Dead or Alive or Pregnant?

[taikiat]

I just bought 22 cherries recently, but due to the fact that my tank is pretty heavily planted, the shrimps have lots of places to hide, i even saw one poppping into the cracks of the DW. The thing is, I'm not sure how many have died, i only count 13 max at any one time, and there's one huge red cherry shrimp that disappeared. I'm just wondering if it could be pregnant and releasing shrimplets somewhere under the DW, yes, I have some space under the DW too, with the entrance covered by java moss. So do cherries give birth in the open or hide?

[richietay]

Give them time, probably you able to account them for, is when feeding time.
your pregnant shrimps probably will roam around when they settle down too.

[taikiat]

one thing about my tank, is that the inhabitants are not enthusiastic about feeding. I mean, my fish just pick at the food in a pretty bored manner, and my shrimps swim around the tank, preferring to groom the leaves and DW and moss instead of the algae wafers. My otos also seem more interested in nudging the ADA aquasoil as if there's lots of algae down there (there might be but i wouldn't know). Whatever it is, my fish and shrimps don't really give a dime about what I feed them. So yea, I can't really account for their numbers if the shrimps seem to feed in shifts. ie one group come out eat, then disappear, then next group come out eat and so on. Weird tank.

[MIZU]

one thing about my tank, is that the inhabitants are not enthusiastic about feeding. I mean, my fish just pick at the food in a pretty bored manner, and my shrimps swim around the tank, preferring to groom the leaves and DW and moss instead of the algae wafers. My otos also seem more interested in nudging the ADA aquasoil as if there's lots of algae down there (there might be but i wouldn't know). Whatever it is, my fish and shrimps don't really give a dime about what I feed them. So yea, I can't really account for their numbers if the shrimps seem to feed in shifts. ie one group come out eat, then disappear, then next group come out eat and so on. Weird tank.

that is normal for shrimp to hide..if you see shrimplet than..it is ok..

my shrimp prefer to picking dw than algae wafer..

[Neon Shrimp]

You might want to try a new food, perhaps freez dried or even boiled veggies. Visit this link for more ideas:

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ad.php?t=22083

Variety may make them more active and healthy. Your shrimp are probably just hiding especially if you have lots of plants. Remember to just have fun and enjoy the tank.

[taikiat]

i'm only worried i cant spot dead shrimps/fishes, and they foul up the tank

[kemp]

if you have a good filtration system and you're doing water change quite regularly, you do not have to worry about fouling the tank

[luenny]

If you have a healty population of shrimps, one or two dead fish/shrimp should not foul up the tank - well, unless your tank is really small. For my case, usually by the time I see any dead fish in my tank the only thing left is the bones. The shrimps usually pick them clean.

[SmallFish]

Strangely, that doesnt happen all the time ....
There were occasions where my shrimp ate up the carcass, but there were also others where the carcass were left completely untouched (left to rot .. yucks).
So, perhaps shrimps nitpick or they probably are temperamental creatures .