the ghost shrimp out first. Adult Ghost Shrimp will eat babies of other types of shrimp.