Never hardly see my freshwater shrimp. Is this normal?

[Kuroth]

I have 3 red cherry shrimp in my 3 Gal tank. But I hardly ever see them.. I thought maybe they were dead but like once a week I might see one out.

Is this normal with shrimp? That they seem to hide 95% of the time..

Thanks!

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

Do you have a photo of the whole tank you could post?

 

[Colin_T]

Shrimp are nocturnal and only come out during the day if they are really hungry and there is lots of hiding places.

 

[Kuroth]

 

[vince82]

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Oooof.
That is.. ehm... nice to look at but very lacking in terms of animal care.
There are not enough places for the shrimps to hide in the presence of a predator (the neon tetras), and neons are fast streamlined fish that need to be kept in long tanks where they can swim an horizontal distance, not less than 3 feet at the very minimum.
This might lead them to all sort of problems, including harassing the shrimps.

 

[Magnum Man]

Looks like it has a nice dark cave for them to hide in...

 

[Colin_T]

not enough hiding place.
too much light for shrimp to come out.

floating plants like Water Sprite (Ceratopteris thalictroides/ cornuta) would help

 

[Magnum Man]

I agree with diffusing the light some... with floating plants, or does your LED light have different brightness levels??? that particular one is quite bright "white" light, even a "warmer" color ( the ones that look more yellow / red ) would probably help the shrimp feel more at ease