Shrimp gone PSYCHO!

[lilbetta]

my usually very in active shrim at least inactive during daytime has just gone from his usual demeanor to a shrimp that is off his rocker... ok im fighting ich and i just put in new heater and did a water change during the waterchange i added some salt to fight the ich... now my shrimp is running all over the place running on the walls running up logs features and the one plant i left in there... is he trying to get to the surface for air or something?? help plz

 

[Vircomore]

Shrimp tend to have much more noticeable reactions to changes in water temperature or water quality - so if the water you changed was even a degree warmer or cooler (even without salt) - he'd probably still go insane. I have 3 Amano Shrimp that do the exact same thing every time I do a water change. It doesn't appear to cause any harm, they just seem to find it fun to go swimming when the water changes.

 

[jcolon]

my usually very in active shrim at least inactive during daytime has just gone from his usual demeanor to a shrimp that is off his rocker... ok im fighting ich and i just put in new heater and did a water change during the waterchange i added some salt to fight the ich... now my shrimp is running all over the place running on the walls running up logs features and the one plant i left in there... is he trying to get to the surface for air or something?? help plz

Sounds about right ... A couple of weeks ago, the ghost shrimp in my son's 10gal went nuts while I was raising the water temp to treat ich.