Shrimps eating each other???!

[Victoria]

i have around lots of ghost shrimps, some yellow cherry shrimp, some red and black crystal shrimp and a little bit of blue glass shrimp, I've had them for 2 weeks now. their tank has driftwoods, plants an shrimp sand. They eat fish flakes. now they seem to be flipping each other around to try to eat each other and some have been eating dead ones. Why is this happening?

[hcuellart]

Hi Victoria, if you can provide us with more details on the setup it'd be easier to try and help you. But with the information you provided, all I could tell you, is that you have mixed too many species of shrimp with different water parameter requirements and most probably they might be eating the shrimp that might've recently died like you say or on the really weak ones.

 

[Victoria]

Hi, Thanks for your reply. I have a 9.2 gallon tank, I have driftwood with plants growing on the top, I've got some java moss, shrimp sand, and other aquarium plants. I set my heater to 22 degrees Celsius and I'm using a sponge filter.

[HumanArtRebel1020]

Tell them to knock it off. Make sure theyre not hungry, if its the ghost shrimp thats a problem i heard the do kill other shrimp and are agressive .

[Victoria]

thanks for your response. should i put the ghost shrimp separate from my other species of shrimp?

[wyzazz]

Ghost shrimp are fairly aggressive, I'd separate them from the dwarf shrimp.