Who ate my wood and yamato shrimps?

[lorba]

I have the following fishes, can't figure out who ate my yamoto and wood shrimp, anyone can identify? (Mine is a 3ft tank)

1) neon tetras x 30
2) harlequins x 8
3) dwarf pencil x 4
4) Single line pencil x 4
5) Red eye (yellow band) tetra x 2
6) clown loach x 3
7) upside down catfish x 2
Various cories x 10
9) Cherry barbs x 6
10)Checkered barb x 4
11) SAE x 5 (small)
12) Oto x 3 (small)
13) Emperor tetra x 6
14) Twig catfish x 1 (small)
15) Rummy Nose tetra x 6

Between, to all shrimp experts out there, what kind of plant of hiding places do you create for shrimps in such community tank?

[lorba]

I have the following fishes, can't figure out who ate my yamoto and wood shrimp, anyone can identify? (Mine is a 3ft tank)

1) neon tetras x 30
2) harlequins x 8
3) dwarf pencil x 4
4) Single line pencil x 4
5) Red eye (yellow band) tetra x 2
6) clown loach x 3
7) upside down catfish x 2
Various cories x 10
9) Cherry barbs x 6
10)Checkered barb x 4
11) SAE x 5 (small)
12) Oto x 3 (small)
13) Emperor tetra x 6
14) Twig catfish x 1 (small)
15) Rummy Nose tetra x 6

Between, to all shrimp experts out there, what kind of plant of hiding places do you create for shrimps in such community tank?

[lorba]

I have the following fishes, can't figure out who ate my yamoto and wood shrimp, anyone can identify? (Mine is a 3ft tank)

1) neon tetras x 30
2) harlequins x 8
3) dwarf pencil x 4
4) Single line pencil x 4
5) Red eye (yellow band) tetra x 2
6) clown loach x 3
7) upside down catfish x 2
Various cories x 10
9) Cherry barbs x 6
10)Checkered barb x 4
11) SAE x 5 (small)
12) Oto x 3 (small)
13) Emperor tetra x 6
14) Twig catfish x 1 (small)
15) Rummy Nose tetra x 6

Between, to all shrimp experts out there, what kind of plant of hiding places do you create for shrimps in such community tank?

[lorba]

I have the following fishes, can't figure out who ate my yamoto and wood shrimp, anyone can identify? (Mine is a 3ft tank)

1) neon tetras x 30
2) harlequins x 8
3) dwarf pencil x 4
4) Single line pencil x 4
5) Red eye (yellow band) tetra x 2
6) clown loach x 3
7) upside down catfish x 2
Various cories x 10
9) Cherry barbs x 6
10)Checkered barb x 4
11) SAE x 5 (small)
12) Oto x 3 (small)
13) Emperor tetra x 6
14) Twig catfish x 1 (small)
15) Rummy Nose tetra x 6

Between, to all shrimp experts out there, what kind of plant of hiding places do you create for shrimps in such community tank?

[eggz]

How did you know the shrimps got eaten?

[lorba]

I don't assume they die because of water condition, cause some are doing well hiding. Saw empty shells on the gravel.

[hwchoy]

empty shell probably means they're growing well and needed to moult. What is the size of your wood shrimp? they're usually pretty big so they're unlikely to be eaten by your fishes.

[lorba]

I choose rather big sized one in fear they might be eaten, mostly ard 1.5 - 2 inches. Shell including the head portion? I saw a few ghost shrimp digging at the shell, quite clean some more.

[vinz]

Yes... shell includes the head portion. The shell should be quite intact. If they died you would have seen pinkish dead bodies.

[hoppinghippo]

If you keep shrimps long enough, you'll see real dead shrimps, they look like pink errr.. dead shrimps. the moulted shrimp shells are always translucent with no colour.I have kept so many batches that I prob can tell dead shrimps in the dark! heh.... just no luck with shrimps

[lorba]

Just wondering, is it possible to keep yamatoes, tigers, bumblebee, singapore shrimps together peacefully?

Do you all create small caves for them or just thickets of plants/moss?

[loupgarou]

your clown loach ate them.

[zac08]

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On 10/23/2002 10:47:23 PM

I don't assume they die because of water condition, cause some are doing well hiding. Saw empty shells on the gravel.
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Well... that's a shell moult. They do that very often. But is your checkered barb big? And your clown loach? These 2 will be my biggest suspect if you find more shrimps totally missing.... That's the way you know that they have been eaten, fishes do not peel the shells off when they eat shrimps...

[dAwNdAwN]

ahaha......LOL......tat is probably the funniest thing I read today, even better than the jokes at arofanatics. I guess ur shrimps are still ard if you see empty shells. My dad complained to me tat I waste money on shrimps and can't see the lot of them. What I did is I turn over my driftwood. Wah lah, the whole gang of them is hiding underneath it. Then he kept his mouth shut. heehehee....

[vinz]

Ask your dad come out at night with torch light to find them.

[bclee]

In my experience, if you find an empty shell, it is likely just the shrimp molting. If your shrimp were killed by someone, you will most likely to see shell with some "meat" in them or totally gone.

BC

[lorba]

I think i am seeing new empty shell everyday, does the shrimp moults so often? As for those left over ghost shrimps that i havent successfully fish out of the tank, some are turning whitish. Whats the real reason behind? Getting cooked or something? Yesterday saw the loaches munching at a dead ghost shrimp, most ghost shrimps in the tank now are smaller than my expensive shrimps.

I am beginning to feel more worried for my woods and yamatoes. How long is the life span of a ghost shrimp, hopefully those munched by the loaches died by themself.

[vinz]

Yes, it's possible to see a new shell everyday or so if you have many shrimps. Individually, depending on growth rate, each shrimp probably moult every few weeks.

What's your tank temp? NO3 levels?

[lorba]

Havent been measuring NO3 for 2 weeks, maybe can take a look tonight. Temperature is around 27-28. But for the next 3-4 days i will be uping it to 30. Sigh, introduced white spot by mistake.

[Cardinal Tetra]

i think your tank is overstocked.