shrimps keep dying

[da_xiong]

Cherry shrimps are very tolerant, so if they are dying, there must be something wrong with the water or soil.
I have kept cherry shrimps in ph 4 to ph 8, ph is never much of an issue for cherry shrimps.

1. Isolate the cause.
Take out all the unnecessary item in your shrimp tank to isolate the cause. Leave only the substrate if possible.

2. Is your tank cycled?
Since you have another tank, i recommend you do the following.
Take out all your fauna first.
Drain all water from your shrimp tank.
Take the medium from the mature tank, and squeeze the dirty mulm all over the substrate. This will coat the substrate with good bacteria.
Also use some of the medium to put into the filter of your shrimp tank.
Hopefully, you can seed your shrimp tank rapidly with good bacteria.
I usually use inert substrate such as gravel for my shrimp tanks. Your current substrate may not be shrimp friendly, you may need to do a lot of water change to dilute those chemicals in them.

3. Water change
Do your water change 30% daily for a week, see if there are any casualty.

4. Usually planaria are quite harmless, but they can kill shrimps. I will not be too worried about them yet.

I started a thread long ago on how to setup a cherry shrimp tank in 1 day, you can reference it and see if it is useful.
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ank?highlight=

Here's another thread i started on shrimp propagation in a 3ft tank, where my 10 shrimps reproduced to the thousands.
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...nce?highlight=

sure will do a read up on your thread haha, my current tank is cycled already before I add in the shrimps... now like stablised already for today no deaths... yesterday was the most at about 5 to 6...

[Arron]

Hi guys I'm using soil from crs haven and been cycling tank for about a week and a half. I used crs liquid bacteria, mosura bt9 and a zoo max bio ball, suddenly my water turn cloudy and it has been like that for 5 days already. What is happening? Should I change all or water? Ammonia reads at 1ppm and no nitrite, about 6.6 ph

[Urban Aquaria]

Hi guys I'm using soil from crs haven and been cycling tank for about a week and a half. I used crs liquid bacteria, mosura bt9 and a zoo max bio ball, suddenly my water turn cloudy and it has been like that for 5 days already. What is happening? Should I change all or water? Ammonia reads at 1ppm and no nitrite, about 6.6 ph

Cloudy water during the initial cycling period is usually due to bacterial bloom (the various bacteria solutions you added probably helped accelerate it)... the cloudiness should eventually disappear on its own once the excess bacteria die off.

In the meantime, you can do partial water changes to gradually remove excess nutrients and stabilize the water conditions.

[da_xiong]

Cloudy water during the initial cycling period is usually due to bacterial bloom (the various bacteria solutions you added probably helped accelerate it)... the cloudiness should eventually disappear on its own once the excess bacteria die off.

In the meantime, you can do partial water changes to gradually remove excess nutrients and stabilize the water conditions.

hey, I saw you use limhamn series rack for aquarium, I am interested to use that rack for aquarium in the future as well.. just want to ask is it good enough for a 2ft tank? sorry I know this is out of the thread that I started haha...

[Urban Aquaria]

hey, I saw you use limhamn series rack for aquarium, I am interested to use that rack for aquarium in the future as well.. just want to ask is it good enough for a 2ft tank? sorry I know this is out of the thread that I started haha...

Yes, that shelving unit can hold a 2ft tank at the top and equipment/tools below. Just make sure the tank is balanced and the weight is evenly spread out. Note that you have to make sure its assembled properly and the bolts are tightened well (and regularly checked), or else it may get wobbly over time. Although it is made of stainless steel, you'll still need to make sure to wipe away any water splashes or drips, otherwise over time rust will still eventually appear at some spots.

Alternatively, you could also consider getting a metal stand/rack custom made (i got my 2-tier one at East Ocean), the cost is actually cheaper and the overall structure is more sturdy (since the metal is fully welded, not just bolted together), and you can customized the dimensions to your exact requirements.

[da_xiong]

Yes, that shelving unit can hold a 2ft tank at the top and equipment/tools below. Just make sure the tank is balanced and the weight is evenly spread out. Note that you have to make sure its assembled properly and the bolts are tightened well (and regularly checked), or else it may get wobbly over time. Although it is made of stainless steel, you'll still need to make sure to wipe away any water splashes or drips, otherwise over time rust will still eventually appear at some spots.

Alternatively, you could also consider getting a metal stand/rack custom made (i got my 2-tier one at East Ocean), the cost is actually cheaper and the overall structure is more sturdy (since the metal is fully welded, not just bolted together), and you can customized the dimensions to your exact requirements.

I see... currently I am using expedit shelf for my 1ft which I have plans to upgrade to either 1.5 ft or 2ft for my shrimps which I am quite worried about the shelf giving way if I put a 1.5ft tank on it...