Have legs will travel..

24-01-2009, 01:13 AM

Hi all, just wondering if this has happened to anyone:

got home from work today and did the usual quick check on my shrimp tanks.. everything looked fine until i saw something in my cherry/sakura tank that wasn't red in colour.. it was one of my golden crs from the tank on the left!!!

somehow, someway, the little critter managed to relocate itself.. thankfully there was my cherry/sakura tank on the right, otherwise, it most probably would have landed on the dry land.

so now i'm thinking, how many of you bros have experienced anything like that? sometimes my shrimps will go above the water level.. but this is insane! still clueless as to how it managed to travel from one tank to the other as i don't fill my tanks to the brim.

kian_john · 24-01-2009, 01:17 AM

something wrong with your water which made it wan to take a breath?

onlyyouknow · 24-01-2009, 01:19 AM

Either pH fluctuate, temperature fluctuate or tank not fully cycled...

24-01-2009, 01:21 AM

It might have jumped out of the tank. Happened to me a few times before.

24-01-2009, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by kian_john

something wrong with your water which made it wan to take a breath?

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Originally Posted by onlyyouknow

Either pH fluctuate, temperature fluctuate or tank not fully cycled...

could be bros, but i doubt it as there are at least 20 other crs in the tank where it came from, and none of them have decided to relocate.. tank's been running for 3-4 months already with 2 batches of shrimplets in it..

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Originally Posted by highlander_den

It might have jumped out of the tank. Happened to me a few times before.

most likely bro.. and that's what scares me! i've seen them hover around the water level before, but never like this! any reason why yours jumped out before?

LTL · 24-01-2009, 02:08 AM

maybe the golden more interested in the colourful CRSs....

Is your water level very high? more than an inch from top of tank?

24-01-2009, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by LTL

maybe the golden more interested in the colourful CRSs....

Is your water level very high? more than an inch from top of tank?

haha.. actually it went into my cherry/sakura tank.. so yeah, maybe it's more interested in other colours!

as mentioned, the water level in my tanks are not filled to the brim.. about 1 1/2 inches from the top.. maybe this guy's training for the olympics?!!!

onlyyouknow · 24-01-2009, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by rainman

haha.. actually it went into my cherry/sakura tank.. so yeah, maybe it's more interested in other colours!

as mentioned, the water level in my tanks are not filled to the brim.. about 1 1/2 inches from the top.. maybe this guy's training for the olympics?!!!

Why is your water level so high?

Think should leave at least 2 inches from the top.

24-01-2009, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by onlyyouknow

Why is your water level so high?

Think should leave at least 2 inches from the top.

water level high? don't think there's much difference in 0.5 inches (~1.3cm)of water level from the top. in any case, i just went to check my water level and its actually about 1.8 inches from the top. i'm telling you, this bad boy is training for some jumping event!

rahdom59 · 24-01-2009, 11:40 AM

This happened to me before but, my shrimp ended landing on the floor. Check the water quality.

24-01-2009, 01:13 AM	#1
rainman Guest Posts: n/a	Have legs will travel.. Hi all, just wondering if this has happened to anyone: got home from work today and did the usual quick check on my shrimp tanks.. everything looked fine until i saw something in my cherry/sakura tank that wasn't red in colour.. it was one of my golden crs from the tank on the left!!! somehow, someway, the little critter managed to relocate itself.. thankfully there was my cherry/sakura tank on the right, otherwise, it most probably would have landed on the dry land. so now i'm thinking, how many of you bros have experienced anything like that? sometimes my shrimps will go above the water level.. but this is insane! still clueless as to how it managed to travel from one tank to the other as i don't fill my tanks to the brim.

24-01-2009, 01:17 AM	#2
kian_john Senior Dragon Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,519	something wrong with your water which made it wan to take a breath?

24-01-2009, 01:19 AM	#3
onlyyouknow Senior Dragon Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,148	Either pH fluctuate, temperature fluctuate or tank not fully cycled...

24-01-2009, 01:21 AM	#4
highlander_den Guest Posts: n/a	It might have jumped out of the tank. Happened to me a few times before.

24-01-2009, 02:08 AM	#6
LTL Senior Dragon Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,330	maybe the golden more interested in the colourful CRSs.... Is your water level very high? more than an inch from top of tank?

24-01-2009, 11:40 AM	#10
rahdom59 Arofanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 95	This happened to me before but, my shrimp ended landing on the floor. Check the water quality.

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