I bought some ghost shrimp from Petsmart. I use them as feeders for my tiger barb, clown loach and gourami. Two of the shrimp have white worms in them. From what I found out from Google, it seems like they're horsehair worms. I haven't added the shrimp into the tank yet.

As I don't expect them to last very long in the tank, I'm not concerned so much about the parasites spreading to the others. I have no other inverts in the tank. The only thing I'm concerned about is if the worms pose a threat to my fish. Does anybody else have experience with this?

I guess I have never really looked much into internal parasites for inverts. I have atleast 3 ghosties in all my tanks so I'm curious as to what to look for?

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You can see a picture of what I'm talking about here.

Play it safe, the shrimp are cheap dont risk your beloved fish.

Do you think it would be safe to give my fish toe ones without the worms?

I mean it might be but if they are in some they might be in the others jsut too small to see. Do u really wanna risk ur tank to feed your fish some ghost shrimp? at the end of the day u need to make that decision.