Hey again, everyone. I haven't posted in a while, but I'm back again with another question or two!
This time it's about shrimp. I got some ghost shrimp to go in my little tank previously, and they eventually all died. I assumed it was from my betta, Whiskey (who sadly has passed... never let a friend watch your fish when you go on vacation!) who would pester the shrimp constantly.
I really enjoyed watching the ghost shrimp and was excited because a couple of them had eggs. So when I upgraded my tank to 10g, I got a few more ghost shrimp. This time, their tank mates include a couple corys, a few neon tetras, and another (more peaceful) betta. They seemed to be doing quite well together. Then a friend of mine dumped a bristlenose pleco on me, and I have yet to find a home for him. Now I'm noticing my ghost shrimp are starting to die off. They appear perfectly healthy the night before, and in the morning they're dead! This last time I found three dead at once! Now I only have two left! I've checked the water parameters, and all I've noticed was that the ph was a little high (which has since been corrected).
I really don't like this pleco, and I'm not sure if he has anything to do with my ghost shrimp dying off or if maybe it was due to a slightly high ph (about 7.4)? Or are there other things that could be causing it? Since I have live plants, I do use a plant fertilizer once a month or so and it does contain some copper, which I read is bad for shrimp. Now I'm afraid to get more of the ghost shrimp as I don't want to have to keep pulling their dead bodies out of my tank. Is there a hardier shrimp-y type thing that could survive in a small tank like this?
Thanks again for all your help!
This time it's about shrimp. I got some ghost shrimp to go in my little tank previously, and they eventually all died. I assumed it was from my betta, Whiskey (who sadly has passed... never let a friend watch your fish when you go on vacation!) who would pester the shrimp constantly.
I really enjoyed watching the ghost shrimp and was excited because a couple of them had eggs. So when I upgraded my tank to 10g, I got a few more ghost shrimp. This time, their tank mates include a couple corys, a few neon tetras, and another (more peaceful) betta. They seemed to be doing quite well together. Then a friend of mine dumped a bristlenose pleco on me, and I have yet to find a home for him. Now I'm noticing my ghost shrimp are starting to die off. They appear perfectly healthy the night before, and in the morning they're dead! This last time I found three dead at once! Now I only have two left! I've checked the water parameters, and all I've noticed was that the ph was a little high (which has since been corrected).
I really don't like this pleco, and I'm not sure if he has anything to do with my ghost shrimp dying off or if maybe it was due to a slightly high ph (about 7.4)? Or are there other things that could be causing it? Since I have live plants, I do use a plant fertilizer once a month or so and it does contain some copper, which I read is bad for shrimp. Now I'm afraid to get more of the ghost shrimp as I don't want to have to keep pulling their dead bodies out of my tank. Is there a hardier shrimp-y type thing that could survive in a small tank like this?
Thanks again for all your help!
