Where's my shrimp

**misshippy** · 10-25-2012, 12:39 PM

hi! i hope someone can help me. i have a community tank with gouramis, mollies and a breeding pair of kribensis. they get on well sticking to their various parts on the tank. about a week ago i introduced a vampire shrimp (african cameroon fan shrimp) he was investigated by the tank inhabitants with lots of nudges and then left alone. he obviously didt like this much ad ran and hid under some bog wood.

its been a week and i havent seen him at all! is he dead or hiding? will he ever come out? im worried if he will get enough food.

thanks!

**Trillianne** · 10-25-2012, 04:30 PM

If you have moved things around in your tank looking for him and can't find him... its entirely possible he was eaten.

**pjaldave** · 10-25-2012, 05:27 PM

It's not impossible for him to get eaten by the kribs or the gouramis.

Also, i'm not sure it is a wise idea to keep more than 1 gourami in the same tank.

**Brhino** · 10-25-2012, 06:16 PM

do you have a lot of plants or hiding spots in the tank? I have a bamboo shrimp which is similar and I rarely see it. It spends most of its time hidden in my plants filter feeding peacefully.

**luv2sk8te17** · 10-25-2012, 11:08 PM

gouramis got him

**misshippy** · 10-26-2012, 12:21 AM

yes its full of hiding places like plants, wood, stones and caves. found him under a moss ball after lots of hunting. i have 2 gouarmis but they are probably the least aggressive and seem to have no interest at all in my shrimp but still he stays hidden. ;(