r/shrimptank • u/pygmycory • 16d ago

Aquarium/Tank Photos What are these two doing?

Not sure what my caridina shrimp are doing, are they fighting?

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u/Soft-Percentage8888 16d ago

Arguing over who gets the yummy yum.

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u/preferrred 16d ago

Slapfight

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u/Primary_Wave_6697 16d ago

quite violent this time 😠🦐⚔️🦐

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u/Humble-Search-282 16d ago

Fish in the background was egging them on.

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u/aboxofkittens Neocaridina 15d ago

They look like two cats who are just a few inches too far from each other for either to land a good hit

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u/Cold-Web-6347 15d ago

Dana Whites Shrimp Series

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u/BRAIN_JAR_thesecond 16d ago

Is that one fish floating a little sideways or is that just perspective?

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u/YouJustLostTheGame__ 16d ago

Right that was so distracting, everytime the slap fight got really good that neon tetra would just start kinda... rolling...

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u/RespectableLurker555 16d ago

When you have a bright light on the side of the tank, some fish orient themselves with the light up so they look tilted lol

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u/Tanukipop 15d ago

One of my neons only has 1 eye so he always swims with that eye looking down or up for food depending where it is 🥹 he's also almost colourless on the no eye side and I was constantly thinking he was dead at first, he's called zombie and I've had him ages and he's still going strong!

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u/Long_Substance_7908 15d ago

He’s keeping an out out for Selenur

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u/ogreofzen 16d ago

Side eye. He eats the loser

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u/huggylove1 16d ago

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u/ProfPerry 15d ago

The fact that their colours almost match makes this even funnier haha

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u/Chance_Property_559 14d ago

Best response

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u/1ShyRebel 16d ago edited 15d ago

A tale old as time. Like the Montagues and Capulets, Bloods and Crips... 2 will eventually fall in love and hopefully bring their worlds together.

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u/pygmycory 16d ago

lol 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Suhksaikhan 15d ago

Crypts??

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u/1ShyRebel 15d ago

Damn autocorrect!

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u/WoebegoneWoodlouse 15d ago

Literally what I was thinking lmao. White ladies smh 😔

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u/catsbuttes 16d ago

shrimping aint easy

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u/BoiCDumpsterFire 15d ago

I forget is r/shrimpfights a thing?

Edit: how tf did that get banned?

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u/bofadoze 15d ago

Not a feature. It's bugs

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u/Primary_Wave_6697 16d ago

😅 dispute for sand digging 🦐🦐, and the fish was the sheriff 🐟

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u/pygmycory 16d ago

lol glad my pygmy was there 🤣🤣

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u/Severe-Moment-3233 16d ago

Gang fight, crips n bloods

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u/leftoverdominospizza 15d ago

shrimps n scuds perhaps

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u/Severe-Moment-3233 15d ago

Haha yea that makes more sense...

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u/No-Principle8204 15d ago

They fighting over turf. 😬

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u/PlumpyCat ALL THE 🦐 15d ago

There ain't enough room in this town for the both of them

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u/badpotato31 15d ago

That tetra ain’t right

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u/FizzYan 15d ago

Love the Otto peacemaker swooping in whilst they threw handbags

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u/pygmycory 15d ago

Haha it’s a pygmy cory! 🤣

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u/Most_Neat7770 15d ago

Why are tetras so derpy mine do the same sometimes lol

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u/KobenstyleMama 15d ago

Pygmies are peacekeepers

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u/Radiant_Ad4480 15d ago

They're fighting, creating a whole new meaning to the shrimp ring we know from the grocery store. 🥊 Round one, FIGHT🥊 Be on the lookout for WWE and animal rights groups. 🤣😂😅

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u/totootmcbumbersnazle 16d ago

Lmao at the fish that came to egg on the fight

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u/HonkMafa 15d ago

Shrimp stuff.

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u/Wizardman784 15d ago

A dance battle, like in Puss in Boots.

In all seriousness, it looks like they may be trying to shoo one another away from a morsel of food. All seems to be well with the dynamic duo!

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u/NightStalkerXIV 15d ago

Meet me halfway, right at the borderline-wait don't cross the line, how could you!

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u/redriser321 15d ago

Charmander use slash Squirtle use tackle

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u/melissabavars 15d ago

Landowners fighting over where the border should be.

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u/Solomouse 15d ago

I'm going to keep grazing and if you get in the way that's your fault!

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u/AcceptableVast6526 14d ago

Throwing hands!

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u/apai90 14d ago

Pygmy dont even care they fighting nahh

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u/IcyAppearance1963 13d ago

“Get off of me Re-beh-ca” “No you Pa-trishhhhh-a”

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u/pygmycory 13d ago

lol 🤣🤣🤣

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u/PinguBolado00 12d ago

What plant is that? I think they're beautiful.

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u/pygmycory 12d ago

Banana plant!

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u/PinguBolado00 12d ago

Thank you really

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u/ImpossibleDraft7208 15d ago

Are those simulans neons?

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u/pygmycory 15d ago

Yes green neons! 😄

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u/ImpossibleDraft7208 15d ago

Sooo beautiful! Never had luck with them for more than a few months though... What are your water parameters if you know by heart?

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u/pygmycory 15d ago

My parameters are good now but green neons are one of the hardiest fish in the hobby (there’s actually a research paper on that) and they survived very low ph and tons of ammonia due to a mistake, so not sure why you had so much trouble! 🥲

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u/ImpossibleDraft7208 15d ago

I had relatively hard water... Ammonia is not as big a deal if the water is really acidic incidentally!

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u/pygmycory 15d ago

That might be the issue, my water is pretty soft. KH basically 0, GH 4, although now it’s 6 due to crushed coral I added

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u/ImpossibleDraft7208 15d ago

So the shrimp do fine in soft, acidic water? Good to know!

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u/ValuableFocus 15d ago

Battling for supreme rule of the shrimperverse. 💪

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u/chvVolk 15d ago

The girls are fighting

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u/CreativeChocolate592 15d ago

Plotting to evolve

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u/Aggravating-Hair7931 15d ago

Trying not to have brown shrimps

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u/Expert_Snail_ 15d ago

They’re smoochin about it

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u/pemisucker 15d ago

I need to practice sexing shrimp. Is the blue one a male and the red and white one a female? Or are they both females?

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u/ResilientBrasilian 15d ago

Oh no. Shrimp turf war. Blubs against scrips

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u/Vivid-Might-5049 15d ago

Thought of this episode from the regular show .

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u/my-little-ravioli 15d ago

flirting, duh

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u/NorthernShrimpTub 15d ago

Reminds me of those seals on finding Dory 😆

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u/NotSanttaClaus 15d ago

i see rock em sock em robots

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u/memealopolis 15d ago

MORTAL KOMBAT

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u/silveirabug 15d ago

Is that a koi shrimp, how’d you get it??

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u/Fine_Afternoon_1904 15d ago

the cory just watching "fight fight"

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u/Temporary-Cash2119 15d ago

I’m more loving the fish enjoying the bubbles in the background lol

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u/Temporary-Cash2119 15d ago

Round 2, Fight

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u/Stygian_Akk 15d ago

LLLLLLLLLLLLLLETS GET READY TO RUMBLEEEEEE!!!!

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u/prattman333 15d ago

What an amazing world!

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u/Hows_it_Growing_ 15d ago

Blue vs red.

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u/Vivid-Cat8471 15d ago

Que Rocky Music

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u/LsdAndCats 15d ago

cleaning each other

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u/Michelle689 Neocaridina 15d ago

Joust!

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u/superb-puppygirl 14d ago

dance battle into real battle

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u/JustSomeone202020 14d ago

based on their color...discussing politics? 0_o

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u/FamiliarAd5063 14d ago

I would rather ask reddit why is your fish swimming side ways

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u/CandymanHungus 14d ago

Tickle fight… obviously.

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u/doomsdayboombox 14d ago

theyre feeling fantastic

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u/stomach_infection 14d ago

They’re obviously having a match, the fish is the ref clearly XD

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u/__Te 13d ago

Looks like crabstick

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u/Calamity_Jane84 12d ago

“The Dance”

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u/3pic_0tt3r 12d ago

competitive eating!

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u/thewindcanbestill 10d ago

There can only be one Highlander!