red cherries hiding

[Raven]

hi.
hope i got it in the right section.
have had 3 red cherries for soem time now and all have been great with them.
been active cleaning of hugh amounts of algaes i have had but now 2 of them are hiding since thursday.

i moved a group of plants from the backside to the left side of the aquarium and put in a Microsorum pteropus "Windeløv" at the backside.

i also put in 2 Xiphophorus maculatus.
these 2 fishes can be a bit intrusive but doesnt hunt the shrimps or try to bite them but sometimes they look for food near a shrimp.

1 shrimp came out at saturday and is out more and more now and has been visible all day today (monday)

when i looked around i found one shrimp in the Microsorum pteropus "Windeløv" and that one was coloured very much in red and just sat on a leaf.
that shrimp has now crawled back into hiding so i cannot se it anymore.

2 of the shrimp has been very red since i got them and the third one a male is red too but not nearly as much as other 2.

1 of the shrimps that is hiding now had alot of eggs when i saw her closely last week.

they have "molted" or what its called several times since i got them and i got ALOT of vegetation.

any ideas why 2 of them are hiding ?

could it be the shell i put in 2 weeks ago ?

could it be that they just got scared and doesnt want to come out aslong as they can find food where they are hiding ?

Regards
Raven

[GunmetalBlue]

Hi Raven and welcome the forums :)

I have the same situation as you in that I have two Red Cherry females (both now with eggs) and one male. One of the females loves hiding in the Microsorum pteropus "Windeløv," the other one hides in a different plant, and I've definitely noticed they hide much more since becoming pregnant.

I would imagine with the changes you've added, they would be more cautious too, unfortunately I'm not familiar with the fish you added; perhaps someone else could comment on that. Most fish will tend to eat any shrimplets they can find, so you should be aware of that.

As to the adults, it's okay for them to stay hidden and browse for food there, as long as you can manage to see times that they are "picking" at algae/food. They probably come out at different times, such as at night when the lights are off. Mine are more active late evening (although I have the lights on), but do withdraw if they see my head poking around and staring at them. ;)

-GB

[Raven]

hi.
yes im aware that all 7 fishes i have eat anything that fits into the mouth on them and its not only bad.
i only got a 37L aquarium and doesnt want to many of them.

have had Paracheirodon axelrodi for some time and they doesnt touch the shrimps.
have not seen the 2 Xiphophorus maculatus attack the shrimps so im hoping for the best.

i got javamoss and hope a few will survive so i dont have to buy new cherries to replace them when they grow old and die.

i have not seen the 2 shrimps that hids eat anything since thursday but both of them are deeply red coloured and heard it means they are well and satisfied.

Regards
Raven

[lightbolt75]

Mine dun even care if you stick ur head into the tank. Sometimes you can even shift them around the tank with your fingers and they totally ignore you. Sometimes even drive away my cories to get at the pellets. Just like gangsters


Hi Raven and welcome the forums :)

I have the same situation as you in that I have two Red Cherry females (both now with eggs) and one male. One of the females loves hiding in the Microsorum pteropus "Windeløv," the other one hides in a different plant, and I've definitely noticed they hide much more since becoming pregnant.

I would imagine with the changes you've added, they would be more cautious too, unfortunately I'm not familiar with the fish you added; perhaps someone else could comment on that. Most fish will tend to eat any shrimplets they can find, so you should be aware of that.

As to the adults, it's okay for them to stay hidden and browse for food there, as long as you can manage to see times that they are "picking" at algae/food. They probably come out at different times, such as at night when the lights are off. Mine are more active late evening (although I have the lights on), but do withdraw if they see my head poking around and staring at them. ;)

-GB

[silane]

Raven,

I don't have luck when mix fish (tetras, checkerboards and Siam Agale Eater) with shrimps. The shrimps just hid in the day or when light on. The only time they came out was a while after the light was off. And quickly when into hiding when I on the light.

It is a different case if it is a shrimp only tank, most of the time shrimps can be seen grazing in open space.