fabsroman
11-11-2009, 6:12 PM
Over the past 3 weeks I have lost 2 adult size yellow shrimp. I tested the water parameters when I found the fist one and they came back as 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 10 nitrate. When I found the second one tonight I tested the parameters again and they came back as less than .25 ammonia, 0 nitrite, a little over 10 nitrate, and .25 phosphate.
This is the first time I have ever seen an ammonia level in any of my tanks and am somewhat shocked, especially since this tank has a ton of dwarf sag in it that seems to be growing really well. Is an ammonia reading of less than .25, but not exactly 0, too much ammonia for these shrimp?
Another thing I have noticed in the tank is some planaria. There aren't too many, but I am wondering if these planaria could have killed adult shrimp.
I have no idea how many shrimp I have lost since I started keeping these yellows because the MTS in the tank make short work of the bodies. However, in the 3 months I have had them the population has remained about constant and I have seen a berried female here and there, without seeing any shrimplets until about 3 weeks ago. Right now, I have 3 berried females, which at least gives me hope, and I have seen 3 shrimplets at the same time.
What is frustrating is that with my RCS population I can count 20+ shimrplets right now and easily have a population over 100, and I have even gotten rid of 80 of them.
This is frustrating.
This is the first time I have ever seen an ammonia level in any of my tanks and am somewhat shocked, especially since this tank has a ton of dwarf sag in it that seems to be growing really well. Is an ammonia reading of less than .25, but not exactly 0, too much ammonia for these shrimp?
Another thing I have noticed in the tank is some planaria. There aren't too many, but I am wondering if these planaria could have killed adult shrimp.
I have no idea how many shrimp I have lost since I started keeping these yellows because the MTS in the tank make short work of the bodies. However, in the 3 months I have had them the population has remained about constant and I have seen a berried female here and there, without seeing any shrimplets until about 3 weeks ago. Right now, I have 3 berried females, which at least gives me hope, and I have seen 3 shrimplets at the same time.
What is frustrating is that with my RCS population I can count 20+ shimrplets right now and easily have a population over 100, and I have even gotten rid of 80 of them.
This is frustrating.