blood shrimp death

Robin Alv

Robin Alv

Robin
Jan 14, 2008
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I woke up to find my blood shrimp dead. My parameters are good
ph 8.3
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 10

I use RO water (some tap left). I was going to do a water change (it has only been 1 week) but did not.

Any ideas?? Are they just not hardy?
 
Hopefully it molted! Easy to tell -- get it out of the tank and look, if no guts it's just the shell. My blood shrimp are some of my favorite tank mates. I hope you didn't loose it.
 
Molted two weeks ago - this was not shell unfortunately. As a matter of fact - there was shell in there yesterday and I thought it was from the other week but then realized that it couldn't be since part of the other shell was sucked up by the filter. This was a full shell. Why would it molt again? Something must have been wrong that I didn't notice. Ever hear of one molting every week and a half to two weeks? My calcium is at 480 and everything else seems to be fine.
 
I just lost my first pep shrimp last week, it just died for no reason, made me sad a lil because it was my first. before it died it molted a few days earlier. stress maybe killed it. I'll just have to buy another one.
 
What's your iodine level?
 
HiepNotik - sorry about your loss. Mine seemed a mystery also.
Sarra: I don't know my iodine levels. I thought I got what I needed from using a good Reef salt? I do a 10% change weekly. Shouldn't that keep all the minerals needed in the aquarium?
 
Robin Alv said:
HiepNotik - sorry about your loss. Mine seemed a mystery also.
Sarra: I don't know my iodine levels. I thought I got what I needed from using a good Reef salt? I do a 10% change weekly. Shouldn't that keep all the minerals needed in the aquarium?
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sorry to hear
Shouldn't that keep all the minerals needed in the aquarium? all salts have different levels of minerals. what salt are you using?
 
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