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I've been reading tons about Betta and Ghost Shrimp. I ran across a comment (just one in all my reading) about it being easy to think you're buying a Ghost Shrimp (is transparent just like Ghost Shrimp, at first) when in fact you're buying some kind of prawn.

Have a Ghost Shrimp in with your Betta and think the Betta's safe? Are you SURE it's a Ghost Shrimp? You'll see why I stress this when you click the link below.

We put 2 Ghost Shrimp <erm?> in with our Betta last night. I couldn't sleep. I was nervous, protective of the Betta. The largest of the 2 GS is a bit more than an inch and the Betta's still on the smallish side.

Well, I ended up taking the GS out of the Betta's tank and putting them into their own little tank about 4:00 this morning and, boy, am I glad I did because 10 minutes ago I ran into THIS...

http://www.aquahobby.com/board/viewtopic...016c46729d4d40d

She's having trouble getting them out of her tank now because they are so fast and she has 7 of them!! The prawn are definitely not community tank material!!

For those who love their Betta and fish, it might be a really good idea to keep the GS seperate until they're big enough to show their true self (their color changes). You'll see and read all about it at the link.

I think this should be spread around. It's a small chance maybe that you end up with a prawn but it's not a chance I want to take! I don't know how big an adult Tiger Barb is but from the pic it looks bigger than my Betta!

((Everyone))

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Where did you buy your GS from?

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From PetSmart.

I have them in a seperate tank now. Will wait until they've grown enough to ensure that they're GS before considering putting them in with the Betta.

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If they're from Petsmart then they are GS. Petsmart knows what they sell.

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They do still look like just GS but I've fallen for my Betta and since I tend to go to extremes, I don't dare add them for a month or so and when I do, I'll put a lil tank inside the 10 gal and let the Betta get used to them first that way for a little while.

He seemed so stressed when I added them and he didn't calm down the whole time they were in there...about 10 hours. He just got over being sick too.

I'm really happy with PetSmart so far. The 1-800 number peeps are really helpful and knowledgeable. I shared that url (prawn eating tiger barb) with one of the reps today and she was so grateful and anxious to share that information with coworkers and customers.

She was as shocked as I was about the GS impersonator/mistake.

((PaPeRo))


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