Amano shrimp trying to get out of water

[iamdixen]

Hey guys, I recently upgraded to a bigger tank and have moved all my fish including my vampire shrimp with no problem except for the amano shrimps. The move went pretty smoothly because the fish are swimming happily and my vampire shrimp is still doing his thing waving at me. But the amano shrimps for some reason did not like it when I put them in the tank. I acclimated 3 of them for about 45 mins and then when I released them, they were swimming around the tank and it seemed like they were trying to get out of the new tank. Water params are fine, I also used all the aquarium stuff in my old one including filters, air bubble, driftwood, big pebbles and plants. The only thing that I left out in the old tank was the gravel and I purchased a rock for decoration in my old fish tank. At first I though maybe the rock that I bought had something in it that was irritating my amanos, but then I realized that I have a vampire shrimp that is actually hiding underneath it. I'm really stumped right now and I want to move my amanos to the bigger tank so I can finally empty the old tank(leaking) and have them all in the new tank. Any suggestions and answers will be much appreciated.

Oh btw, I took a picture of the rock, don't know if it will help though.

[Mustafa]

You have a new tank that is not fully cycled, yet. Even if your water paramenters don't show anything unusual...there are always trace amounts of ammonia in the water until the tank is fully cycled. You have to cycle a tank for 1 to 2 months before shrimp can be safely put it in most cases.