Peppermint shrimp jumping?

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  1. quinstar

    quinstar Fire Worm

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    So this morning I found my peppermint shrimp dried up on the floor in from on the tank. Looks like it decided to take a suicide dive out of the tank last night. Is this normal behavior?
     
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  2. pink4miss

    pink4miss Panda Puffer

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    im guessing its normal since i have seen mine climbing the screen top late at night
     
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  3. Magnus

    Magnus Sharknado

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    I had peppermints before but no jumpers. They do always find other ways to annoy me though :)

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  4. pink4miss

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    one time i found a dried crab on the floor. ok ...i never added a crab, apparently a hitchhiker. how did it get up the tank wall? guess he wanted to get back to were he came from pretty badly.
     
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  5. pmoradi2002

    pmoradi2002 Spaghetti Worm

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    It just means he didn't like you ;)

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    It must of been startled by something that caused it to try to escape but it ended up taking flight.
     
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  6. pink4miss

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    lol :p ;)
     
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  7. quinstar

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    Ha ha ha. Maybe I smelled bad that day. I think I may give it another go. He was fairly new and my niece picked him out. I'd rather not inform her of his demise.
     
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  8. Zander

    Zander Spaghetti Worm

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    When I first added my 3 in the tank I came down for a drink late at night and all of them were going ape **** in the tank fluttering about.

    I have yet to see them do it lately, could have been a settling in kind of thing.

    Also why I have a completely covered tank
     
    Zander, Apr 16, 2011
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