Shrimps not eating =(( amanos have blue tint on head

**shanexu** · 12th Jun 2009, 09:30

hey~
i've got 2 amanos and 1 woodshrimp in my tiny 2.5 gallon tank with 4 pink zebra fish, 2 oto and 1 betta.

4 zebras are new, and my shrimpies (not too sure abt amanos but wood shrimp hasnt been opening its fan for 2 days, it just sits there n clean its own legs or smth) arent really eating. and i'm worried!!

and recently my amano has a blue tint on their heads. wonder if thats normal? or are they sick?? =(

**lucasjiang** · 12th Jun 2009, 10:15

i heard that if amanos turn blue, they are stressed, which is probably why they arent eating.

**shanexu** · 12th Jun 2009, 13:20

the tank conditioner i have has dissolved blue chemicals in it, and i've been changing water very often recently. might the blue be from that??

**lucasjiang** · 13th Jun 2009, 22:07

i think that is unlikely. BTW, fanshrimps like to live in more "choppy" waters as the algae/detitrus will float about and they will open up their fans to collect the algae/detirtus.

**shanexu** · 14th Jun 2009, 01:20

i adjusted my filter to make quite a current in my tank and it used to love the current and would stand on the drift wood to feed. but they stopped eating after the new plants and fish were added. could it have been spooked or smth?

**lucasjiang** · 14th Jun 2009, 23:11

thats possible. some fishes like to 'nibble' at shrimps.

**shanexu** · 16th Jun 2009, 14:23

woodshrimp found dead today. sobs!
amanos don't seem to be eating still, but alive for now... argh

**lucasjiang** · 16th Jun 2009, 16:15

as long as your tank has a reasonable amount of algae, your amanos should be ok. how big is your tank? what do you have for your algae-eating crew?

**shanexu** · 3rd Jul 2009, 07:06

heyy i've gotten new amanos and cherrys for over a week now. they seem ok. i used to feed them algae pallets and shrimp food.

i have a 2.5 gallon tank. took out the fishes other than the otos.