AntmanMike
12-15-2004, 5:52 PM
A while back, when my tank only had the following:
2 Pakistani Loaches
2 Ottos
2 Flying Foxes
I also had about 4 Ghost Shrimp in the tank. After one week, one of them disappeared, to who-knows-where. The other three did fairly well, they were growing quite large, and had reddish beads on their antennae.
Unfortunately, one day, I wake up to see a Pakistani feeding on the corpse of one of them. Not just the shell, the corpse. I don't know if he killed it, but I have my suspicisions...
Within a week, I no longer saw any shrimp in my tank.
About 2 weeks later, I returned to the LFS (Pet Paradise - Deep Reef Aquatics) and bought 4 Rosey Barbs, a few more Swordplants, and 6 Shrimp.
Two shrimp died in the bag, from some kind of roundworm. I took about an hour to separate the healthy shrimp from the dead shrimp/roundworms.
When I planted the first swordplant, I saw a small, baby ghost shrimp running around. I am fairly confident it is dead now, also.
When I added the Barbs and the Shrimp, I was able to see the shrimp for most of the time, up until one week later. in which they disappeared also.
Right now, this is the stocking of the 29 gall:
Flora:
2 Red Swords
5 Swordplants
3 tall plants I cannot identify
4 plants that seem to split apart and grow... particularly around the filter intake
Fauna:
2 Otos
1 Flying Fox
2 Pakistani Loaches
2 Clown Loaches
I must know -- what is happening to the shrimp?
2 Pakistani Loaches
2 Ottos
2 Flying Foxes
I also had about 4 Ghost Shrimp in the tank. After one week, one of them disappeared, to who-knows-where. The other three did fairly well, they were growing quite large, and had reddish beads on their antennae.
Unfortunately, one day, I wake up to see a Pakistani feeding on the corpse of one of them. Not just the shell, the corpse. I don't know if he killed it, but I have my suspicisions...
Within a week, I no longer saw any shrimp in my tank.
About 2 weeks later, I returned to the LFS (Pet Paradise - Deep Reef Aquatics) and bought 4 Rosey Barbs, a few more Swordplants, and 6 Shrimp.
Two shrimp died in the bag, from some kind of roundworm. I took about an hour to separate the healthy shrimp from the dead shrimp/roundworms.
When I planted the first swordplant, I saw a small, baby ghost shrimp running around. I am fairly confident it is dead now, also.
When I added the Barbs and the Shrimp, I was able to see the shrimp for most of the time, up until one week later. in which they disappeared also.
Right now, this is the stocking of the 29 gall:
Flora:
2 Red Swords
5 Swordplants
3 tall plants I cannot identify
4 plants that seem to split apart and grow... particularly around the filter intake
Fauna:
2 Otos
1 Flying Fox
2 Pakistani Loaches
2 Clown Loaches
I must know -- what is happening to the shrimp?