Shrimps Acting Weirdly

Sterbai · Jul 17, 2008

Hi my shimps have all collected together and gone to the back top right of the aquarium at the surface :huh:

. There's 8 altogether and normally they do thier own thing in the tank.

The only thing I can think of is that I added some fertilisers to the tank, KPO kSO KNO Trace elements and GH mix, there wasn't any copper contained in the mixes so I can't think of anything

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Davo86 · Jul 17, 2008

Hi
do they appear to be trying to escape the water??
are they near the flow of the filter or near a pump?
are the parameters all ok?

to be on the safe side i would do a water change and see how they react afterwards, it does sound as though they don't like something in your water

Sterbai · Jul 17, 2008

Davo86 said:
Hi
do they appear to be trying to escape the water??
are they near the flow of the filter or near a pump?
are the parameters all ok?

to be on the safe side i would do a water change and see how they react afterwards, it does sound as though they don't like something in your water

I don't know if they are trying to escape, they are on the upper sucker of an airline tube. It is also near (ish) to the outflow but it's behind it. Just done a 20% water change and no change, then again it might take time.

SJ2K · Jul 17, 2008

I wouldnt panic just yet, somtimes mine like to hang out by the outflow, i think its a good place to feed as theres a constant flow of tiny algae particles etc.

Sterbai · Jul 17, 2008

Their eyes seem really big and black, they might have been like that before though lol.

Miss Wiggle · Jul 17, 2008

shrimp clustering up together indicates they are scared of something, it could be the change in water conditions (i.e. the fertiliser added) or another factor. what fish are in the tank? is anyone being a bully?