i have 3 female beta in a 5 gallon tank. and i went to the store yesterday and bought 3 ghost shrimp. and today i woke up and found 2 dead and the other one hiding inside of a rock... so whats happening could the female bettas be killing them because i saw one of the bettas pecking at the dead one so i wasn't sure if she killed it or just was pecking at it when it was already dead. any help.. water temperature is good and have a filter. and have 2 small algea eaters to... any help..?
2007-03-10 04:53:09 · 9 answers · asked by Richie 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
for that STUPID guy that was yelling.. i did do some research and if u do some youre self.. people say the only fish that can be with a male betta is ghost shrimp. and the tank wasn't new ive had it for about a month.
2007-03-10 10:56:45 · update #1
It's quite possible that the other fish in the tank saw the shrimp as a food item and killed them. AS one is still alive I wouldn't go worrying about copper levels or diseases or anything like that, too much of a long shot. Your pH may have been significantly different than the shops or something along those lines. I would bet on the fish first, water quality differences second and a far, far distant third as disease or toxicity problems.
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2007-03-10 05:07:11 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I buy ghost shrimp as a tasty snack for 2 of my Bettas. The others ignore them completely. I have Ghost Shrimp in tanks with male bettas, all my females just eat them up. I didn't buy them as pets, but as food. Made me laugh when most of them lived and became pets.
2007-03-10 09:58:13 · answer #2 · answered by Palor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the shrimps are probably killing each other. How new is the tank, cuz if you just got the tank, then you need to let the tank sit for a week w/filter running, so the tank can grow a little bit of alge, then put fish or whatever in
2007-03-10 05:39:57 · answer #3 · answered by Lockheed 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Shrimp are kinda the universal food of the water.
2007-03-10 05:21:57 · answer #4 · answered by Dark Dragon 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it's time to take that poor last shrimp out of the tank BEFORE IT GETS KILLED AS WELL.
MAKES SENSE DOESN'T IT?!?!
and YES I am YELLING at you.
EVERYONE knows that Beta's EAT shrimp!!!
It's like putting salmon in a pool with a shark.
Take a Marine Biology course!!!
2007-03-10 05:23:49 · answer #5 · answered by thepenpal 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Haha, ...I buy ghost shrimp so my bettas can eat them--yes the bettas are killing them!
2007-03-10 05:21:46 · answer #6 · answered by Dani 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
theres many reasons, they could be sick, they ate them, did u accumulate the water in the bag to the water in the tank?
2007-03-10 06:28:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take em to the vet maybe the water have to much toxic in it
2007-03-10 06:43:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps the shrimp where sick when you got them from the pet store. they almost never feed them in there.
2007-03-10 05:04:55 · answer #9 · answered by cookies'n'cream 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋