Shrimp Escaped!

[LoachLover!]

I added some Amano Shrimp with my betta and the LFS accidentally threw in a larger shrimp too ( looks like a bamboo shrimp).  I knew nothing about them as I had never intended to have one, but I don't think my tank was anywhere near appropriate for one.  Anyway, I walked into my room earlier on today, to find the bamboo shrimp had somehow got out of the tank and was lying dead on the floor a few feet away from my tank.  
 
Is this just a bamboo shrimp thing? I'm going to have nightmares thinking the Amanos are going to end up on the floor as well haha! 

 

[Baccus]

Almost all shrimp will escape if the water conditions are not to their liking or if they think they can find better food else where. I have seen my cherry shrimp climb up the waterfall filter return on my HOB filters just so they could get at the yummy stuff inside the filter.
Some shrimp like Typhus and Riffle Shrimp ( both similar to Amano and Bamboo shrimp) can be inclinded to make great escapes and not always for obvious reasons, aside from they are usually wild caught and dont always settle into tank situations easily.
If possible you might need to block up any gaps around the top of the tank for a bit, or at least until you are certian the shrmp have settled in. Once the shrimp are settled its usually only water conditions or the desire for other foods that will cause them to make escapes.

 

[squidneh]

I have amano shrimp in my 75 gallon and I've never had a lid on it or any escapes. But I'm diligent with water changes and the shrimpies are happy in there so maybe that's why I don't have any run aways (knock on wood). 

 

[NickAu]

 
I have seen my cherry shrimp climb up the waterfall filter return on my HOB filters just so they could get at the yummy stuff inside the filter.

Me too. Even have photos of it.
 

 

[Aquarian58]

Hey Nick, do you know if Petbarn has these?

 

[NickAu]

My local Petbarn has them.

 

[Aquarian58]

Thanks Nick
 
Saw these comments on the Aquariumlife Forum...
 
"Aggression/Tank mates:
Australian Amano Shrimp seem to get along well with CRS, Parataya Australiensis, Riffle Shrimp, Chameleon Shrimp, Cherry Shrimp. Much larger than most Aquatic shrimp so adults will fit into fewer fish's mouths. Has been suspected (but yet to be confrimed) of eating smaller, non-street-smart fish (like mollies) however most who have kept Australian Amanos report a peaceful and friendly member of comunity tanks that, as a scavenger, will also happily eat dead fish.

Common Problems/things to bear in mind:
Are known to crawl out of aquariums and may be found walking across the floor to their demise."
 
I want some of these

 

[Baccus]

Thanks Nick
 
Saw these comments on the Aquariumlife Forum...
 
"Aggression/Tank mates:
Australian Amano Shrimp seem to get along well with CRS, Parataya Australiensis, Riffle Shrimp, Chameleon Shrimp, Cherry Shrimp. Much larger than most Aquatic shrimp so adults will fit into fewer fish's mouths. Has been suspected (but yet to be confrimed) of eating smaller, non-street-smart fish (like mollies) however most who have kept Australian Amanos report a peaceful and friendly member of comunity tanks that, as a scavenger, will also happily eat dead fish.

Common Problems/things to bear in mind:
Are known to crawl out of aquariums and may be found walking across the floor to their demise."
 
I want some of these

 
Sometimes I have seen typhus shrimp sold at a couple of online shops, otherwise Riffle shrimp (my personal favourites) are sometimes sold on Livefish. Failing that depending on where you live in Australia you might be able to catch your own.

 

[NickAu]

I have so many RCS they are used as food. My Tetras and Clown Loaches love them.  RCS breed faster than Malaysian trumpet snails.

 

[Aquarian58]

I love the colour of the shrimp in Nick's pic
 
If i got a male and a couple of females I doubt they'd breed because my tank is probably not conducive to that.
 
Nevertheless, I'll see if I can track some down on the Gold Coast.

 

[NickAu]

As long as the water is right for then they will breed.
 
https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ArwHLshdc

 

[Aquarian58]

Nice Nick...any footage of the red ones?

 

[nic1]

I love that tank Nick! my shrimp are no longer dying. I think I have it sorted now.... I hope that one day my shrimp will look as active and happy as yours!
 
Also the the OP, I was reading about bamboo shrimp coincidentally and I read that male Bamboo shrimp will normally go and look for another pond or lake if there are no females, and if there is a lack of food in the water for it.

 

[LoachLover!]

It was my one, I thought irrational, fear with them haha.  Freaked me out the thought of them escaping.  The tank he was in had a small gap around the cover so it wouldn't have been too difficult for him to get out.  I may just keep any future amanos in my other tank as I believe there are no real escape routes in that one. 
 
I imagine lack of food was a big factor.  The flow in that tank is very low for the betta and it's not the most mature set up in the world, maybe a month or so old. 
 
He almost made it to the dog's bed! I'm surprised they didn't eat it, as they'll normally devour anything else! 

 

[NickAu]

Nice Nick...any footage of the red ones?

They are Reds.