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Hello shrimp owners!
I have a 10g tank that has been setup since October of 2005. I have kept ghost, cherries and amano shrimp before. Its just that I can't keep them alive. The longest shrimp type I ever had living was cherries, but they died 2 months later. Then I tried ghosties and they died right away.(this was about 6-8 months ago). Ever since, I've been buying ghost shrimp maybe once ever 2 months to see if shrimp would be okay in my tank, but have always died the next day. I made sure I had not put any chemicals like algae destroyer in or other things that say "do not use with inverts" before putting ghost shrimp in. 4 weeks ago, I had a nasty case of GW that would not go away with everything I tried. 2 weeks later(2 weeks ago), I drained my tank, rinsed the shulz's, did not change filter cartridges, and put all the plants, shulz's aquatic soil, and new water back in.
TODAY:
The tank has a little white tint of cloudiness. I added my mystery snail from my 1g to this tank yesterday to see if the tank needed to cylce from the nuke 2 weeks ago. I tested today for ammonia, and there is no visible ammonia from testing, so maybe the tank didn't need a cycle? I will test tomorrow for ammonia before I go to my LFS.
Okay now that you're up to date, heres the main questions-
1. I plan on visiting my LFS tomorrow. If I see no ammonia, do you think my tank after all this time of not adding chemicals and doing weekly 30% waterchanges, would be safe for shrimp?
2. My main objective is to have a Cherry shrimp breeding colony in this tank. If question 1 is yes, then should I go with my normal routine with testing with ghost shrimp or getting cherries?
Sorry for the exta long post. I love shrimp, but its sad that I fail in keeping them alive.
:help: <--please:tongue:
Smalltank
I have a 10g tank that has been setup since October of 2005. I have kept ghost, cherries and amano shrimp before. Its just that I can't keep them alive. The longest shrimp type I ever had living was cherries, but they died 2 months later. Then I tried ghosties and they died right away.(this was about 6-8 months ago). Ever since, I've been buying ghost shrimp maybe once ever 2 months to see if shrimp would be okay in my tank, but have always died the next day. I made sure I had not put any chemicals like algae destroyer in or other things that say "do not use with inverts" before putting ghost shrimp in. 4 weeks ago, I had a nasty case of GW that would not go away with everything I tried. 2 weeks later(2 weeks ago), I drained my tank, rinsed the shulz's, did not change filter cartridges, and put all the plants, shulz's aquatic soil, and new water back in.
TODAY:
The tank has a little white tint of cloudiness. I added my mystery snail from my 1g to this tank yesterday to see if the tank needed to cylce from the nuke 2 weeks ago. I tested today for ammonia, and there is no visible ammonia from testing, so maybe the tank didn't need a cycle? I will test tomorrow for ammonia before I go to my LFS.
Okay now that you're up to date, heres the main questions-
1. I plan on visiting my LFS tomorrow. If I see no ammonia, do you think my tank after all this time of not adding chemicals and doing weekly 30% waterchanges, would be safe for shrimp?
2. My main objective is to have a Cherry shrimp breeding colony in this tank. If question 1 is yes, then should I go with my normal routine with testing with ghost shrimp or getting cherries?
Sorry for the exta long post. I love shrimp, but its sad that I fail in keeping them alive.
:help: <--please:tongue:
Smalltank