Strange Red Cherry Shrimp Deaths

Vladdy · 08-08-2009, 03:55 AM

I've had red cherry shrimp since the beginning of June, when I got them as babies. They have not been breeding yet, and only 12 out of the original 18 are still alive. Only female shrimp have died in my tank so far. Lately, I have had one shrimp die every few days. The tank is a RCS only tank. I bought some more plants recently, and then snails appeared in my tank, and they keep laying eggs, but my shrimp keep dropping every single egg and have not been berried yet. I do not know my water parameters except for pH, which is around 7.4-7.6 . Any thoughts on this? It is really troubling to me.

Aquarist_Fist · 08-08-2009, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Vladdy

Any thoughts on this?

Yes, you need to know your parameters. Get a test kit ASAP and report the parameters here.

Vladdy · 08-11-2009, 03:21 PM

Yesterday, I took out my rocks and put in this new piece of driftwood I bought. I looked at the tank this morning, and hiding in a knot on the driftwood was a berried red cherry shrimp! I hope I have some more luck

feiyang · 08-11-2009, 04:34 PM

driftwood is better than rocks, it lowers PH a little bit.

08-08-2009, 03:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Vladdy Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2008 Location: Tampa Bay Area, Florida Posts: 376	Strange Red Cherry Shrimp Deaths I've had red cherry shrimp since the beginning of June, when I got them as babies. They have not been breeding yet, and only 12 out of the original 18 are still alive. Only female shrimp have died in my tank so far. Lately, I have had one shrimp die every few days. The tank is a RCS only tank. I bought some more plants recently, and then snails appeared in my tank, and they keep laying eggs, but my shrimp keep dropping every single egg and have not been berried yet. I do not know my water parameters except for pH, which is around 7.4-7.6 . Any thoughts on this? It is really troubling to me. __________________ My PSP mod: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVKgh-GwvE4 My 10 Gallon Aquarium Journal http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...rimp-tank.html

08-11-2009, 03:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Vladdy Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2008 Location: Tampa Bay Area, Florida Posts: 376	Yesterday, I took out my rocks and put in this new piece of driftwood I bought. I looked at the tank this morning, and hiding in a knot on the driftwood was a berried red cherry shrimp! I hope I have some more luck __________________ My PSP mod: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVKgh-GwvE4 My 10 Gallon Aquarium Journal http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...rimp-tank.html

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08-11-2009, 04:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
feiyang Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Milpitas CA Posts: 144	driftwood is better than rocks, it lowers PH a little bit.

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