Help, my shrimplets always disappear the next morning

vernonlcm · 08-07-2009, 07:15 PM

I did not rear any fish and although i am using hang on filter, i had it covered it with micro sponge.
Mine is a 1ft cube tank and every morning, there would be around 2-3 dead shrimp so i highly suspect my shrimplets may also be dead.
I had quite a few mosses so presume finding food for the shrimplets is not a problem to them right?
I had an aquarium fan which keeps the temperature around 26-27 degree and i am rearing CRS with Cherries/Sakura. Is the Cherries that are pregnant.
My ph is around 6-6.5 as i am using gex soil. I did add in nutrifying bateria to help bring down the ammonia and nitrate and i do wc once a week.
Can it be due to copper? I do not have any test for the copper and i can't really buy all the test kit to test out so need your advice in what could be the likely cause. I always see shrimplets and they will all disappear the next day.
Any comments will be greatly appreciated.

08-07-2009, 08:11 PM

could they be hiding? then again, if you are finding 2-3 shrimps dead every morning, chances are your shrimplets are gone as well. how long has your tank been cycled?

08-07-2009, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by rainman

could they be hiding? then again, if you are finding 2-3 shrimps dead every morning, chances are your shrimplets are gone as well. how long has your tank been cycled?

In additional to Bro Rainman... how much of water that you change each week? Change to much water may cause dead of the shrimplets too...

08-07-2009, 10:51 PM

sometimes when u add fishes or what

then u start pouring the water from the packet

to the tank as well....

It might contain copper~thats what lfs always

will add to their tanks...

So It might over kill ur shrimp one by one

08-07-2009, 11:28 PM

r there any plants in ur tank?
too much plants, they will ambush here n there.
or... like some bros said in tis thread also true.

vernonlcm · 09-07-2009, 01:48 PM

I suspect is planeria... I caught one in my tank yesterday. I think they are responsible for my shrimplets and some shrimps death. It may be due to my overfeeding as i normally feed them twice a day. Not sure would there be many more of planeria in my tank? No idea how planeria started off into my tank as i just started my tank and the gex green soil 2 weeks ago. Can anyone help?

08-07-2009, 07:15 PM	#1
vernonlcm Arofanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 80	Help, my shrimplets always disappear the next morning I did not rear any fish and although i am using hang on filter, i had it covered it with micro sponge. Mine is a 1ft cube tank and every morning, there would be around 2-3 dead shrimp so i highly suspect my shrimplets may also be dead. I had quite a few mosses so presume finding food for the shrimplets is not a problem to them right? I had an aquarium fan which keeps the temperature around 26-27 degree and i am rearing CRS with Cherries/Sakura. Is the Cherries that are pregnant. My ph is around 6-6.5 as i am using gex soil. I did add in nutrifying bateria to help bring down the ammonia and nitrate and i do wc once a week. Can it be due to copper? I do not have any test for the copper and i can't really buy all the test kit to test out so need your advice in what could be the likely cause. I always see shrimplets and they will all disappear the next day. Any comments will be greatly appreciated.

08-07-2009, 10:51 PM	#4
ilovefish22 Guest Posts: n/a	sometimes when u add fishes or what then u start pouring the water from the packet to the tank as well.... It might contain copper~thats what lfs always will add to their tanks... So It might over kill ur shrimp one by one Last edited by ilovefish22; 08-07-2009 at 11:02 PM.

08-07-2009, 08:11 PM	#2
rainman Guest Posts: n/a	could they be hiding? then again, if you are finding 2-3 shrimps dead every morning, chances are your shrimplets are gone as well. how long has your tank been cycled?

08-07-2009, 11:28 PM	#5
sunshineDk Guest Posts: n/a	r there any plants in ur tank? too much plants, they will ambush here n there. or... like some bros said in tis thread also true.

09-07-2009, 01:48 PM	#6
vernonlcm Arofanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 80	I suspect is planeria... I caught one in my tank yesterday. I think they are responsible for my shrimplets and some shrimps death. It may be due to my overfeeding as i normally feed them twice a day. Not sure would there be many more of planeria in my tank? No idea how planeria started off into my tank as i just started my tank and the gex green soil 2 weeks ago. Can anyone help?

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