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Ok, so I have an interesting experience to share and inquire about as well.
I purchased around 25 tiger shrimp last month. I added 4 to my 20 gal tank with small guppies and java moss, 15 (along with 5 amano shrimp) to my second 20 gal with red cherries and albino BN juvies (four in total) and the rest (along with 2 amano shrimp) to my 33 gal community aquarium with 15 guppies, 16 neon tetras, 3 rasboras and 3 corydoras (all medium sized except for 2 corydoras that are of breeding age). I acclimated the shrimp before adding them in.
I saw the amano's that I had added at the same time as the tigers on many occasions, especially in the cherry tank and the 33 gal community tank, but the tiger shrimp have all disappeared... I haven't seen a single one! Now I understand they may have hidden from the fish due to their nature but the fish are really small (the shrimp were large, 1.5 cm+ each) and also the amanos are just hanging about in the open...
Could the shrimp have died off without me being able to see a single one? Or are they still hiding? I know my fish couldn't have eaten them because their mouths are too small and the shrimp were too large (unless if the BN juvies hunted them down, but then why the tigers and not the red cherries?)...
Any thoughts?
I purchased around 25 tiger shrimp last month. I added 4 to my 20 gal tank with small guppies and java moss, 15 (along with 5 amano shrimp) to my second 20 gal with red cherries and albino BN juvies (four in total) and the rest (along with 2 amano shrimp) to my 33 gal community aquarium with 15 guppies, 16 neon tetras, 3 rasboras and 3 corydoras (all medium sized except for 2 corydoras that are of breeding age). I acclimated the shrimp before adding them in.
I saw the amano's that I had added at the same time as the tigers on many occasions, especially in the cherry tank and the 33 gal community tank, but the tiger shrimp have all disappeared... I haven't seen a single one! Now I understand they may have hidden from the fish due to their nature but the fish are really small (the shrimp were large, 1.5 cm+ each) and also the amanos are just hanging about in the open...
Could the shrimp have died off without me being able to see a single one? Or are they still hiding? I know my fish couldn't have eaten them because their mouths are too small and the shrimp were too large (unless if the BN juvies hunted them down, but then why the tigers and not the red cherries?)...
Any thoughts?