Losing Shrimp at a very Fast Rate

[bradlgt21]

Yeah I was going to say, my 29 has 4 amano shrimp and they actually like the anubius. Don't know if they actually feed off it but they like to hide under it's leaves while they pick at the driftwood.

So I put a bunch of the tops of my Rotala with some algae on portions from my 29 in last night after a good gravel vac. Woke up in the morning to find 90% of the shrimp in it grooming away. 1 Dead one directly below the stems on the gravel. Hopefully it's helping and the dead one was going to die anyway. They do seem much more active then they have lately.

 

[msjinkzd]

I have anubias (and crypts) in 15 shrimp tanks, lol. I don't buy that for ONE second.


You could also add seasoned decorations, sounds like its helping. Fingers crossed

 

[bradlgt21]

Moved over and planted 3 plants from my established tank. 2 more dead shrimp after work.

 

[bradlgt21]

Didn't have any deaths over the weekend. There is maybe 10 left of a colony of 50. But the 10 that are left started getting more color and have been grooming the plants I put in from the other tank. Hopefully this is a sign that it is over. I won't know for sure until I see the females get saddles again.