Yamato shrimps disappear?

tangyp · Post by **tangyp** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 6:18 am

I have about 10 Yamato shrimps in my tank. Over a period of 2 weeks, they have been going missing one by one. Now there's only left 1 or 2. Where has the rest gone? I can't even find the bodies. Thinking they must have crawled out of the tank, I look around the surrounding area but don't find any dried up shrimp.

I have two clown loaches together in the tank. Could they have disappeared into the loaches' tummies?

I've never seen the loaches acting agressively toward the shrimps. Funny!

thgng · Post by **thgng** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:41 am

They must have jump out. I found one yesterday crawling on the floor.

Anyway, I drained some water out of my tank so that the waterline is further away from the top of the tank. It works !

If it's eaten up, you will find some bodypart somewhere..

51Cornell · Post by **51Cornell** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:21 pm

Are you sure they aren't hiding somewhere in the tank (do you have hiding places for them)? Our Hawaiian shrimp all crawled under a rock yesterday and this morning I'm finding lots of old shells and the shrimp are back picking at stuff in the sand/rock.

Piscesgirl · Post by **Piscesgirl** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:47 pm

I would not keep clown loaches with shrimp or snails -- they are food! If the shrimps are trying to escape -- they are trying to escape from the loaches.

tangyp · Post by **tangyp** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 7:13 pm

Piscesgirl wrote:I would not keep clown loaches with shrimp or snails -- they are food! If the shrimps are trying to escape -- they are trying to escape from the loaches.

Really? I thought they only went for the snails...

Will try a new batch of shrimps without the loaches and see if that fixes things. Thanks Piscesgirl, for the advise.