Reply With Quoteare you sure its the 02? whats the water parameters? maybe something else is wrong
how long ago did you get them?
yesterday woke up to find afew dead shrimps and the rest struggling for air. the situation got worse today. many more died. and way to prevent such deaths?
are you sure its the 02? whats the water parameters? maybe something else is wrong
how long ago did you get them?
how about CO2, did you inject CO2, is it 24hrs?
Is your CO2 running 24 hrs, if so, you may want to stop your CO2 when the lights out. Else you can running a air pump during the night.
DIY CO2 24/7. water parameters quite stable.. no casualties for record 2 weeks until yesterday. 1st shrimp dead noticed yesterday morning.
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Are you using any filter, or pump?
If yes, are there any movement at the water surface?
Did you buffer your water pH with KH (using baking soda, etc).
Size of tank, number and type of livestock and amount of plants?
How old is the setup?
When long since you mixed the current batch of DIY CO2?
Do you feed the shrimp?
What and how much do you feed?
When did you last clean the tank? How did you clean it?
When did you last clean the fitler? How did you clean it?
Many possibilities... answer the above questions, so we can troubleshoot for you.
'Record 2 weeks'... means you've been getting shrimp death before? Similar situation or death rate? Whether it's a once-off problem or a recurring problem will help us troubleshoot.Originally Posted by jason6142004
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Are you using any filter, or pump? yes. $17 internal filter.
If yes, are there any movement at the water surface? some
Did you buffer your water pH with KH (using baking soda, etc). no. no pH test kit yet.
Size of tank, number and type of livestock and amount of plants? 2ft, 7 GAEs?, 5 ottos?, unknown number of yamato shrimps, 5 betta and 1 snail. $13 worth of Java moss, $4 worth of riccia
How old is the setup? 2 months
When long since you mixed the current batch of DIY CO2? 3days. same mixture as previously
Do you feed the shrimp? yes. with algae wafer.
What and how much do you feed? once every few days, 1 spoon(using provided spoon)
When did you last clean the tank? How did you clean it? havent clean. only scrape GSA
When did you last clean the filter? How did you clean it? 3 weeks. squeeze sponge in aquarium water.
Many possibilities... answer the above questions, so we can troubleshoot for you.
'Record 2 weeks'... means you've been getting shrimp death before? Similar situation or death rate? yes.. i did not adapt the shrimps to my tank's water chemistry. but his batch of shrimp i used the drip method.
shrimps were bought on last sat. introduced through drip method on monday morning.
Last edited by jason6142004; 28th Feb 2008 at 10:23.
i remove the DIY co2 when i never on the light. It might stress the fishes/shrimps when the plant does not photosynthesis.
guess add an air pump and everything will be fine...
once remove my air pump from my planted tank...
next morning woke up, shocked to see:
1. some small shrimps have died
2. yamato shrimps climbed to the highest plant, very near to the surface
3. snails came out of the water
4. tetras gashing for air at the surface...
put the air pump in again and everything's fine in 30 mins...
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