Temp change kill shrimp?

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sinner's girl

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Hey,
We had 10 pepperment shrimp. The other night the power went off, (My guy was asleep and had no clue) the next morning he turned tank back on. The heater was off for a few hours (sometime before 3am to 10am). Last night I noticed I had not seen the shrimp in a few days, so I put flakes in the water (this makes them all come out) and I only saw 1 peppermint shrimp. well only 1 is left in the tank. the other must have died and became food for the clean up crew. Is it correct to assume it was the change in heat that killed them? The cb shrimp and other creatures are all fine.
Thanks
 
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farieslayer

Guest
it might be and it might not. my peppermints shrimp, and cleaner shrimps are in 10 gallons tank, sharing heater with another 10 gallons tank. I think the shrimps are very hardy.
 
kris walker

kris walker

Active Member
If your heater was off for only 3 hours, I highly doubt that is what caused them to die, if they are dead.
kris
 
fshhub

fshhub

Active Member
how much did the temp drop??
it could have been somethingelse, like a crab or 2 that may be in the rock, a mantis(same case), or even the cbs
some stars will also eat shrimp and or small fish
 
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sinner's girl

Guest
I don't know how long the heater was off (most likely more than 3 hours, could have been 8 hours- all I know is at 3am the light weren't on, and everything was turned back on at 10am.) or how much it dropped. I wasn't there.
The shrimp are gone, no dead bodies. They were all fine the night before, i don't think my stars would have ate 8 of them in one night but I guess they could have.
I did check for bodies after I put the flakes in and no one came out.
I figured the clean up crew ate the bodies, but I don't see why they would kill them. I guess they didn't get air?
Thanks guys,
 
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