Help!!! Fire Shrimp Acting Funny

onelow64

onelow64

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I have 2 fire shrimp that have been in my tank for about 1 1/2 years that look like they are dying. They are "clinging" to the live rock just "rocking" back and forth. They do not respond to me touching them, usually they crawl to my hand while i clean the tank. I literally picked one up and it had very little movement and could hardly hold on to the rock after i placed him on it.

Any help is greatly apprieciated.
 
onelow64

onelow64

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One is now laying on its side clinging on to the sand.
Water Test =
Nitrates <20ppm
Ammonia <.25ppm
Nitrites 0
PH apprx 8.2 - 8.4
Salinity 1.026
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by onelow64
http:///forum/post/3116910
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both shrimp are more responsive this morning no idea what they could have gotten in to
You probably stirred something up.....and whatever it was has filtered out (hopefully)
 
jackri

jackri

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Could be starting a molt. Best just to leave them alone. BTW my rocks back and forth all the time -- just normal behavior there.
 
inquiring mind

inquiring mind

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Fire shrimp 4 yrs, how about:
Cleaner shrimp:
basic Red crab:
basic Blue crab:
Turbo snail:
and the little dudes (snails) that stay burrowed under the sand until they smell food with their honking noses that stick out?
Thanks for any info. And wasn't it the blue crabs that were a hair less agressive? I don't know how many I've seen yanking each other out of their shell and mobile home heisting
, but I'd like to get the more "friendly" of the options for additionals. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
 
mr&mrs.o

mr&mrs.o

Member
Originally Posted by Inquiring Mind
http:///forum/post/3120925
Thanks for any info. And wasn't it the blue crabs that were a hair less agressive? I don't know how many I've seen yanking each other out of their shell and mobile home heisting
, but I'd like to get the more "friendly" of the options for additionals. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Our blue legs are the mean ones in our tank...
 
inquiring mind

inquiring mind

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Awww...
That's terrible. I got 4 red and 4 blue to start with and the red ones went around pulling everyone else out of their shells. I even put some extra shells in just in case they needed a larger shell.
It helped a little by giving them something to do as they went around checking out all the new possibilities. What else do you have in your tank and how long have you had them?
 
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