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    Yamato shrimps dead and in heaven!

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    this is the second time i bought yamato but both have the same fate both went to heaven within two days (1st time 15,2ndtime 5)can someone advice on wat happened???anyway my plants and fish is growing very well almost all plants bubble.and i have those green small dote algae on the glass tanks is it normal,thou i try manually removing it it will come back in 2days time please advice

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    there are some factors to consider, imo, yamatos r sensitive towards temp and nitrate level.. the other will be transportation stress

    i experience death at 30 degree..

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    my temp is about 30d anyway to lower it??

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    I have an AC fan blowing across the water surface. Temp is around 28deg C, and my yamatoes are living comfortably..

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    ya, i started out jus like u, except I lost more than that.. after I added one AC fan, prob solved.. now got another [] my apisto eating them up

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    yamato shrimp dying

    few days back saw one of my yamato shrimp dead on the gravel. this morning i witness one was lying on its side with its legs struggling. it's still alive now but i can tell that it's going to die soon.

    anyone can suggest what could be the cause? the rest of the shrimps and fishes look ok to me.

    thanks.

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    could be temperature too high, >30deg?
    water quality??
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    high nitrate/ammonia levels? when did u add them? could oso be due to transport shock...

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    On 7/19/2002 2:49:00 PM

    high nitrate/ammonia levels? when did u add them? could oso be due to transport shock...
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    oh, the shrimps were introduced since the tank was setup in May. water ph is about 6.5, kh about 4-5. at the time when i saw the shrimp struggling, the temp. is about 28.5c. no test kits to test nitrate/ammonia levels.

    i have about 140 various tetras in the 4x2x2 tank, ~30 yamato and 50 malayan shrimps, 4 SAE, 4 OTO and recently 2 male apisto agga. there is no sign of injury on the dead shrimp. everyone else seem to be happy...

    thanks.

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    confirm water conditions
    most likely culprit is N, either nitrite or nitrate
    since it's an established tank, it's probably nitrate
    water changes would be in order here
    i have the same problem
    have to change water regularly

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    thanks.

    funny thing is that i couldn't find the dead body of the struggling shrimp spotted this morning??? saw few shrimp shells at different spots. could it be that the struggling shrimp is not dying? it's just shedding its shell?

    anyone know how shrimps shed their shell?

    if this is the case, then i just have 1 died few day back. but still don't know why []

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    Yamato Ebis died ????????????????

    My yamatos i've just bought died when i
    introduced them to my "Mature" tank ???
    i simple put them straight in frm the bag
    dun know if its ok
    my Tank spec should be ok
    PH about 7 below
    Temp is 28 below


    my tank consist of cardinal , neon , lampeyes tetras
    others r 3 wood shrimp big !
    malayan , bumble bee shrimp



    PS one Clown Loach

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    Did you introduce them slowly, like place the bag in the tank for 30 mins and let the temperature equalise, then slowly open the bag and let the tank water and the bag water mixed prior to releasing them in the tank? If not then might have been the shock of being introduce to different temp too soon.

    Just a thought!

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    I will agree with Hugo on this one.....yamatoes are very sensitive to PH and temperature differences....
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    Also, clown loaches do prey on shrimps... haven't seen it myself, but a friend of mine has seen his clown loach grab a shrimp and basically shake it about until it died.
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