OK, I've seen a lot of conflicting information out there, but wanted to get some input. I have lost three out of nine healthy adult cherry shrimp in the past week. There are also some juvies in the tank, but I can't get a good count. Nothing noticeably wrong with the water parameters. TDS is a little high ~450. I'm looking into getting a RO system, but for now I'm stuck with carbon-block filtered tap water. Anyhow, I have the same parameters in my yellow tank, and they're all doing fine.
Substrate in this tank is Fluval Plant Stratum with a little Flourite Black Sand and a few river pebbles mixed in. Flora is DHG, micro chain sword, dwarf sag, crypt wendtii, java moss, and one anubias nana glued to a piece of driftwood.
The anubias came out of a bowl that had been blasted with high light. It was healthy when I took it out, and the bowl was full of daphnia and seed shrimp. I may have broken a few leaves when I was trying to position it on the wood. All the other plants in the tank are growing well, but the anubias has been withering. The old leaves are basically slowly disintegrating, but new growth is popping out. I figured it was just the plant adjusting to change in lighting, water, etc. I want to clip the dying leaves and clean up the plant, but I'm afraid to touch it now.
All of the dead cherries were found next to the driftwood. Two of them still had their full red color, but one turned very bluish. I have since noticed another shrimp in the tank that appears to be turning blue. Could this be a sign of stress? It doesn't look like the milky white that I've seen in the past with bacterial infections. Most of the shrimp in the tank are very red - fire grade at least. Could the decaying leaves on the anubias be releasing toxins into the water?
Substrate in this tank is Fluval Plant Stratum with a little Flourite Black Sand and a few river pebbles mixed in. Flora is DHG, micro chain sword, dwarf sag, crypt wendtii, java moss, and one anubias nana glued to a piece of driftwood.
The anubias came out of a bowl that had been blasted with high light. It was healthy when I took it out, and the bowl was full of daphnia and seed shrimp. I may have broken a few leaves when I was trying to position it on the wood. All the other plants in the tank are growing well, but the anubias has been withering. The old leaves are basically slowly disintegrating, but new growth is popping out. I figured it was just the plant adjusting to change in lighting, water, etc. I want to clip the dying leaves and clean up the plant, but I'm afraid to touch it now.
All of the dead cherries were found next to the driftwood. Two of them still had their full red color, but one turned very bluish. I have since noticed another shrimp in the tank that appears to be turning blue. Could this be a sign of stress? It doesn't look like the milky white that I've seen in the past with bacterial infections. Most of the shrimp in the tank are very red - fire grade at least. Could the decaying leaves on the anubias be releasing toxins into the water?