I have a 10 gallon tank. I had 3 ghost shrimp and now I am down to one. In the tank I have 2 neon tetras, one giant danio, two chinese algae eaters, a swordtail and a black skirt tetra. Now the shrimp are as big as the fish so how would they eat them? I just wake up and poof another one is gone. What gives?
2007-06-30 03:53:36 · 8 answers · asked by Big D 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
Odds are excellent the fish are eating the shrimp, even though they may be of similar size, the fish can and will tear a shrimp apart and you have several fish more than willing to do this including the Danio, the algae eaters (horrible fish for any tank any time, shouldn't even be sold for fish tanks IMO), swordtail and the black skirt.
MM
2007-06-30 04:08:39 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is either your Algae Eater (which doesn't only eat algae) or you just can't see them. Be careful, the Algae Eater is going to get about 8 inches long, and very aggressive. Also, you NEED to add another 3 Neon Tetras to the group, if you don't they will likely become lonly and die. Why did you stock your tank so poorly? Danios are schooling fish, along with Tetras, and Swordails prefer to be kept in groups. It sounds like you have bigger problems than a couple disappearing Ghost Shrimp...
Nosoop4u
2007-06-30 12:48:51 · answer #2 · answered by nosoop4u246 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The shrimp are vunerable to the fish when the shrimp molt. Without the hard exoskeleton to protect them, they need a secure hiding place where they can wait for the new one to harden.
And listen to MM about the algae eaters - these get to be big (10") nasty fish.
2007-06-30 12:12:53 · answer #3 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to have ghost shrimp too. After one day, I am pretty sure my fish ate them. No matter how small the fish are.
2007-06-30 15:14:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well like others said, they can be tasty snacks to other fish, but they also seem to be escape artists, they'll leap out of tanks and travel a small distance before they dry up and die. I have found shrim in my carpet, hours after introducing them into the tank, evenwith a covered tank, strange.
2007-06-30 12:29:37 · answer #5 · answered by youthfultalent 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Ghost shrimp are very small and hard to see in fish tanks, either their hiding or the other fish ate them.
Good Luck
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2007-06-30 10:57:51 · answer #6 · answered by Tunish305 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's a ghost shrimp you probably cant see it or some thing? check your tank again
2007-06-30 10:58:26 · answer #7 · answered by always right 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just gone....or dead?
if they are really disappearing and not dead in the tank then maybe someone in your house has taken them out?
I don't know that is really bizarre
2007-06-30 11:02:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋