help needed [shrimp dead or is it hiding inside the moss ?]

[tmark]

Hi I'm a newbie to shrimps. recently i got some sakura, blue and cherry shrimps. the cherry and blue shrimps were pregnant and i saw a lot of small babies shrimps. but after that never see them already. Could it be dead or is it hiding inside the moss? what will they eat? Must i buy any special food for them?(I got no fishes. Only 3 otto's). Any bos and sis able to advise? Thanks a lot.

wat's ur tank setup like?

they cld be sucked up by ur filter...or simply they are juz hiding..

[tmark]

mine is a lots of moss and some nana. 2ft x1ft. my filter i have covered with the wool. No way it has gone there.

then my best guess is tt they are all hiding..tt they are simply out of sight...

i've placed some cherry shrimplets in my 2ft tank (filter i nv cover at all)...wanted to test see if they can survive in my comm tank...din see em initially so i tot they all got sucked up or up lorry...

but after a few wks..surprise surprise...i see many cherry shrimps hanging ard...(each abt 1-1.5cm)..every once in a while i will see smaller shrimps (0.5-0.8cm) appearing...

so i guess..in ur case, they are hiding...

[tmark]

ok thanks bro. Do i need to feed them any food or will they get their own ones?

i can only answer tt to e best of my knowledge..cos i am not entirely a shrimp person..

my tank has many other (small) fish. so e food i feed em, some will sink to e bottom..and i guess tt's where e shrimps will get their food..i oso understand plants oso will help..as they can oso be places where food can be found..they dun eat e plants per se, but rather e stuff tt gathers on em..

i guess u can go get those shrimp pellets and feed em though..

let's hope other gurus can come help u...

[tmark]

thanks bro for your advise.

[silane]

The next person who use Help Needed, Question, Help and titles that does not reflect the content of the 1st post in the thread, I will get the thread deleted.

[tmark]

Originally Posted by silane

The next person who use Help Needed, Question, Help and titles that does not reflect the content of the 1st post in the thread, I will get the thread deleted.

sorry bout it... will keep in my mind. Thanks for editing it.

[numbskull]

Don't worry bro. If u cover ur filer inlet properly your shrimplets are fine. They usually will hide for the first 1 to 2 weeks and are hard to see. After that they will co e out once you throw some algae pellets to feed your shrimps. When they are born they will feed on micro organisms which are not visible to the eyes.

If u need food, I can recommend you to buy Hikari algae waffles for cheap price. If budget is not concern then get Mosura shrimp food which my sakura and crs are attracted to cheers.