WC in a a shrimp tank

[shua71]

Hey guys I just started keeping blue rili. I have had them for about 2 weeks and I bought 6 of them. I use an Aqua Clear 30 as filtration and ada amazonia as substrate in a 15 gallon tank. A few days ago I did a WC about 30% and Lost 3 shrimp. The shrimp were fine for the 2 weeks I had them up until the WC. The remaining three are now doing fine. I used regular tap water and dosed it with prime. Is there a different way I should be doing WCs? I have a RODI unit and was wondering if i should use that instead.

Thanks for the help!!

 

[jayla2251]

Was the temp of the new water very drastically differant? Do you test your tap water? I know mine has ammonia in it.

Only way to really know is if you test your water, before and after.

 

[Ptrick125]

Hey guys I just started keeping blue rili. I have had them for about 2 weeks and I bought 6 of them. I use an Aqua Clear 30 as filtration and ada amazonia as substrate in a 15 gallon tank. A few days ago I did a WC about 30% and Lost 3 shrimp. The shrimp were fine for the 2 weeks I had them up until the WC. The remaining three are now doing fine. I used regular tap water and dosed it with prime. Is there a different way I should be doing WCs? I have a RODI unit and was wondering if i should use that instead.

Thanks for the help!!

As Jayla said, it might have been temperature. If it is something in the water, the RODI water should take it out.


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[sorberj]

Be careful if using RODI water though, it doesn't have any buffering capacity so you could end up with wild pH swings. If you're filling your tank directly with a python and just putting the prime in to the tank, are you dosing for the total volume of the tank? For some of my more sensitive species, I treat my water in a bucket, let it sit for 10 minutes or so and then put it in the tank.