removing dead stuff

[M0rph3us]

hi guys,
just found out that alot of shrimps died over the last 2 days..[] now everywhere i can see red shrimps.. if it leave it as it is will it affect the water quality? how do i remove them?? its quite densely planted and quite hard to reach them[]
anyone got a brilliant idea to remove them or its ok to leave it as it is?

[Simon]

siphon them out ASAP.. they gonna spike yr water, and it doesnt smell nice []

[Allen_1971]

Morph,

you have to manually remove them... 1 or 2 dead shrimp is fine, but when you have lots of them, your water quality is going to go down quick... you'll know what I mean when you take a whiff of that funky dead shrimp smell coming from your water.

If I were you, I would do a very detailed search of your tank, remove all the dead shrimp, and then follow by a large water change.

[M0rph3us]

oh my god....................... i think i will take a VVVVEEERRRYYYYYYYY loooooonnnnngggg tttiiimmmeeeee........................

err simon any idea wat i can use to siphon them out?? its quite densely planted and quite hard for me to reach the ground..

guess i will do it tomorrow cause today not free man... currently this tank no fishes except ottos and shrimps dont think will have any major problems like algae boom if i leave it there for 1 more day right???

[benny]

It's more of the Nitrite and Ammonia from the decomposition. That's kill you otos and the rest of the shrimps if not cleared in time.

Use a plant tweezer to remove lah. I've removed hundreds from my 5 ft before. It's not that bad. But if you can't be bothered then take the livestocks out first lor.

Cheers,

[Simon]

u noe those used for water changing? NH4, No3 will build up fast with decomposition like what Benny pointed out.. IMO, they shld be taken out, in any case

[lorba]

u have a forcep or tweezer? Use it to pick the dead shrimps out.

[checkerboard]

yup... siphon it out. .. if you are afraid of sucking out the plants, control the outflow my making the outflow hole smaller with your fingers or some kind of tap... i managed to remove all kinds of dirt traped in plants that way, and dead shrimps included!![]

[sherchoo]

As mentioned.. siphon the shrimps out with a hose. This way you're removing the dead stuff and doing water change at the same time...... "Killing 2 birds with 1 stone"