I think I killed them

[Istfensarion]

So, I was rearranging my tank adding some decor and moving plants around and i had seen all my ghost shrimp at the time i was doing it but after it was done i didn't see them at all so either some of the bigger fish tinfoil barb or t he BGK ate them, or they got berried it has been a few days my worry is if they did get berried and die does that mean trouble for the fish from the decomp there were 3 of them i think thanks in advance.



Sorry Shrimps
Thanks again Lawrence

 

[Istfensarion]

any one know if they died in the gravel will they rot and harm my exo system?

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

lil half inch ghost shrimp harming your bioload? doubtful but you can always gravel vac to ease your mind

 

[othy]

i doubt you killed them they can move like a bullet, likely that there hidding in there somewhere and in the unlikely event you did manage to kill them your filter if its big enough and cycled well,it will handle it, as ghost shrimp are small and composed of a flimsey exoskeleton and fleshy innard that will decompose quickly, or they wre tasty snack. keep an eye i bet they will reappear.

 

[libayn]

if its been days then you would already be able to see a spike but not a large one.

 

[Istfensarion]

Good news to know I didn't think they would have made much of a problem but i wasn't sure if waste and decay were a big difference.

 

[Istfensarion]

Woot i saw one today so i guess there ok alright!

 

[Mudslinger14]

They will get eaten eventually though haha. I wanted to keep one as a "community" member with some mollies, and....a pictus catfish. Eventually....Im guessing...The pictus got him. Poor "Ghosty" as we named him

 

[Jay88]

I think i killed my common Bristlenose this way, while i was adding gravel...i couldn't see him after i re-decorated my tank, next day hes dead and at the bottom, NOT floating...which i assume means he suffocated and was full of water.

 

[barracuda123]

I think i killed my common Bristlenose this way, while i was adding gravel...i couldn't see him after i re-decorated my tank, next day hes dead and at the bottom, NOT floating...which i assume means he suffocated and was full of water.

sorry BUT....LOL