So I’ve got a 125G tank. It’s planted and has drift wood and some rocks, there is mostly shrimp in the tank I should have had at least 90 shrimp but seems the number has gone down quite a bit.
The tank consists of
Cherry shrimp (started at 70+) also mixed in some chocolate, and Bloody Mary. Also for some reason a single blue female shrimp.
Amano shrimp (10)
Green lace filter shrimp (6)
Vampire shrimp (5)
Bamboo shrimp (2) although I had 3 but recently the largest one died even after doing well for a while
Hillstream loach (7)
Peacock dudgeon goby (a lot) they are all fry from the adults that I had in there before and I had to return them to my lfs cause they were destroying the dwarf shrimp population
Finally plenty of pest snails but I’ve also noticed more empty shells then the living snails so something seems off
I know that I’ve got some pretty large planaria as well, I occasionally remove them but have no idea if it’s infested. Pretty sure there is seed shrimp and lots of other microfauna.
Was just wondering if this creature in the pic has anything to do with the death of the shrimp in the colony and what may have caused the injury to that female shrimp. Also I will post my parameters soon cause they are having issues with molting and most of the time they seem lethargic. I wanna say all this started happening like 2 weeks ago cause before that they were fine everything seemed to be thriving. Also should mention I’ve treated the water with prazipro cause I noticed some s.japonica on a few shrimp although it wasn’t to serious literally just a couple of the worms on a few shrimp. Regarding the molting issue though, they seem to molt the head but their lower half still has the molt attached to them. I noticed that some still survive after a bad molt but it seems to be the neos that have this problem. The vampire shrimp are molting perfectly and so are the amanos. Not so sure about the bamboo yet. I’ve also decided to get some no planaria but it won’t arrive till next month so I think I’ll be trying that out for the planaria and hydra. I do a water change about once every week or two depending if I have the time but the water usually seems to be fine. I’m also new to shrimp keeping so I may be messing up as well. I’ve added pictures of every thing I’ve found in the tank so far and was wondering what is good and what isn’t.
Posted by goodluck_10
21 Comments
Oh my god what a death trap for shrimp. You gotta kill that dragonfly nymph asap; I recommend snipping it in half with long sharp scissors
Dude, that pic reel was a horror show. You have damselfly nymphs, planaria, and leeches in that tank.
Yeah dragonflies will do a number on anything you got in there. Apex insect predator for a reason lol
That’s a butcher house for shrimp. Jesus
You have all the things that kill shrimp
dude this is a halloween house hahahah the stuff of nightmares.
Honestly if you can save the shrimp and nuke the tank it might be the best move.
Sorry man but you gotta nuke this tank and start over
I’m so sorry man—this slideshow of pics is like 6 months worth of different people’s “What’s wrong with my tank” questions
planaria , and dragonfly can kill shrimps , What i would do is buy a plastic bucket , move the stuff i want there , then bomb the aquarium with Albdendazole or similar medication to kill the planaria , then redo again in 14 days
Tank of doom and suffering
I am curious for those that have better knowledge than me, how do Dragonfly Nymphs end up in people’s tanks? Is it taking outside plants that have dragonfly eggs and not quarantining plants?
This is like being a human in Alien 2
i can’t lie to you, almost every pic you showed has a major predator of shrimp in it. i really think that instead of doing spot treatments, i’d set up an emergency hospital tank and just redo the entire thing. take everything out, clean the tank, new substrate, new hardscape, the works. planaria and leeches are an absolute pain in the ass to deal with in an established tank. i seriously think that helping your shrimp survive a freshly post-cycled/almost cycled tank would be more conducive their overall survival than making them live on a substrate bed that’s constantly spawning worms that want to kill your shrimp every second of the day
get some darios to hunt the invertebratea, or scarlet badis
How did all these foreign entities get in your tank? Do you take plants from outside?
Let nature take its course. The shrimp will prevail.
I feel terrible that this has happened I wanna apologize to my shrimp colony and all that have suffered in my tank or what my shrimp would call home :(. Thank you all for the advice and comments I’ll do my best to save every last shrimp. Rip to all the beautiful shrimp that have perished.
OP, pics 5, 8 and 11 are Rhabdocolea worms. 9 and 10 are Aeolosoma worms. 12 are ostracods.
The main problem here is the damselfly nymph.
Maybe set up a new temporary tank to move the shrimp over to. Then add fish like betta or a small group of guppies.
Heck, even if you don’t have a place to move them, I would argue for putting a betta or something in it.
Oh heavens.
Im a human and Im afraid of your tank lol