bamboo shrimp suddenly not moving?

[Sgooosh]

i've had a bamboo shrimp for a week now, and it is not moving today, the days before it was near the filter catching scraps of debris
today it is under an amazon sword leaf not doing much.
he even let a snail go on top of him
he is alive, he sometimes moves his antennae

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

i've had a bamboo shrimp for a week now, and it is not moving today, the days before it was near the filter catching scraps of debris
today it is under an amazon sword leaf not doing much.
he even let a snail go on top of him
he is alive, he sometimes moves his antennae

Pictures? Water parameters?
I've had these guys before. The first one I lost to a problem in moulting, the other one disappeared.

 

[Colin_T]

check the water quality
post pictures and video of shrimpy

 

[Sgooosh]

check the water quality
post pictures and video of shrimpy

Pictures? Water parameters?
I've had these guys before. The first one I lost to a problem in moulting, the other one disappeared.

ill take a pic when i get my phone
the params are the same as usual:
0 amm 0 trite 0-1 trate
ph 7+ gh 100 kh 70

 

[Sgooosh]

check the water quality
post pictures and video of shrimpy

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Pictures? Water parameters?
I've had these guys before. The first one I lost to a problem in moulting, the other one disappeared.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

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To me, it looks like the shrimp is falling apart. Is it moulting by any chance?

 

[DoubleDutch]

What and how is it fed ?

 

[Sgooosh]

To me, it looks like the shrimp is falling apart. Is it moulting by any chance?

not sure, He did not have a hand when i got him, maybe he is moulting and healing the hand

What and how is it fed ?

crumbled up fish food and duckweed,
powdered and thrown into water, i can see his fins catching it

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Hopefully just preparing for a moult - they're soft and vulnerable immediately after a moult and tend to hide away until the new shell hardens up, so perhaps he's finding a place he feels safe enough to moult and hide.

Keep us updated?

 

[Sgooosh]

Hopefully just preparing for a moult - they're soft and vulnerable immediately after a moult and tend to hide away until the new shell hardens up, so perhaps he's finding a place he feels safe enough to moult and hide.

Keep us updated?

still stayin cozy i guess

i tried feeding him different foods
he twitched a bit but did not want to eat
very finely crushed too

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

still stayin cozy i guess

i tried feeding him different foods
he twitched a bit but did not want to eat
very finely crushed too

Makes me nervous that he hasn't emerged or eaten yet... able to get some clearer photos of him? Ideally the whole shrimp, unless it means disturbing him, in which case just photo what you can without bothering him.

@Essjay knows more about shrimp than I do, hopefully she'll have some ideas! Sorry @Sgooosh , not sure what's happening myself.

 

[Essjay]

I know that filter feeding shrimps can starve in a tank if they are not properly fed, one reason I have never been tempted to keep any.

How exactly have you been feeding the shrimp?

 

[Sgooosh]

Makes me nervous that he hasn't emerged or eaten yet... able to get some clearer photos of him? Ideally the whole shrimp, unless it means disturbing him, in which case just photo what you can without bothering him.

@Essjay knows more about shrimp than I do, hopefully she'll have some ideas! Sorry @Sgooosh , not sure what's happening myself.

Thanks tho, cant get a photo he is hiding somewhere at least he is active

I know that filter feeding shrimps can starve in a tank if they are not properly fed, one reason I have never been tempted to keep any.

How exactly have you been feeding the shrimp?

Turkey baster with powedered food

 

[Beastije]

Hi guys. I have three bamboo shrimps, and I regularly see only 2 at once for a week, third one is often molting for few days and hiding (and they do it quite often, but I have a higher temp). It is important to have a good cover, pieces of wood or something these large creatures can hide under. it is not hard to feed them at all, I do not feed them specifically, I just feed the fish on the surface, the fish eat it, circulate it, the shrimp stands in the filter output and picks up the crumbs. Signs that the shrimp is hungry and does not have enough food are, when you see them running around on the substrate and picking food up. They are not afraid of fish at all, they will run over them, they sit on the snails sometimes and eat algae wafers that I feed them and cories.
They spend hours sitting at one spot, but always with fans out, filtering. it is not uncommon to see them sitting statically, filters closed and not moving, that is their resting time. If you have more cover, you wont see them at all, as they preferer to rest in safety.

I read though they are social creatures, that is why I have three, if you have only one and not good enough places to hide since it is using an uncovered leaf as the best spot it could find, it is maybe good idea to restructure and/or get another one to keep it company. They always hang out together

Hope this info helped a bit. I have not seen them for 5 days after I brought them home at all for example, and the week after that it was only twitches of fans while they were hidden. Once they are comfortable, they are more outgoing

 

[Sgooosh]

Hi guys. I have three bamboo shrimps, and I regularly see only 2 at once for a week, third one is often molting for few days and hiding (and they do it quite often, but I have a higher temp). It is important to have a good cover, pieces of wood or something these large creatures can hide under. it is not hard to feed them at all, I do not feed them specifically, I just feed the fish on the surface, the fish eat it, circulate it, the shrimp stands in the filter output and picks up the crumbs. Signs that the shrimp is hungry and does not have enough food are, when you see them running around on the substrate and picking food up. They are not afraid of fish at all, they will run over them, they sit on the snails sometimes and eat algae wafers that I feed them and cories.
They spend hours sitting at one spot, but always with fans out, filtering. it is not uncommon to see them sitting statically, filters closed and not moving, that is their resting time. If you have more cover, you wont see them at all, as they preferer to rest in safety.

I read though they are social creatures, that is why I have three, if you have only one and not good enough places to hide since it is using an uncovered leaf as the best spot it could find, it is maybe good idea to restructure and/or get another one to keep it company. They always hang out together
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Hope this info helped a bit. I have not seen them for 5 days after I brought them home at all for example, and the week after that it was only twitches of fans while they were hidden. Once they are comfortable, they are more outgoing

Thats a relief i have lotf of good places ,my tank is pretty lush but no wood since i hve gupoies
Dont know why he chose a
Bad spot
I might get more once i am good at keeping them