Re: [GSAS-Member] Shrimp Huddling at top of Tank.

[Shango Los <shango@shangolos.com>]

This aggression question makes a lot of sense.  I did a big clean this
weekend and pulled out TONS of plants they were using for hiding places.
This is the same tank I posted about last week with the zebra loaches.  Poor
little shrimp might just be scared to death.


On 4/13/09 8:36 AM, "Laurel Larsen" <laurelthequeen@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd test your water and see if anything's spiking.  A $30 water
> testing kit is well worth it if you're possibly having cycling
> issues.  Are there any fish in there?  Perhaps they're experiencing
> aggression and trying to hide at the top.
> 
> -Laurel
> On Apr 13, 2009, at 8:23 AM, Shango Los wrote:
> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> So I noticed my shrimp were huddling at the top of the tank yesterday
>> morning.  I figured that something had spiked and I better do a
>> water change
>> quickly.  No sweat, did a 50% and the fish who were looking ok to
>> begin with
>> were totally stoked.  The shrimp still migrated back to the top
>> though.  In
>> the evening, I did another 50% change.
>> 
>> Again this morning they are all huddled near the top.  All I can
>> think of is
>> that something keeps spiking but that is awfully fast for anything
>> to spike
>> after those kinds of water changes in a 2 year old heavily planted
>> tank.
>> The second possibility is that when I put my logs back in (log!)
>> they can
>> get closer to the surface and they are going there just because they
>> can and
>> they like it.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Shango
>> 
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