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Re: SHOCKING Discovery!
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:44 pm
by edinjapan
kimco wrote:I have read in quite a number of posts that algae shrimps do not kill and eat others shrimps, ............................ well, yesterday i saw with my own eyes, one of my amano shrimp actually attacked and kill and eat one my my blue/mix shrimplet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Shrimplet is about close to 10mm. I've always suspected that but was unable to prove anything till yesterday. Why do you think my Amanos became KILLER Shrimp!!!!!!! OMG!
Do you think i should seperate them lest i end up with more dead shrimps?
Cheers,
KG
Amanos will eat anything they can catch. They feed on algae the same as a panda feeds on bamboo and like a panda if given the opportunity will eat other foods. In fact I'd keep them away from fish fry and eggs as that is a real temptation.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:26 am
by thgng
The funny thing when I saw my Red Cherry molted, I though it was dead !
First it lay on it's side. Second it "straighten" itself like a pole.
Then it stop moving.
Before you knew it... it's kicked itself out of the shell and swam away.
What was left is a piece of transpareny skin.
And yes, Yamato do eat fish alive !
I suspected that my Neon tetra was asleep at the bottom of the tank.
As I turned on the light, I saw a Yamato shrimp holding a Neon Tetra and eating it alive ! The fish was opening and closing it's mouth !!
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 12:00 pm
by amber2461
Well, this morning I saw my Yamato shrimps heating an adult CRS ... the one that I got from Mustafa ... I am so upset right now, it was a female
Needless to say, the Yamatos are out of that shrimp tank and into other tanks, so now the tank has only CRS and Vampire shrimps.
I really don't know what to say now, other than the shrimp was being eaten alive .. bummer!
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 4:12 pm
by Mustafa
I can guarantee you that the C. japonica did *not* kill your Red Cherry Shrimp (RCS by the way if you want to use an abbreviation. CRS = Crystal Red Shrimp).
All shrimp eat sick and dying shrimp...even if they are not completely dead. I have observed my Red Cherries eat a dying Red Cherry, too. So, you really did not have to take out the C. japonicas.
They are innocent. I know how shocking it is to see a live (but dying) shrimp being eaten by another shrimp, but it's normal. There was no killing going on. Trust me.
Mustafa
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:29 pm
by amber2461
I keep on posting my acronyms wrong, don't I? hehehehehe ... Thanks for the correction Mustafa ... again.
Well, this way, my tanks looks much nicer without the Yamato shrimps ... now all I see are the Cherry Red Shrimps and the Vampire shrimps ... plus tons of babies of course. They look much nicer and I think the Yamatos are happier in the 108 gallon tank. They have much more space to roam too.
It seems to be a win-win situation here ... but thanks for the reassurance
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:00 pm
by edinjapan
amber2461 wrote:I keep on posting my acronyms wrong, don't I? hehehehehe ... Thanks for the correction Mustafa ... again.
Well, this way, my tanks looks much nicer without the Yamato shrimps ... now all I see are the Cherry Red Shrimps and the Vampire shrimps ... plus tons of babies of course. They look much nicer and I think the Yamatos are happier in the 108 gallon tank. They have much more space to roam too.
It seems to be a win-win situation here ... but thanks for the reassurance
From my experience in keeping the various shrimp species it's best to not mix them. Some species such as Amanos and Macrobrachium have more aggression than others and will squabble and defend territories. CRS/RCS and Yamato/CRS combis cannot co-exist at all even in a large and roomy 120 x 60 x60 cm tank. before long there will be only RCS or Yamatos left.
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:07 pm
by rs79
I feed my Ammanos live white worms. Not intentionally, but they will steal them right out of a killifish's mouth if they have the chance. They go nuts over these things that are far from dead or small. They're utterly voracous -and it's not like they don't have lots of different algae and plants to eat.
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 7:29 am
by Mustafa
Any shrimp will eat live whiteworms or even blackworms and tubifex. Even the red cherries, bumblebees and all other shrimp I have grab them and eat them. That does not mean that that they can grab and eat other shrimp....eating a worm is a far cry from eating a live and healthy shrimp.
Mustafa
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 9:38 am
by healtheworld
Forum is a place for everyone to speak from their own experience based on what they have witness from their tank. Personally i think that Yamato chew up all my erract moss faster then it grow in my tank and they are the number 1 scavenger in my community tank.