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    Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

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    Hi guys! Finally chance upon a majority Singaporean fish forum! Hurray!

    Anyway i got a small nano tank about 4+ gallon only. Got 5 Harlequins, 3 tetras, 3 rummy, 1 oto and its planted.

    Recently went to wuhu to get 5 amano/yamato shrimps at first the shrimps seems active but slowly a few days later start dieing and it seems like they die while molting as i can see the shell on the gravel but the body is seperated.

    1 of them was found stuck to my filter turn orange red colour without the shell. Now i only have 2 amano shrimps left and they keep hiding and never seems to come out to foray for food.

    Quick check on the net and LFS both says maybe the temperature too high. I put a thermometer and temp reads about 28-30.

    Is it no way i can raise amano shrimp? any other shrimps that can take slightly higher temp water?

    PS:Bought a fan today to try cool it down

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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    I have 5 yamato shrimps in a community tank and the temperature is around 30C. Have them for a while, must be more than a year. Had 5 earlier that did not last but they were much smaller and were terrorised by the cacas I had.

    Might not be your temp. Could they be victims?
    Last edited by fisherw; 14th May 2010 at 00:35. Reason: typo

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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    i guess they are lack of Calcium. try to measure your GH and see. maybe its too soft for them. as for the temperature, add a fan
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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    Quote Originally Posted by eviltrain View Post
    i guess they are lack of Calcium. try to measure your GH and see. maybe its too soft for them. as for the temperature, add a fan
    bro how you add calcium? thru food???

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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    hm... sorry but i dont buy test kit cos i am quite skeptical of them haha but if i need to buy what kind of test kit do i need?

    Yah i added a fan le. Hope the last 2 amano will last... i really love seeing shrimp at work but they seems to be inactive now.

    What other parameter should i take note of?

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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    if possible, give us a full tank spec. like tank size, water parameter, temperature, age of the tank. from there it will be more easy to find the remedy for the problem.
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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    Ok the tank is a square tank holding around 4 gallon of water, temperature with the fAn is around 28 now. Light on for around 10-12 hrs, other parameter I dun know cos dun have test kit, sorry.

    Should I get a test kit?

    Tank is 1 month old. Do water change 3-4 days. Used bacterial solution on filter when starting the tank as advised by lfs in Serangoon.

    Plants seem to be growing very well, need to trim once a week! Using tetra brand substrate again.

    Sorry but am quite newb, anything I miss out? Still thinking of getting some cherry shrimp but now scared Liao

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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    amano is the hardiest shrimp around. if they dies in your tank, any other shrimps will just perish. best is to get a test kit ( or lend from a friend to check )
    i still thinks that your water is too soft. creating problem for the shrimps to mold.
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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    Ok, so what test kit should I ask for? And around what price M I looking at so I dun get chop by them?

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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    get those test strips, API is good enough, should be less than 3 red notes
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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    since u using a fan, do you top up water in your tank often due to evaporation?

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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    Need to know what test kit to buy to meausre what? Or just tell them API?



    Yah I just instAlled it yday, today I got top up

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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    Quote Originally Posted by fotoudavid View Post
    bro how you add calcium? thru food???
    1)I am also curious, how to go about doing it?
    2)if GH too high how to lower and vice-versa?
    3) is KH link to PH that means it follows up and down?

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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    i bake egg shells in oven and crush them into fine powder. pinch a little and add in water column every feeding time.
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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    Ok getting the 5in1 test kit later, will report back

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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    ok after trying the 5in1 test strip these are the parameter

    NO3: 30
    NO2: very very slight, close to pure white colour or 0
    GH: the chart shows > 4
    KH: around 3-6
    PH: 6.4 the lowest value the paper can test

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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    seems like right condition even for CRS. haha
    i guess its the batch of amano you bought is too stress.
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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    huh like that ar? but the GH KH i dunnoe what does the degree D means leh.

    Is my water too acidic?

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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    CRS - CRazy about Shrimps
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    You can't explain it simply, you don't understand it (well enough )..." - Albert Einstein

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    Re: Amano Shrimp dying. Newb need help

    ok, maybe improving the KH might help them. Maybe can try get some cherry red shrimp liao haha

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