W Churchill
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I've had a boxer shrimp for about 3 weeks, I rather liked him so today I got another.
Within about a couple of hours they were entangled together which I naively hoped could be them mating (FOOL), anyhow an hour or so on and my new boxer shrimp has lost his two main claws.
He (I say he, I have no way of knowing) has now learned to keep out of the way and positioned himself on the intake to my marisys filter (he's not got sucked in, the flow is quite gentle, not at all like the intake for a power filter, and he moves away when he wants)
He didn't eat when I fed tonight, but I've seen him quite happily munching on little bits that get taken into the marisys (for the avoidance of doubt, a marisys is a sump filter with trickle feed with a filter on the intake, so it will catch all sorts of stuff to eat). he does have his other sets of claws intact, albeit not quite the same as his main ones.
I didn't hold out much hope for him, but after reading another post here called 'limb-less Mr BoJangles' my hope has perked up a little and I even wonder if he might grow back these claws, but I might be being naive again.
So besides the question of might he recover, I wonder if I did the right thing by having two of them, perhaps their name might have provided me with a clue. Can I have two boxer shrimp, is it like having two male Siamese fighting fish or have I just been unlucky, is there any chance these two will get to live together, or should I put him in my other tank.
I'll try target feeding him tomorrow, if he's still around.
Oh and another quick question about moving him to another tank. He's in a fairly new tank and I've had a small issue with white spot, I've added a second 30W steriliser to beat the infection which seems to be working, I believe shrimp can't suffer from white spot but could he carry it to the other tank if I do move him.
Within about a couple of hours they were entangled together which I naively hoped could be them mating (FOOL), anyhow an hour or so on and my new boxer shrimp has lost his two main claws.
He (I say he, I have no way of knowing) has now learned to keep out of the way and positioned himself on the intake to my marisys filter (he's not got sucked in, the flow is quite gentle, not at all like the intake for a power filter, and he moves away when he wants)
He didn't eat when I fed tonight, but I've seen him quite happily munching on little bits that get taken into the marisys (for the avoidance of doubt, a marisys is a sump filter with trickle feed with a filter on the intake, so it will catch all sorts of stuff to eat). he does have his other sets of claws intact, albeit not quite the same as his main ones.
I didn't hold out much hope for him, but after reading another post here called 'limb-less Mr BoJangles' my hope has perked up a little and I even wonder if he might grow back these claws, but I might be being naive again.
So besides the question of might he recover, I wonder if I did the right thing by having two of them, perhaps their name might have provided me with a clue. Can I have two boxer shrimp, is it like having two male Siamese fighting fish or have I just been unlucky, is there any chance these two will get to live together, or should I put him in my other tank.
I'll try target feeding him tomorrow, if he's still around.
Oh and another quick question about moving him to another tank. He's in a fairly new tank and I've had a small issue with white spot, I've added a second 30W steriliser to beat the infection which seems to be working, I believe shrimp can't suffer from white spot but could he carry it to the other tank if I do move him.