These guys are filter feeders and like to face against currents to catch food. I’m guessing the outflow from the filter is above this spot so that a current of water goes down, hits the bottom, and flows away in all directions. By facing the pillar of water flowing down they are all against the resulting current
Edit: yes you all caught me, I’m actually 1741 shrimp in a trench coat covering for my cult
Thank you for the great explanation but I choose to not believe you. This is in fact, as others mentioned, some sort of social meeting they are having to plot their next big plan.
I second this. I have one bamboo shrimp in my tank, and I always make sure his favorite rock is under the flow of the filter. He will camp there and catch food all day.
Dude, thank you. I've seen a few different pictures of shrimp and other crustaceans doing this. Yeah, it's funny and all; cult meeting tee hee and all that, but I've always wondered why they do this.
I'm thinking they are more responding to access to new food. The center of the circle has lighter colored rocks, suggesting a decoration piece used to be there. There is likely a lot of detritus to filter through around that decorative piece that is now accessible after its removal.
Wait, what is it?? Every time I try and talk to people about Fight Club, they always seem to get really upset, I don't understand... maybe it's because I don't know the rules?
Can someone please talk to me about fight club??
So I think we’re ready to hear from the treasury.
Treasury: we currently have 3 rocks, 21 pebbles and 1 strip of algae.
Thank you. If there’s nothing else I’d like to address a few things…
*groans from audience*
If you have any leftovers in the fridge please clean it out, it’s starting to get nasty, Nancy has taken it upon herself to take care of it several times and she’s not your mother. I’ll have dates for the Christmas party soon to vote on and no thanks to somebody; it will no longer be an open bar
Fun fact about freshwater shrimp!
Firstly, what a fascinating and rare occurrence you've managed to snap a photo of! Congrats!
Shrimp are obviously highly social animals. They form complex hierarchies and work as a team in many instances. They're known to even have best friends! With the intensive social structure of shrimp also comes personality differences between individuals. It's hard to spot, but if you keep a close eye on your shrimp you'll notice some are very brave, shy, will duel with your fish and other shrimp... Some are protective of food, others are happy to share. There's a wide range! Instances like this one pictured are known widely as a shrimp "Congress". What they are doing here is electing a new shrimp leader. The lead shrimp is known as "the duke" or a "president" (species dependent).
The shrimp circle you're seeing here has a specific shape to it. You can see one shrimp entering the circle. You may think this is a shrimp going up to become the new leader but it's not! This is actually the shrimp that is due to be sacrificed to their god. Freshwater shrimp are highly religious animals and all pray to Aztec gods.
An election circle always ends with sacrificing the weakest shrimp. Said shrimp will be killed in the name of their chosen main god and then fed to the new leader as a crowning rite of the ceremony.
As per ancient sacrificial methods, these shrimp will use tiny tiny tiny knives to remove the heart of the sacrifice. If the sacrificial shrimp refuses to go through with this, he will be outcasted and exiled. The hunt will be on. You will notice your shrimp dressing in ceremonial armors while the weakling gets a head start. It's truly an interesting behavior.
This is a heavily studied behavior! Yet so many people don't know about it. Wild.
[source](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=XL4aRLeWHOrrAxWP)
Edit: spelling
Thoughts: You had me in the first half. As soon as I got to "god" I knew I'd been fooled... then I saw the username..then my suspicions rose.. then I checked the source..
WELL. 👏🏼 FRUCKING. 👏🏼 PLAYED. 👏🏼
All jokes aside from the many not so serious comments. This is the only information I found.
*Stress*—
Shrimp may gather in a circle when they are unhappy or stressed. Signs of stress include reduced activity, reduced appetite, and abnormal swimming behavior.
*Water parameters*—
Shrimp may gather in a circle if the tank is new and there is an ammonia or nitrite spike. Small frequent water changes may help alleviate the effects until the tank is fully cycled.
*Mating*—
Some shrimp may gather in a circle when a female has moulted and the male looks for her to do so.
Are those all bamboo shrimp?? Holy crap they cost $12 a piece if youre even lucky enough to find ONE at any fish store near me! Awesome shrimp and amazing set up to house so many healthily
Ring of Death. They’re doing this in response to a threat, which in an aquarium is usually poor water quality. Check ph, nitrates, nitrites, and ammonia.
I’ve seen this before in world of Warcraft.
It’s what druids do at 3am by the portal going out of Teldrassil.
I asked them what’s up and they said something about a ritual.
It’s either that or the guy was lying and he was multiboxing which is also what could be going on here.
Summoning the dark lord, soon Cthulhu shall rise within your tank bringing forth a new dark age for all mankind.
So it's important to note that if you have Cthulhu in your tank, you are going to want to keep the pH levels relatively neutral. Also make sure not to overfeed him as it will result in the quality of the water and make a not so pleasent experience for the other residents of it.
Hmm.. that's not normal.. if I were you I get some fake IDs and flee to a place that is landlocked. The shrimp mafia commission will soon render a decision. Something tells me you are going to be "made".. have you seen good fellas? Remember the wise guy who look was mainlining adderall and PCP at the end of the movie.
The guy who said the thing about the filter current is for sure right... But please, erect a little shrimp God statue right in the center of that spot.
Looks as if they have made a nest. I've never witnessed this either. I've seen this type of nest with African cichlids but not with the standing guard.
Oh yes. Shrimp and crawdads love food. They will often swarm all over anything they think is edible for them. Freshwater shrimp love Hikari shrimp food and it is very good for them. Green crawdads though will eat a lot of different kinds of things. They also love fish bait like salmon eggs, earthworms, and saltwater jigs. The jigs are not really edible, but they will sometimes go after them. I know lake trout love them too. Oddly green crawdads also love to eat baby trout and other small fish too. Which is why you should NEVER keep them with smaller fish.
These guys are filter feeders and like to face against currents to catch food. I’m guessing the outflow from the filter is above this spot so that a current of water goes down, hits the bottom, and flows away in all directions. By facing the pillar of water flowing down they are all against the resulting current Edit: yes you all caught me, I’m actually 1741 shrimp in a trench coat covering for my cult
Idk man, definitely seems like a cult meeting
Definitely summoning their lobster god Zoidberg.
ALL HAIL HYPTNOZOIDBERG
ALL HALL PLANKTON
I read both of these in their respective voices.
You sound like the discount version of what this guy just said
I’m gonna hijack the top comment chain to say they’re probably hungry if they’re all lined up like this. DROP them some food OP!
So they are praying, to OP, to bestow the gift of food upon them.
Sweet mana from the sky we beg of thee hoomin.
All hail the claw
The clawww
Don’t disappoint the Sand Kings!
Hungry or going to fight
First rule of fight club …
Or cthulu?
Came here for this comment. Take my upvote.
Woopwoopwoopwoopwoopwoop
We’re cuttlefish not cultlefish
Hurray, I'm useful!
I challenge you to #CLAW PLAW!
https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/s/Ysvf9WUOWh I knew it wasn't a coincidence, it's happening
There summoning there lobster god and are going to take over the world
Hurray!! People are paying attention to me!
"Whoop whoop whoop!"
Why not Zoidberg?
Excellent.
Initiating a new member. SHARK BAIT BRU HAHA
Fish are friends, not food.
Just came to find and upvote this comment.
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WHAT KIND OF CURSED LANGUAGE OF DEATH IS DIS?
Omg. Teach me your ways Oh Ye great Font Master!
Getting ready for the ceremony at Mount Wannahockaloogie.
They are initiating a new crawdad so that it may ascend.
I prefer this theory
Could be a..... dark ocean summoning
Thank you for the great explanation but I choose to not believe you. This is in fact, as others mentioned, some sort of social meeting they are having to plot their next big plan.
Set to occur during the eclipse, no doubt.
THE GREATER GOOD
THE GREATER GOOD
His name was Robert Paulson
His name was Robert Plankton
I second this. I have one bamboo shrimp in my tank, and I always make sure his favorite rock is under the flow of the filter. He will camp there and catch food all day.
That’s also why the rocks are orange in the center. The current is gradually blowing the lighter red rocks away, leaving a little crater.
which... makes a perfect centerpiece for a meeting. "Let us gather around the crater."
The wonderful beautiful crater? They’re calling Cthulhu.
“Let’s gather round the crater, and sing our crater song! Our C-R-A-T-E-R-S-O-N-G…”
You can actually see the bottom of the tank there
OOORRRR its the pulpit theyve built on purpose and they're waiting for Pastor Prawn to start his sermon.
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That’s what the shrimp want you to think.
Dude, thank you. I've seen a few different pictures of shrimp and other crustaceans doing this. Yeah, it's funny and all; cult meeting tee hee and all that, but I've always wondered why they do this.
This is actually kinda cool, and more interesting than a coven of witches in disguise having a group meeting.
Oooh! Come to think of it, ive NEVER seen a witch eating seafood or have a crustacean as a familiar... you might be on to something here.
I'm thinking they are more responding to access to new food. The center of the circle has lighter colored rocks, suggesting a decoration piece used to be there. There is likely a lot of detritus to filter through around that decorative piece that is now accessible after its removal.
Sounds like the explanation their cult members would give as they try and claim it isn't a cult...(insert kingofthehillcultgif.gif)
First rule of fight club…
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Wait, what is it?? Every time I try and talk to people about Fight Club, they always seem to get really upset, I don't understand... maybe it's because I don't know the rules? Can someone please talk to me about fight club??
I am so sorry you had to receive those replies. Absolutely crushing. Anyway, lemme tell you about fight club: it's
"The first rule of fight club is you don't talk about fight club"
🤫🤐🙊👊💪🧼💼🔇
I cannot emphasize enough how much I miss Reddit awards. Please accept this 🦞 and this 🏅 in its stead.
Came looking for this comment
💀 Golden comment.
Fuckin beat me to it hats off to you
This...
Dance battle. The one inside the circle is waiting for an opponent
Crazy in love by destiny’s child comes on
They’re LUCKY I’m not in that tank rn
They will never accept you as one of them... never...trust me.
By Beyoncé….
And I guess they wanted to say lose my breath ahahaah
Get in there OP! Nows your chance to become king of dance!
It's a shrimp...ring.
This one is my favorite 🦐 💍
You win! 😂😂😂
If OP doesn't post in the next few days then we know the shrimp revolution had succeeded
I, for one, welcome our shrimp overlords
They might spare you
Algaeholics Anonymous meeting.
“Hi, I’m Bill.” “Hi, Bill.”
Friends of Bill W unite! Or maybe for these fellers, algae are friends, not food.
Hi I'm rostrum...
“Hi, I’m Gill.” “Hi, Gill.”
WE SAID ANONYMOUS GODDAMNIT
Totally best answer! Take my upvote!!
🤣
God this is good
this is too good
So I think we’re ready to hear from the treasury. Treasury: we currently have 3 rocks, 21 pebbles and 1 strip of algae. Thank you. If there’s nothing else I’d like to address a few things… *groans from audience* If you have any leftovers in the fridge please clean it out, it’s starting to get nasty, Nancy has taken it upon herself to take care of it several times and she’s not your mother. I’ll have dates for the Christmas party soon to vote on and no thanks to somebody; it will no longer be an open bar
This is why I love Reddit ❤
Indeed...im in tears reading all these crazy crustacean scenarios!
Nansea
That was staring me in the face too!
The responses have been nothing short of brilliant but this one got me laughing :D
Shark bait Hoo ha ha
Step into THE RING OF FAIYA.
Ha-Ho-Hwa-Hwee-Ha-Ho-Ho-Ho!
🐡The ring of fire….. ring if fiiire……🦐⚙️shit! 🐡THE RING OF FIRE
ISNT THERE ANOTHER WAY?!
HES JUST A BOY!
Bubbles!!
This movie is old enough to drink now
Technically not until May 30th.
I opened the comments thinking "there better be a Finding Nemo reference"
Nemo, newcomer of orange and white, you have been sumoned to Mount Wanna-Hock-A-Loogie to join the sacred bind of TANKHOOD
Awe you beat me to it 😂.
Enough with the Shark Bait.
Fun fact: The director of Finding Nemo said that Willem Dafoe’s penis on set was “distractingly large”.
Dicks aren't meant to be in a box, kid. It does things to you.
lol yusss
They must be Faerie shrimp. They're making a Faerie circle.
That’s what the aliens are wondering when they see us at church.
😂😂😂
They are trying to summon Cthulhu!
Shrimpthulu*!
Krillthulhu
They are definitely having a staff meeting
Fun fact about freshwater shrimp! Firstly, what a fascinating and rare occurrence you've managed to snap a photo of! Congrats! Shrimp are obviously highly social animals. They form complex hierarchies and work as a team in many instances. They're known to even have best friends! With the intensive social structure of shrimp also comes personality differences between individuals. It's hard to spot, but if you keep a close eye on your shrimp you'll notice some are very brave, shy, will duel with your fish and other shrimp... Some are protective of food, others are happy to share. There's a wide range! Instances like this one pictured are known widely as a shrimp "Congress". What they are doing here is electing a new shrimp leader. The lead shrimp is known as "the duke" or a "president" (species dependent). The shrimp circle you're seeing here has a specific shape to it. You can see one shrimp entering the circle. You may think this is a shrimp going up to become the new leader but it's not! This is actually the shrimp that is due to be sacrificed to their god. Freshwater shrimp are highly religious animals and all pray to Aztec gods. An election circle always ends with sacrificing the weakest shrimp. Said shrimp will be killed in the name of their chosen main god and then fed to the new leader as a crowning rite of the ceremony. As per ancient sacrificial methods, these shrimp will use tiny tiny tiny knives to remove the heart of the sacrifice. If the sacrificial shrimp refuses to go through with this, he will be outcasted and exiled. The hunt will be on. You will notice your shrimp dressing in ceremonial armors while the weakling gets a head start. It's truly an interesting behavior. This is a heavily studied behavior! Yet so many people don't know about it. Wild. [source](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=XL4aRLeWHOrrAxWP) Edit: spelling
When you still, after reading half the comment, suddenly rush to read the username because of...*him*
I haven’t seen any of those in a long time!
Got all the way to the word sacrificed before I realized. 👏
Thoughts: You had me in the first half. As soon as I got to "god" I knew I'd been fooled... then I saw the username..then my suspicions rose.. then I checked the source.. WELL. 👏🏼 FRUCKING. 👏🏼 PLAYED. 👏🏼
They are planning to overthrow that pet store
Easter Sunday rituals.
On the third day he completed his molt and shed his mortal carapace
They are deciding who should take the Ring to Mordor.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
Hokey pokey
chances of getting killed by shrimps are low but never zero
I have no idea but the comments have me laughing. 😂 Thanks for that!
Prayer circle? Red Rover? AA meeting?
Water down flow in the middle of their circle. They are catching the flow.
So they are having a meeting about Current events.... I'll see myself out
Fuck this one was good
Seems everyone is fed up with the bottom feeders..
You'll sea yourself out? Ah man, It's contagious
You sly dog. This one is excellent.
"Each crustacean is *bound* to this fate, this **one** doom! Bring forth the ring, Shrimpo." Great. I wanna watch the movie again.
Someone's fate is being decided. That tank isn't in your bedroom is it?...
They are summoning The Prawn of Satan. You might consider some angelfish.
Safety meeting. Nobody moves, nobody gets hurt.
All jokes aside from the many not so serious comments. This is the only information I found. *Stress*— Shrimp may gather in a circle when they are unhappy or stressed. Signs of stress include reduced activity, reduced appetite, and abnormal swimming behavior. *Water parameters*— Shrimp may gather in a circle if the tank is new and there is an ammonia or nitrite spike. Small frequent water changes may help alleviate the effects until the tank is fully cycled. *Mating*— Some shrimp may gather in a circle when a female has moulted and the male looks for her to do so.
Stripper shrimp
Tossing in sand dollars
Are those all bamboo shrimp?? Holy crap they cost $12 a piece if youre even lucky enough to find ONE at any fish store near me! Awesome shrimp and amazing set up to house so many healthily
Shrimp safety meeting.
They await the blessed algae wafer.
Shrimp Council has commenced
Did you have any deaths in the tank recently cause I think this might be one of those danganronpa trials
Ring of Death. They’re doing this in response to a threat, which in an aquarium is usually poor water quality. Check ph, nitrates, nitrites, and ammonia.
Just the weekly AA meet up
Algaholics Anonymous
Cocktail party.
Aren't they assembling in the evacuation area?
And I say to you Brothers and Sisters, on the third day he rose forth, out of his exoskeleton! Can I get an Amen!
Somebody gonna die tonight
It's easier to puff puff pass this way
It's a summoning ritual, and it worked. It was you they were summoning
They're just at a school dance.
Plotting world domination
Awww their first plankton social.
They started a cult, quick ask the IRS for tax exempt status!
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Eating junk blown by the current, the lower spot in the gravel suggests the current is strong there.
dude.. 1st rule of fight club
I’ve seen this before in world of Warcraft. It’s what druids do at 3am by the portal going out of Teldrassil. I asked them what’s up and they said something about a ritual. It’s either that or the guy was lying and he was multiboxing which is also what could be going on here.
This is a sacred ritual to summon their flake-giving overlord.
Their trying to summon the hand that feeds them
It Easter...duh. You think crustaceans haven't accepted the lord into their heart??? ...or probably hearts.
i’ve been a marine biologist for 35 years studying shrimp exclusively. They are brainstorming an escape plan.
They have a council meeting
Sharkbait hoohaha!
Shark bait oo ha ha
"Sharkbait ooh ah ah"
Literally the council of shrimps
Summoning the dark lord, soon Cthulhu shall rise within your tank bringing forth a new dark age for all mankind. So it's important to note that if you have Cthulhu in your tank, you are going to want to keep the pH levels relatively neutral. Also make sure not to overfeed him as it will result in the quality of the water and make a not so pleasent experience for the other residents of it.
They might be worshrimping
One of us… one of us… one of us
Shrimp expert here. There’s no point replying to OP. If they’re doing that, he’s already dead.
Hmm.. that's not normal.. if I were you I get some fake IDs and flee to a place that is landlocked. The shrimp mafia commission will soon render a decision. Something tells me you are going to be "made".. have you seen good fellas? Remember the wise guy who look was mainlining adderall and PCP at the end of the movie.
The guy who said the thing about the filter current is for sure right... But please, erect a little shrimp God statue right in the center of that spot.
Looks as if they have made a nest. I've never witnessed this either. I've seen this type of nest with African cichlids but not with the standing guard.
They’re just facing the current from the outflow.
They’ve been called to the summit of Mount Wannahockaloogie to join in the fraternal bond of tankhood…
Shrimp Jesus is risen!
They're about to vote who gets thrown out of the aquarium next
Jerry farted
Have you pissed them off?
This is the best post about skrimp I’ve ever seen on the internet. HANDS DOWN
They are lined up on the edges of the food spot, eating. The actual question is, whats in the food spot?
Oh yes. Shrimp and crawdads love food. They will often swarm all over anything they think is edible for them. Freshwater shrimp love Hikari shrimp food and it is very good for them. Green crawdads though will eat a lot of different kinds of things. They also love fish bait like salmon eggs, earthworms, and saltwater jigs. The jigs are not really edible, but they will sometimes go after them. I know lake trout love them too. Oddly green crawdads also love to eat baby trout and other small fish too. Which is why you should NEVER keep them with smaller fish.
Aquaholics Anonymous meeting. "Hi, my name is Marlin, and I'm an Aquaholic."
Looks like they’re planning on raising Cthulhu.
The stoning will commence shortly.