This morning I am so sad. I bought 10 tiny Cherry shrimp yesterday lunch time, they were sooooooo cute. Got up this morning to find most of them dead or dying. What did I do wrong? I thought they were meant to be hardy?
Cherry Shrimps died in less than 24 hrs What went wrong?
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here is a list of things I have found to kill my variouse spcies of shrimp(learned the hard way)
-No big water changes, only 3 inches if you need a big water change do it over a week-
-aclimate thm very, very slowly-
-deepending about how many you have feed once a week, their stomachs are small, and slow-
-do not mix other tank water in with other tank water-
do not keep penies next to an open shrimp tank-
NEVER EVER USE ANYTHING WITH COPPER< TIN< OR IRON IN A SHRIMP TANK.
I hope this helps, also they like to be in groups of about 15-20.
And yes on shrimp scale they are hardy, but shrimp in their selves are really really, fragile, If you want a good hardy shrimp you could try a couple of vampire shrimp. If you can hold their max size of about 9-12 inches.
-No big water changes, only 3 inches if you need a big water change do it over a week-
-aclimate thm very, very slowly-
-deepending about how many you have feed once a week, their stomachs are small, and slow-
-do not mix other tank water in with other tank water-
do not keep penies next to an open shrimp tank-
NEVER EVER USE ANYTHING WITH COPPER< TIN< OR IRON IN A SHRIMP TANK.
I hope this helps, also they like to be in groups of about 15-20.
And yes on shrimp scale they are hardy, but shrimp in their selves are really really, fragile, If you want a good hardy shrimp you could try a couple of vampire shrimp. If you can hold their max size of about 9-12 inches.
With all of them dying, it is likely it's your water conditions, that is assuming they were acclimated properly. Wether it is heavy metals like copper, zinc, cadmium, etc. or ammonia/nitrite/nitrate as ILOVEBETTAS pointed out, it's hard to say. Given it was so sudden, I'd wager it's amm., nitrite, or nitrate (which is a measurable pollutant we use as a gauge for others we cannot measure). Any chance you can have your water tested?
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Have you recently added anything to the tank? Maybe it had metals in it?
Have you recently added anything to the tank? Maybe it had metals in it?
See in my tank I dose the recommended amount of excel 5 days a week and Flourish the other 2 and do weekly 50% water changes and my shrimp are fine. I even have 7 baby ghost shrimp right now. My tank is pretty well planted so maybe thats why i'm an exception?
if you were closer i would have sent you some. sorry to hear about the cherries.
how did you acclimate them?
where did they come from? local breeders with about the same water conditions?
are there any other fish in the tank?
Don't give up hope.
i've done a 50% WC after dosing with a 1ml copper medicine, just found out it could kill shrimp, but they are still fine. i've also used flourish iron & excel with about .5ml each. I have not seen any db's in the tank.
I floated the shrimps for nearly 1hr and dripped small amounts of tank water into the container, but these shrimps were somewhat local.
how did you acclimate them?
where did they come from? local breeders with about the same water conditions?
are there any other fish in the tank?
Don't give up hope.
i've done a 50% WC after dosing with a 1ml copper medicine, just found out it could kill shrimp, but they are still fine. i've also used flourish iron & excel with about .5ml each. I have not seen any db's in the tank.
I floated the shrimps for nearly 1hr and dripped small amounts of tank water into the container, but these shrimps were somewhat local.