CRS ad BDS keep Dying everyday

**Spid** · 30th May 2012, 23:57

To solve this dying issue next time, best way is to remove all shrimps and place them in another well established tank.

After which either u do a re setup of the old tank or change 100% of the water and re cycle your tank again.

But for those who only have a tank, you can only go for "survival of the fittest"-may the best shrimp survive.

**Spid** · 31st May 2012, 00:02

Anyway bro Guppy 77, stop feeding for a week or so. Addiitonal feeding as of now will only hasten the process of increase in ammonia in your tank. And for shrimps, ammonia is the number 1 killer.

**ZackZhou** · 31st May 2012, 00:02

Originally Posted by Guppy77

Hi bro, bad news, 2 died yesterday and became the assasin snail's dinner, anyway i removed the snail, and fed my shrimps with ,mosura bioplus, put in about 2 to 3 spoons, using the spoon provided in the bottle of course, all the shrimps muching away happily including the new 11 CRS which i bought from bro Spid, this morning woke up, check and no dead bodies, lets pray tonight when i go back also no death :P, the 3 BDS shrimplets did not die as yet, so is the berried SS CRS, funny right

Bro guppy77, I assume that you have less than 30 shrimps ATM as mentioned earlier? And you fed them 2 to 3 spoon if mosura bioplus? Isn't that abit too much? Haha. If I were you, I would change 30 to 50% water from tap or mineral water over 3 days and add only Shizhen and BT-9. do not worry about ph.

**Guppy77** · 31st May 2012, 14:31

HI Guys,

noted, anyway one spoon per day enough? last last 2 days since i got the shrimps from bro spid, no death, they seem very active and hungry which i guess is a good sign? i use distilled water to be safe, after which i add mineral plus like a bout 1 to 2 ml to replenish the minerals then the sea mud powder and one more cannot remember. will reduce the amount of feeding.

my berried CRS gave birth, can see 3 to 4 babies swimming

**Guppy77** · 31st May 2012, 14:31

also i remove the assasin snails so that i can see the dead body better if there is any death !

**magpie** · 31st May 2012, 16:08

With your high GH value, I think it will be better if you stop dosing mineral plus and old mud sea powder.

**ZackZhou** · 31st May 2012, 16:12

Originally Posted by Guppy77

HI Guys,

noted, anyway one spoon per day enough? last last 2 days since i got the shrimps from bro spid, no death, they seem very active and hungry which i guess is a good sign? i use distilled water to be safe, after which i add mineral plus like a bout 1 to 2 ml to replenish the minerals then the sea mud powder and one more cannot remember. will reduce the amount of feeding.

my berried CRS gave birth, can see 3 to 4 babies swimming

With your population, 2 days half a spoon is more than enough, and please just stop dosing mineral plus or old sea mud. Just change with distilled or mineral water can already. Right now your gh still 8?

**Guppy77** · 1st Jun 2012, 10:49

Hi Guys, thanks alot for your prompt reply, just check the GH is now 7, slowly decreasing, tomorrow will top off with 2 x bottle of 1.5 litre distilled water, i am worried they are hungry as the biofilm might not be enough, ok i will listen to the adviced and to feed the bioplus every 2 days less then half the spoon provided, the shrimps are all alive and happily eating, no deaths reported, so don;t know what makes them survive now? maybe the carbon pad really helps!

**Guppy77** · 4th Jun 2012, 08:56

Hi Bros, good news, since last monday till now, i have no more CRS and BDS death after i put in the carbon pad in my filter, now i realise that the death could be me spraying air fresheners in my bedroom due to my doggy smell, thanks for the help!

**Guppy77** · 8th Jun 2012, 09:51

Hi everyone and to the brother that advice me to put charcoal, thanks alot, my crs are all doing fine, same as the 10 crs,bds shrimplets, no deaths, if not for you guys i would have more deaths !

**magpie** · 8th Jun 2012, 18:05

Do you still add mineral Plus and old mud powder during water change? Just want to verify whether is the root cause of shrimp death high GH or contamination or cause is both.

**Guppy77** · 11th Jun 2012, 10:43

Hi Magpie,

even if i add mineral plus or the sea mud also no death, so i guess its not the issue, my GH is 9 now though, so i need to decrease it slowly.

**avex30** · 11th Jun 2012, 11:40

Glad to hear that after adding charcoal your shrimp is doing well but I would monitor and do a changes of the charcoal media every 2-3 months.

**Guppy77** · 12th Jun 2012, 12:33

thanks Avex, yes i will do what you have mentioned, but currently my GH quite high at 9, i need to reduce it slowly to 5 and then it will be the best!

**Andy Woo** · 17th Jun 2012, 13:07

Hi AQ bro , can add charcoal in canister for new setup when cycling the tank? Thanks !

**Guppy77** · 17th Jun 2012, 15:29

hi and, yes as advised by the bros here, but after that need to remove, charcoal saved my shrimps, i put activated charcoal in my tank, bought from daiso, cheap and good

**Andy Woo** · 17th Jun 2012, 20:08

Originally Posted by Guppy77

hi and, yes as advised by the bros here, but after that need to remove, charcoal saved my shrimps, i put activated charcoal in my tank, bought from daiso, cheap and good

Bro , do you have the pic of the charcoal which you bought from daiso ? Thanks !

**newlife** · 17th Jun 2012, 21:17

Wondering is Charcoal similar like Active Carbon...
If they are similar...please do take note of the TDS after adding Charcoal/active carbon...
As there was an experience when my TDS went all the way down to 80 after adding Sera active carbon. My active carbon was placed directly along my rain bar where the water goes thru the active carbon before touches into tank.

This has proven how active the carbon is...hee hee...

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