Bamboo Shrimp Problems

mellowvision said:
They do prefer a slightly lower than average ph, and warm water. You haven't said much about the tank or your water quality... Do they have places to hide? Is there ammonia in your water? High nitrates? Do you have adequate flow and aeration?
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Not sure about the ph (lost the color card). I don't think nitrates coiuld be the problem as I tried a 45% water change and it did not help at all. I do have adequate flow, I do not use an airstone (planted tank with diy co2) but none of the fish are showing any signs that would indicate lack of oxygen. There are many places to hide.

I am currently acclimating the Bamboo shrimp to my now vacant (except for pond snails) 2.5 gallon tank which I have been keeping cycled (I will also keep a close eye on water parameters, just to be safe). The 2.5 gallon tank has hiding places and two filters (both running) so hiding places and flow will not be problems. If it was my Betta then my Bamboo shrimp should start acting normal soon due to me moving him into a tank other than the tank that has my Betta.

I am waiting on adding the cup of aquarium salt per 5 gallons to see if being away from Emerald helps. But I did add a half of a table spoon of aquarium salt (the recommended dose), just to see if it helped.
 
They may have been ill at the store. I have two in a tank with 3 rubber lip plecos (thanks to $1 Petsmart) and a couple of zebra nerites. I also have a bunch of java fern and a couple miramo balls in a 10g. A nice piece of mopani wood that I have leaning in the back under the HOB filter serves as a stand for the shrimp to hang out on and catch the flow from the filter. They must be very happy as there is a huge pile of poop under where they hang out. Mine do move around and will climb on the java fern and also pick through the marimo balls when they're not fanning on the wood. They were brown when I first purchased them but now they have turned a reddish brown and have the large stripe down their back.

One of the things I did when I had one in a 5g was grind up algae waffers to a fine dust and put it in the tank. The water flow swirled it around and I could see the small particles being picked up in the fans of the shrimp.

Good luck maybe the lfs where you picked them up can tell you if they have been having trouble with the batch yours came in.
 
just remember when you move them, they really need good water flow for efficient fanning, as well as food in the water column. Also, make sure the tank is covered tightly, they will try to escape any new enclosure for the first 24 hours. Bamboos can walk a good distance out of water, and will seek out a better, or bigger, environment if they don't like the new surroundings.

ground algae wafers are one way to go... but bamboo shrimp are not exclusive algae eaters. In fact, I get the strongest feeding reactions out of them with first day hatch baby brine shrimp. They go nuts for the stuff. Dietary algae powders like spirulina and chorella make great supplements, when mixed with water and dripped into the flow/feeding areas.
 
Good news!

Today, for no apparent reason my Bamboo shrimp started fanning again!

As soon as I noticed him fanning I dropped some ground up flake food just upcurrent of where my Bamboo shrimp is fanning.

He is currently hanging onto the filter intake right under the filter outflow fanning.
 
Jspigs said:
Good news!

Today, for no apparent reason my Bamboo shrimp started fanning again!

As soon as I noticed him fanning I dropped some ground up flake food just upcurrent of where my Bamboo shrimp is fanning.

He is currently hanging onto the filter intake right under the filter outflow fanning.
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:y220e:Yay! He's doing better!:y220e:
 
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