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Throughout the day the shrimp end up all in one spot. They only do this sometimes during the day and they do it every morning why is this ? o.o
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Hello. Opae swim by using their pleopods or swimmerets. These are the five pair of legs found in the abdomin. the female holds the eggs here also. This is the graceful swimming you normally see. The jumping or popcorning is more escape response. The opae use their strong tail muscle and appear to a...

I noticed recently that my supershrimp "jump" when they touch certain surfaces as if they got scared? I am not really sure why they do this does anybody know why?

So I recently got an Eheim filter. I know the shrimp don't like a strong current but they keep clinging on to the filter and when they swim up the water output shoots them and they loose control I turned it off for the time being is this too strong? And is there any way that I can make it not shoot ...

I use some sand for mine the shrimp don't seem to be too picky about this gravel should be fine but make sure that you don't accidently get some rock on the shrimp because you could hurt their fragile limbs.

That's unfortunate just leave the poor guy and let nature take its course.

On the filter topic you don't NEED it but the sponge filter is great for growing bacteria and the shrimp tend to like it.