peppermint shrimp dying - help?

[jlmawp]

No they are dying for sure. 100% not a molt. They start to change color like they are being cooked. They turn white. Then they flounder a bit, then they die. One died tonight. I think I have just one left alive. They started disappearing several months ago but it is just lately that I am pretty sure they are dying - I've seen two die.

Same thing just happened to mine last week. I saw him turning white and assumed he was about to molt. Nope, was dead the next morning and being eaten by the pom-pom. The first thing I said to my gf was "it looks like he's been cooked in the shell".

I didn't change anything about his diet or feeding frequency in about 2 months, so I don't think that had anything to do with it. I think it might have been age. Everything else in the tank is alive and well. Perhaps all of yours were from the same "litter" and are all dying of old age around the same time?

 

[Sk8r]

Camel shrimp look a LOT like peps, and while peps are pretty mildmannered, camels aren't. Look up both online and see if you see the difference.