Starting a shrimp nano

[Jozle]

Just use RO/DI water.

[R_sustaita]

Mix of ages and I tend to do extra dechlorinator.

Then u have a gosth killing them.

[Chris.d514]

Mix of ages and I tend to do extra dechlorinator.

[R_sustaita]

when you do a water change do you add the right amount of dechlorinator?

[Jozle]

This is a curious case. They were the colony that I gave you right? My guess is something in your substrate or water that isn't readable that's killing your stuff. I had the same thing happen to my red rili colony.

[R_sustaita]

oh, where they adults or young?

[Chris.d514]

3 months to 4 days

[R_sustaita]

How long had you had that shrimp? Maybe hey are dying from age!

[Chris.d514]

78-80 temp and some of the dead shrimp are bigger than the micro fish.

[R_sustaita]

I had the same problem, and found out it was an endler eating them lol. I feed mine nls and algea wafers is your water in the right temp? Maybe to cold or to hot for them.

[Chris.d514]

Lost 7 of the shrimp over night. One even ended up out side the tank. The only thing that has changed recently is 10 shrimp were brought in on Monday and I added the duck weed yesterday. I have no clue why the tank is crashing. Anybody have an idea?
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[Jozle]

Oh yeah, I was more focused on my Cardinia. For neos, I don't even take care of mine. That's how much I really care for neocardinia. You've seen my sakura tank, its a brown forest.

[mistahoo]

A lot of people underestimate how hardy neos are. With caridinas, I wouldn't do anything bigger than 25%, but with neos, they can handle much more. There's no real need for a varied diet as they do fine feeding on biofilm, microorganisms, and detritus. It's just more money you have to cough up. If anything, it's more for your well being than theirs.

[Jozle]

The way I see it is that a large water change will change the chemical balance quite a bit. My shrimps don't do too well with a 30% or more water change. Also, try mixing your shrimp diet a bit, it might help. I have 5 different types of food and I feed them something different every 3-5 days.

[mistahoo]

50-70% won't kill cherries. They act like little girls afterwards but if you've been doing that for a while they should be accustomed to it. My sakuras seem to love the large water changes for some reason. I do 80-100% every week or two.

My best guess would be your high nitrate levels. It can't be the food because they should be able to survive 3 days without food. I don't feed my blue velvets anymore, but there's tons of microorganisms and biofilm for them to feed on.

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