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Post by parker002 on May 2, 2012 20:07:12 GMT -5
I will try to snap some pics but unfortunately (for taking pics that is, it's absolutely fortunate for the shrimp) they've all disappeared into the wilderness already!
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Post by parker002 on May 3, 2012 9:10:57 GMT -5
Well, it appears that the killifish WILL attempt to eat the shrimp because I saw one doing it this morning.
Luckily the adult shrimp are SUPER quick in short bursts (you can't follow them with your eyes, they're that fast) and we have more cover than they could ever need.
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Post by Carl on May 3, 2012 11:38:00 GMT -5
I hope your shrimp survive! Did your Killifish get one or did it get away? I look forward to any pictures Carl
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Post by parker002 on May 3, 2012 11:57:28 GMT -5
The shrimp got away - way too fast for these killifish (they're really mellow and spend most of their time looking down their noses at the danios). I'm not sure the killifish could actually get a whole shrimp in their mouths anyway - these are Firemouth Killifish (Epiplatus dageti) and are only about an inch long.
I moved some of the moss thicket this morning and found three. They're just super small.
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Post by parker002 on May 3, 2012 12:34:35 GMT -5
Wife took the camera with her to town or I would post some pics right now! I fed some frozen food and then watched for a while. I observed the following: 1) I watched one of the shrimp eat right next to a male Killifish. The fish seemed interested and appeared to watch the shrimp eat but never did make a move that looked like he wanted to eat the shrimp. He just sat and watched. 2) Even in the presence of frozen spirulina, shrimp, and tubifex worms, at least one of the shrimp continued to eat algae. 3) I watched one of the RCS physically TAKE a frozen mysis shrimp away from a snail and begin to eat. Hopefully a healthy RCS population will stem the growth of the snail population.
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Post by goldenpuon on May 3, 2012 13:31:54 GMT -5
The shrimp sound pretty fun to watch. *imagines a shrimp speedily stealing the mysis shrimp from a snail* I am glad the shrimp can so easily get away from the killifish. They will probably fine IMO.
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Post by parker002 on May 5, 2012 15:07:39 GMT -5
These little guys are proving quite difficult to photograph. First of all, there's so many places for them to hide, I can't always even find one with my eyes, let alone the camera. Second, they're small and it's difficult to zoom in on them and maintain focus. I can say after snapping a few photos today that I don't think the Yo Yo Loach will bother them. Not 2 minutes before I snapped this picture, the shrimp was actually TOUCHING the loach with his antennae and the loach was completely still.
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Post by Carl on May 5, 2012 19:27:15 GMT -5
Considering the difficulties photographing these shrimp, this is a very good close up picture. However, it appears your shrimp is "mooning" your loach rather than touching the loach with his antennae. ;D
Carl
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Post by parker002 on May 5, 2012 22:16:47 GMT -5
Hehe. Yeah, by the time I got the camera fully-focused, he'd already moved away from the loach. It's too bad really because they were literally touching - if the loach REALLY wanted to eat the shrimp, he had his chance.
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Post by parker002 on May 7, 2012 9:37:31 GMT -5
I got a couple of good pics over the weekend...
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Post by Carl on May 7, 2012 11:50:05 GMT -5
Good close ups, again!
The second pic looks like your shrimp is "stalking" something
Carl
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Post by parker002 on May 7, 2012 12:05:00 GMT -5
The 2nd pic almost looks like he has glowing spots on him. It reminds me of a sci-fi movie, when they show a picture of a planet from space...
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Post by parker002 on May 7, 2012 14:43:45 GMT -5
Was able to get another halfway-decent pic.
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Post by Carl on May 7, 2012 18:59:34 GMT -5
The 2nd pic almost looks like he has glowing spots on him. It reminds me of a sci-fi movie, when they show a picture of a planet from space... Yeh now that I look at it him/her I see this. Interesting observation! Your latest pic makes the shrimp look almost like a grasshopper in a garden (about to consume a plant) Carl
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Post by Suzie Q (Lori) on May 8, 2012 12:58:17 GMT -5
Gonna throw my experience in here...if you want to keep shrimp they need to be in a tank by themselves. These guys only live about a yr. To keep them, they need to be able to reproduce. Yo Yo's and Killies (I have the same species) WILL eat them. I had mine in with Endler's and the Endler's never bothered them (had a HUGE wade of Taiwan Moss that the shrimp fry hid in. I added CRS to the tank and it was a shrimp feast for the Endler's. I was able to save a male and female RCS, 3 CRS and a juvie CRS. The shrimp are now in a 10g by themselves. I moved the new pair of Killies to a 5g tank as the Endler's started picking on them and killed my first 2 pairs . Never had this happen before. The Endler's are behaving normal now...new born fish in the tank and no one bother's them... Lori
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Post by goldenpuon on May 8, 2012 21:06:42 GMT -5
Very nice pictures Parker! The shrimp are cute! lol
Carl, my impression of the last picture was the shrimp peeking its head out of the plants cautiously. Now I keep thinking I am seeing a grasshopper every time I see the picture. LOL
As for my earlier comment that the shrimp would probably be OK with the other fish, I would like to take back what I said partially about the shrimp being safe with the fish. Though the plant cover is definitely a plus for the shrimp, based on what you said Lori as well as your experience keeping shrimp, the fish seem like they are still a threat.
Renee
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Post by parker002 on May 9, 2012 6:59:16 GMT -5
Interesting. I don't really have another tank in which to put them, so I'm kind of stuck hoping they make it.
There's more than enough places for them to hide that the fish simply can't enter, so I'll have to take my chances.
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Post by parker002 on May 9, 2012 7:23:25 GMT -5
Gonna throw my experience in here...if you want to keep shrimp they need to be in a tank by themselves. These guys only live about a yr. To keep them, they need to be able to reproduce. Yo Yo's and Killies (I have the same species) WILL eat them. I had mine in with Endler's and the Endler's never bothered them (had a HUGE wade of Taiwan Moss that the shrimp fry hid in. I added CRS to the tank and it was a shrimp feast for the Endler's. I was able to save a male and female RCS, 3 CRS and a juvie CRS. The shrimp are now in a 10g by themselves. I moved the new pair of Killies to a 5g tank as the Endler's started picking on them and killed my first 2 pairs . Never had this happen before. The Endler's are behaving normal now...new born fish in the tank and no one bother's them... Lori Can you clarify the part in red? I'm not trying to nitpick but it seems to contradict itself. I'm just trying to understand your situation and how it compares to mine. By the way, I saw 3 this morning, just cleaning away...
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Post by parker002 on May 9, 2012 16:46:58 GMT -5
Fed some frozen brine and mysis shrimp today. Shortly thereafter, I was able to spot 4 of the 6, eating and seemingly healthy. So at most, I've lost 2 although I'm guessing they're in there somewhere...
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Post by Suzie Q (Lori) on May 15, 2012 16:02:18 GMT -5
I had mine in with Endler's and the Endler's never bothered them (had a HUGE wade of Taiwan Moss that the shrimp fry hid in. I added CRS to the tank and it was a shrimp feast for the Endler's.Lori Can you clarify the part in red? I'm not trying to nitpick but it seems to contradict itself. I'm just trying to understand your situation and how it compares to mine. Well, it appears that the killifish WILL attempt to eat the shrimp because I saw one doing it this morning.
Luckily the adult shrimp are SUPER quick in short bursts (you can't follow them with your eyes, they're that fast) and we have more cover than they could ever need. This is what I was referring to. The killies will eat the fry.
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