I brought home this Amano shrimp today and this once specific shrimp has a death wish. He climbed out of his tank and almost became dinner for my cats! I have many other shrimp in this tank and It’s a shrimp only tank. All other shrimp are fine and don’t seem distressed or interested in exploring space without a space suit like this shrimp. I checked the parameters and they look okay (I’ll put a picture below). There’s no c02 in the tank and the temperature should be around 75-81° (although my thermometer is out of battery so I’m not 100% sure. I’m going to get a new battery asap!) I’ve turned off the light and unplugged the heater for a bit to try and cool it down and see if that helps him at all. Is there possibly something I’m missing?
Posted by LunamWolf
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Here’s the parameters! The writing in the book was for my axolotl not specifically the shrimp but I still believe these are ideal parameters for shrimp as well.
No, that’s just what they do. I’ve found Amanos 30′ from their tank before, crawling along the ground.
It’s time to destroy the tank, it’s evolving
Its time for the next evolutionary stage
Just wants to sit on his towel for bit
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My Amano did the same thing. I gave up.
Life …always finds a way.
Shrimp climb. It’s what they do
This is clearly gods chosen shrimp. Evolution doesn’t exist. 🫠