shrimp bye bye?

[shadrac]

i bought three shripm about a week ago foe my betta duplex and yesterday i notice there no shrimp at all and there was none last night or this morning. is it posible that the escaped, became lunch, or are hiding really good? cuz i dont know it crazy.

 

[Shorgasm III]

ghost shrimp are good hiders but that may not be the answer, or even the kind of shrimp you have

 

[TipStylez]

you checked underocks or in your plants? they hide and blend in well thanks to their clearish bodys.

 

[windeindoiel]

Sometimes even when I lift up rocks and stuff I can't find my inch and a half long shrimp, but I know they're alive and well. Yours might just be hiding well. Shrimp are good at that.

 

[the_dougie]

what kind of shrimp are they? when dead, most of them have nowhere near the same color as they were alive (much paler) and its rare a betta would pick one clean.

 

[CharlieV]

I have amanos - 7 of them and I only ever see a maximum of 3 at any one time!
awesome hiders!

I had one die on me and I agree with the_dougie in the fact they really pale when dead - mine was practically translucent!

 

[shadrac]

i have two ghost, and one algea eating. still havent seen them but who knows they could be hiding i have tons of places for them to hide ill check tomarow when i change my water.

 

[Puffernewbee]

Ghost shrimp are great leapers if being pursued. I put two in my betta tank once and one leaped out while trying to escape the betta and the other was eaten. Betta's seem to appreciate a fresh mean now and then. Does your tank have a cover on it. Dried out ghost shrimp are almost impossible to find in the carpet (mine was on the kitchen counter but was still hard to spot).

I will agree though that they are also great hiders. One hid in my puffers tank fo 3 weeks after I assumed it had been eaten, I was cleaning the tank and he swam out from under a rock when I moved it to clean.

My puffer tank is covered and I always have to knock them off of the glass cover when they get stuck to it leaping for their lives.

 

[Aznfryboi]

man why would ghost shrimp get eatten??? they have a hard shell or cover on them... well any wase yur water mabe has chlorine in them or u don't have protection.. Also tipstle u ain't no chink u wanna be... ain't got no dam gots like us u fool..

 

[Veneer]

man why would ghost shrimp get eatten??? they have a hard shell or cover on them...

For many fish, their chitin proves inconsequential.