help me with my shrimp!!!

goda · 06/01/2006, 09:53 AM

well

the other week i got a shrimp and he just disapeared into the rocks

then earlier this week i got 3 more shrimp ( the 4th one sees them and goes to join )

now heres the problom

i have a screen intake on my filter
the srimp rather hand upside down from it then the rcok!is there anything i can do to make it less inviting to the shrimp i really dont like all 4 shrimp hanging near the top of the tank . id prefer tehm in my rock

hairymushroom · 06/01/2006, 10:04 AM

Nothing you can ReaLly do aBout that, just make sure you have plenty overhangs for them to hide under. what shrimp are they, i know my peppermints never hide out , but my CB only comes out to eat.

goda · 06/01/2006, 11:22 AM

they are cleaner shrimp ( scarrlet)
iv even removed the shade that prevents light from hitting this and they still wanna hang out on it

the problom i also have witht hem there is the fact there is a small gap in the screen that they could craw into then get sucked into the drain pipe ( 1200 gph distributed over 5 1.5 inch openings with about 6 sq ft of screen covering it)

Dollarbill · 06/01/2006, 11:33 AM

I only have 1 peppermint and it has hidden for about two weeks now since i bought him/her. Maybe i need to add more of them? Ha maybe ill go to the fish store tonight!

clsanchez77 · 06/01/2006, 11:43 AM

They are more brave in small groups. Most likely what is attracting them is the water flow and food attached to the screens. I am not sure you can do anything about it. Maybe brush the screens clean, if there isnt anything to eat, they may head back to the rocks? Just a guess however.

Chris

goda · 06/01/2006, 11:46 AM

yeah nothing at all on there to eat ( atleast where they are)

iv never had shrimp be this brave

but boy do i love them shrimp
i stick my arm in the tank and all 4 are on me the second i touch the water ^^ thats a cleaner for ya

im hoping once i get my clownfish back that they will go after him instead of staying there

angelsj247 · 06/01/2006, 12:30 PM

i have 2 peppermints and they are always hiding til i feed otherwise they come out after lights go out at night.

petenheather · 06/01/2006, 12:43 PM

I have 2 shrimps...1 cleaner and one fire, the fire is always hiding and only comes out to eat, but the cleaner...the moment I put my hand in the tank is wants me to hand feed him and crawls over my hand!, he kinda expects special treatment, lol....

06/01/2006, 09:53 AM	#1
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	help me with my shrimp!!! well the other week i got a shrimp and he just disapeared into the rocks then earlier this week i got 3 more shrimp ( the 4th one sees them and goes to join ) now heres the problom i have a screen intake on my filter the srimp rather hand upside down from it then the rcok!is there anything i can do to make it less inviting to the shrimp i really dont like all 4 shrimp hanging near the top of the tank . id prefer tehm in my rock

06/01/2006, 11:33 AM	#4
Dollarbill Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Beautiful Colorado Posts: 250	I only have 1 peppermint and it has hidden for about two weeks now since i bought him/her. Maybe i need to add more of them? Ha maybe ill go to the fish store tonight! __________________ "Her eyeballs will fall out of her head"....Doc Eason Current Tank Info: Custom acrylic 180 bow front

06/01/2006, 12:30 PM	#7
angelsj247 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Joliet, IL Posts: 866	i have 2 peppermints and they are always hiding til i feed otherwise they come out after lights go out at night. __________________ 2 perc clownfish, 2 peppermint shrimp, astrea, turbo, & nassarius snails, 20 lbs Live Rock Current Tank Info: 20gal FOWLR

06/01/2006, 12:43 PM	#8
petenheather Registered Member. Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 381	I have 2 shrimps...1 cleaner and one fire, the fire is always hiding and only comes out to eat, but the cleaner...the moment I put my hand in the tank is wants me to hand feed him and crawls over my hand!, he kinda expects special treatment, lol.... __________________ Pete and Heather Current Tank Info: 46 gallon, 3 frogspwn corals, 1 hammer coral,Neon flower pot,1 yellow flower pot, bubble coral, 1 brain, 1 zoo. 55lbs+ fiji live rock, and 17 various snails, i fire shrimp, 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 mated Clarki clowns, lawmower blenny, six line wrasse

06/01/2006, 10:04 AM	#2
hairymushroom Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Africa Posts: 315	Nothing you can ReaLly do aBout that, just make sure you have plenty overhangs for them to hide under. what shrimp are they, i know my peppermints never hide out , but my CB only comes out to eat.

06/01/2006, 11:22 AM	#3
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	they are cleaner shrimp ( scarrlet) iv even removed the shade that prevents light from hitting this and they still wanna hang out on it the problom i also have witht hem there is the fact there is a small gap in the screen that they could craw into then get sucked into the drain pipe ( 1200 gph distributed over 5 1.5 inch openings with about 6 sq ft of screen covering it)

06/01/2006, 11:43 AM	#5
clsanchez77 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Metairie, La Posts: 822	They are more brave in small groups. Most likely what is attracting them is the water flow and food attached to the screens. I am not sure you can do anything about it. Maybe brush the screens clean, if there isnt anything to eat, they may head back to the rocks? Just a guess however. Chris

06/01/2006, 11:46 AM	#6
goda Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fortlauderdale florida area Posts: 1,874	yeah nothing at all on there to eat ( atleast where they are) iv never had shrimp be this brave but boy do i love them shrimp i stick my arm in the tank and all 4 are on me the second i touch the water ^^ thats a cleaner for ya im hoping once i get my clownfish back that they will go after him instead of staying there