freshwater shrimp in reef tank?

[bprewit]

Went to the lake to ride the jet ski today and decided to net some of the tiny shrimp that are there and see if by chance they would tolerate saltwater. Red Bluff lake could be considered brackish water I suppose but its **** nasty water anyways and full of these tiny little shrimp. The largest is maybe 1" long and they are completly see through. I have no clue as to what these actually are but added a couple of them to a glass of water from my reef tank and it didnt bother them a bit. They even ate some flake food I put in there. I have no desire to add these to the main tank as they arent that great looking but was thinking that if they will live I may add them to my sump and let em eat the detrius and feed my corals and fish with their larvae? Every one of them I brought home (maybe 10) has a huge clump of eggs so definatly some coral food! Anyone know what these are or know of a reason I shouldnt add them to the sump?

[bprewit]

http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/WWW/macsis/lists/M070010.htm
found that link with info on the little shrimp I caught. Glass shrimp and guess they are pretty much everywhere. Little guys seem to be thriving in my sump and hope they will eat the detrius and b.s. that accumulates in the sump. All info I have read so far states that they are great for detrius and algea so unless something awful happens they are cheap (Free!) cleaners that I have a constant supply of!

Brent

[captexas]

There was a sign on the door at Alamo this weekend that said they are now selling live brine shrimp. I didn't see them anywhere, but they may have them somewhere I didn't look.

[Charley]

There is also a freshwater prawn (what I carry). I have done the same thing (the 10 second acclimation) to saltwater, and most of them live. Brutus (my peacock mantis shrimp) just loves em.

Charley

[z28pwr]

I didn't see them anywhere, but they may have them somewhere I didn't look.

They're probably in the freezer :lol:

They are in the back left corner in 2 aquariums at the end of the freshwater section.