DirtyCop Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 I'm new - When shrimp die, what happens? Do they float, turn to debris, kinda vanish? I bought 5 shrimp a few weeks ago. I've seen two at once today-so I got at least two. I have a 5 gallon tank with hiding spots, but I look pretty close. I guess they could be really hidden, kind of like my cat can crawl under my couch somehow. At the same time, I don't see any floating shrimp. One note- about two weeks ago, I was only seeing two or three at a time, imported a new piece of wood into the tank and seen all 5 all of a sudden. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimple minded Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 Could be hidden under objects in tank, or likely eaten by the other tank inhabitants, including the other shrimp. Or they could be hiding still....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy6107 Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 they dont float, or at least in my experience. But like shrimple minded said, if you have other tank inhabitants, they will get eaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 If you have plants, rock decor, wood then your shrimp can be hiding in a number of places. If you have snails then your snails can be consuming the dead shrimp. Other shrimp will also eat dead shrimp but that depends on how hungry they are. When shrimp die they fall to the ground or get stuck in plants or whatever they were standing on at the time. Also, they can decompose quickly (at least from what I've seen in my tanks) so if you don't check your tanks regularly then you may miss that process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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