Shrimps keep dying.. don't know which is the cause..

**gigisakura** · 6th Mar 2014, 18:46

OK sorry been rushing school report deadline tomorrow...

After not feeding shrimps for few days worms drop but == they seem to appear when I feed cause my shrimps look like they on war had to feed them... I decided to get a cooling fan instead to drop 29-26.

Er my tank only got 2 moss ball I'm thinking of getting another housing to use moss ball as the cover... As for gh n kh .... ERM is 2-3 drops high? If so how to reduce?

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**gigisakura** · 6th Mar 2014, 18:47

BTW I forgot what's TDs???

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**Urban Aquaria** · 7th Mar 2014, 00:46

TDS is Total Dissolved Solids, measures the amount of organic and inorganic materials dissolved in the water.

GH and KH at 2-3 drops on test kits isn't high (assuming you are using API test kit)... CRS shrimp keepers usually try to keep GH around 4-6 and KH around 1-2. RCS shrimps not as sensitive and can tolerate wider range of GH and KH if the change is gradual.

**gigisakura** · 21st Apr 2014, 15:29

Ah sorry extreame late post... I finally bought it and figure out that its cause . ammonia zero nitro zero. But solve that they properly stress up and died ... Zzz how do shrimps get stress when they dont work nor study...

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**Urban Aquaria** · 21st Apr 2014, 16:54

Originally Posted by gigisakura

Ah sorry extreame late post... I finally bought it and figure out that its cause . ammonia zero nitro zero. But solve that they properly stress up and died ... Zzz how do shrimps get stress when they dont work nor study...

I guess there are lots of other factors that stress them out... getting chased by net and tossed around during transportation from LFS, having trouble adapting to fluctuations in water parameters and temperatures, not enough vitamins and minerals to build their shells, strange household chemicals dissolving in the water, fishes nipping at them, owner scaring them (by peering in suddenly when they are at the tank glass, haha), doesn't help that they are low in the food chain and easy prey for most fishes too... overall, they are just easily stressed creatures.

**gigisakura** · 21st Apr 2014, 16:59

Hahahaha ..... They sure are but dunno lei I overheard at clementi store one lady was saying that cherry shrimps have short life span .... But shrimps have so much to learn about hahah

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**Y3H** · 22nd Apr 2014, 21:46

They generally live up to a year.

There are a lot of factors in causing death to a shrimp.

Water parameters, improper acclimatization, sudden shock (movement, too huge water changes etc) and maybe even illnesses.

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