Kimlafeiet
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I am at a loss as to where my shrimp have gone. I started out with 6 amano shrimp, 6 red cherry shrimp, and 5 ghost shrimp in my planted tank. Over the course of 2 weeks, I am now down to 3 amano shrimp. The ghosts and cherries have dissappeared. The cherries are half the size of the amano and ghosts, so I am not too shocked, but I cant figure out who is eating all my shrimp.
My current fish stock is:
1 female GBR ( she used to livein a tank with ghost shrimp and there was never an issue )
1 juvenile pearl gourami apx 1.5 inches
1 Angelica Botia apx 1.5 inches
1 yo-yo loach apx 1 inch
1 baby kuhli loach
The loaches seem to be my most likely culprit, but as I have never had either of these kinds of loaches before, I am not sure what to think. They were ordered online as a trio of 3 golden zebra loaches, to control my pond snail problem....but one didnt make the trip, and the other two are clearly NOT zebra loaches, let alone even the same kind of loach. Long story.........
Anyway.....does anyone have experience with either of these loaches, or any of my above fish eating shrimp? The loaches have done thier job well, and there is not a pond snail to be found in the tank now. In fact.....today I found an empty nerite snail shell. The little boogers are eating me out of all my algae control!!!
My current fish stock is:
1 female GBR ( she used to livein a tank with ghost shrimp and there was never an issue )
1 juvenile pearl gourami apx 1.5 inches
1 Angelica Botia apx 1.5 inches
1 yo-yo loach apx 1 inch
1 baby kuhli loach
The loaches seem to be my most likely culprit, but as I have never had either of these kinds of loaches before, I am not sure what to think. They were ordered online as a trio of 3 golden zebra loaches, to control my pond snail problem....but one didnt make the trip, and the other two are clearly NOT zebra loaches, let alone even the same kind of loach. Long story.........
Anyway.....does anyone have experience with either of these loaches, or any of my above fish eating shrimp? The loaches have done thier job well, and there is not a pond snail to be found in the tank now. In fact.....today I found an empty nerite snail shell. The little boogers are eating me out of all my algae control!!!