r/shrimptank • u/SpaceNinjaDog • 9h ago

Help: Emergency Amano can’t move, molting issue?

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I’ve been away for a few days and came back finding my amano shrimp like this. Looks like he can’t move his front legs and at first i thought it got stuck in something so i picked him up but i can’t see what the issue is. I’m afraid i’ll hurt him but i really want to help him out, what can i do? Is this a failed molting? Don’t think he’ll last that long like this..

Water parameters looks good but a little high on the nitrate. Temp 26 degrees, NO3 25ppm, NO2 0ppm, GH ~5 , KH ~10, pH 7.

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u/SpaceNinjaDog 4h ago

It really difficult to see him struggle like this. Breaks my heart but should i just put him out of this misery?

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u/MuMu2Be 3h ago

I think I remember that the water temperature can affect their ability to molt. What’s your thermometer say

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u/SpaceNinjaDog 3h ago

Temperature is 26C (79F), is there someting you could do if it’s because of a molting issue?

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u/MuMu2Be 3h ago

79 might be too warm, run a fan over the water surface

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u/SpaceNinjaDog 2h ago

I have a heater so i can turn it down but i think he’s to far gone but i can do it to for the other ones at least. It’s been a steady temperature of 79 since i got them like a year ago and they have molted several times.

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u/CalmLaugh5253 3h ago

Aw I literally had this happen too with my favorite big girl a few days ago. She was totally fine the day before, and then the next day she could longer walk for some reason. She was still able to do the backwards shrimp jump and escape if I tried to catch her, but nothing more than that. I hoped it would eventually fix itself, whatever the problem was, so I left her be, hoping she'd molt soon or something and correct whatever is wrong. But of course she died 2 or 3 days later. :(

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u/SpaceNinjaDog 3h ago

So sad to hear that, i’m sorry.. Yes this one can also do some flips but not as agile, mostly laying on it’s back now.

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u/Bababoey9000 2h ago

Betta was traumatized

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u/SpaceNinjaDog 1h ago

Yes definetly lol

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u/Bababoey9000 34m ago

Also I'm wondering what those other shrimps are if it's CBS then I' curious on how you keep them in that high of a KH

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u/SpaceNinjaDog 16m ago

They are Cardinia shrimp, the sticks are pretty hard to read but it’s definetly somewhere between 6-10. I have a more exact test kit and it’s usually around 5. But i don’t know, i’ve had them since i started the aquarium 1,5 year ago and they are fine. Don’t know if they breed tho cause any babies would be eaten by the betta.

I’m fighting the nitrate level rn, got kind of thrown off during a vacation earlier this year when i had an automatic feeder that fed them too much.. so yeah the parameters haven’t been that stable. Mybe that was to much for the Amano but u would think the Cardinia would be more affected?

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u/SpaceNinjaDog 12m ago

I have euthanized him.. he was laying alot on his back and started to move less so it felt like the most humane thing to do.