Tedrock Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) Howdy Nerms. I have a couple of 10 gallon RCS tanks and they are don’t move around much. When the tanks were young these shrimp raced around often. Now that they are six months old they are just kicking back. They are eating and slowly producing. I have sponge filters and heat to 75. Sand bottoms with Java moss and Malaysian drift wood. Ph is 7.4 and GH is 6. Ammonia is zero. I feed a couple a shrimpee sinking pellets every two days. I do water a change every 5 days about 20%. Recently I did a substrate siphon cleaning (small python for nanos) to see if that would help do difference. i just wonder if others have had this experience and can tell me if I am doing something wrong? I have other tanks that are younger and much more active. you thoughts? many thanks, tedrock. Edited January 16, 2021 by Tedrock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 wow those cherrys are red🔴 what brand of food are you feeding the shrimp? I really like the shrimp king foods. And @Irenehas had some really good things to say about Bacotor AE. I dont know lots about shrimp but I'm wondering if they need more protein in their diet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koi Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Beautiful looking shrimp by the way. I kinda of have a similar experience as you. I would't say my shrimp are sluggish but they usually just crawl around slowly everywhere at least for my older ones. The only time I see my shrimp swimming around everywhere is after a water change or the males looks for the females. If I had to guess, I would go with what you stated and you just have a colony that are much older. From that picture alone I would think you're doing everything right and more. Better than me forsure Do you have a video of this slow movement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tedrock Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 This is a video where they are eating and are happy. I need a video of them not eating shrimpee sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 I have 2 generations of yellow shrimp (only 9 in total) and the younger ones always fly around more than the older ones, especially after water changes. My older shrimp mostly hang out as you described. Yours are a really deep color and look great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedrock Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 The reason I brought this up was I just got some new Rilli shrimp and they are like track stars. Just wondering if I was doing something wrong I still wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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