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i guess the shrimp has molted. what is the last head count?
notice every other day empty shrimp shells are left behind, Wonder which culprit is eating the shrimps?
Tank is 2 ft cube, quite heavily planted. Community mainly tetras ;
red tetra x6,
red-eyed tetra x5,
glow-light tetra x7,
black neon tetra x 7,
green tetra x4,
guppies x9 and
a host of other algae eaters: oto, sae, cory, ...
1. Suspect the red-eyed tetra are eating the shrimps, and also fin nipping others, have removed them.
2. Any advice on the mix of fish?
i guess the shrimp has molted. what is the last head count?
CRS - CRazy about Shrimps
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no worries, should be just molting. and fishes don't seem to deshell their shrimps before eating.if they are indeed eating up your shrimps, there shouldn't be JUST the shell left. haha.
Actually in this setup, all your fish (aside from your otocinclus and maybe corydoras) are potentially champion shrimp eaters, not just the shrimplets, but adults as well.
It should be the red eyed tetra.
The shrimps should be fine if there is place for them to hide and they stay on the ground.
But When the shrimps swim from point A to point B away from the ground, the Red-Eyed will strike, that's their instint..
The Red eyed have sharp tiny teeth in their mouth which can really cause some serious damage to shrimps.
Originally Posted by eager
notice every other day empty shrimp shells are left behind, Wonder which culprit is eating the shrimps?
Tank is 2 ft cube, quite heavily planted. Community mainly tetras ;
red tetra x6,
red-eyed tetra x5,
glow-light tetra x7,
black neon tetra x 7,
green tetra x4,
guppies x9 and
a host of other algae eaters: oto, sae, cory, ...
1. Suspect the red-eyed tetra are eating the shrimps, and also fin nipping others, have removed them.
2. Any advice on the mix of fish?
If only the shell, the shrimps are growing (if you can still see the shrimps)
However, if you cannot see any shrimps, yes, it is the tetras, all of them can eat shrimps.
Cheers, Christophe
Wow; thanks bros for all your inputs.
Need to recall my biology... didn't know shrimps molt.
They must be very vulnerable in that condition of de-shell; must have been a delightful feast. Some more questions ;
a) I am quite surprised that my guppies are doing well; as I expected my Ph to be acidic with the rich amano substrate.
b) the black neon tetras seem rather weak; mortality is very low compared with others.
c) new-born fries have appeared, from the glow-light tetras stock I thinl. How to preserve them? as they are very difficult to separate.
Cheers!
in my opinion, guppies are one of the hardiest fish around. i mean the common guppy, no experiece with fanciful show guppies.. get some white cloud minnows if you want hardy fishes, they do well at least in my tank. haha.
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