My guess is that he could not molt. Shrimps stop eating before they molt and a very often cause of death for shrimps is when they cannot molt.
My pods are not very smart...when I clean my glass they don't even move so I pick them up with the rest. Amphipods hide but the smaller isopods and copepods are not moving much.
I do need to feed my 2 little crabs in there and I give them cyclopeeze or fish roe, so I guess the shrimp should eat that. Not sure if it will survive though.
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Originally Posted by reefwars
mine starved.......it happens when its the only thing in your tank,pods are smart and stay away from predators once they know their territory...after a while he stopped coming for food even if i broke into his house with it.....i tried ots of different varety of food from fresh crab to pellets plus what i mentioned earlier.
not sure why he stopped eating as it seemed like he was enjoying the food but i wasnt sure of its age either
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