Ghost shrimp dying?!

[Raechal]

My little brother has about 5 ghost shrimp in a 10 gallon and a male betta as well. I looked in the tank today and one of the shrimps were dead. It was curled up and white and it was missing it's head. I've never seen the betta attack the shrimp at all. He barely goes to the bottom of the tank. I looked in there a couple hours ago and there was another shrimp that JUST died. It was just laying at the bottom of the tank. He wasn't missing his head.

My little brother has been overfeeding them as I see sinking wafers covered in white hair-like algae. I tell him he is overfeeding them and he argues with me and says that isn't food, it is gravel.

What should I do? Can overfeeding cause death of ghost shrimp?

 

[jflowers]

Can overfeeding cause death of ghost shrimp?

It can affect the water quality which in turn could kill your shrimp. Vacume out the old food and do a good water change.

Also, have you counted your remaining shrimp? Don't be surprised if you still have five, my shrimp shed on a regular basis and the skins look just like dead shrimp.

Jon

 

[Raechal]

Yea, my shrimp shed as well but it didn't look like an ordinary clear shedding. It was pure white. Like when a glass catfish dies it turns white you know? It was like that, but he was missing his head. The other one was the whole shrimp but he was laying on the gravel dead. I have three shrimp left.