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I would avoid the Wardley wafers. I had an issue with massive shrimp loss while feeding these to my shrimp. I looked at the bag and noticed the copper sulfate. The deaths stopped shortly thereafter. From then on I always read the ingredients on foods and avoid anything that contains copper or that s...

Just thought I'd update everyone. I did a partial water change and all seemed fine, but I suddenly lost 2 today and a couple others don't look good... As a precaution I am currently moving several shrimp to 2 seperate 10 gallon tanks in case there is something funky going on with the water in the 29...

Well, just tested the phosphate and nitrate levels and nitrite levels. All are at zero, which would at least explain the algae problem... Perhaps the levels rose temporarily and the plants used it up before I could read it. <shrug> I'm going to go ahead and do a partial water change and just keep an...

Mustafa, thanks for the prompt response. You're probably on the right track with my shrimp problem as they had recently eaten several wafers and perhaps I fed too many too quickly... I'm planning on a partial water change, do you think this would be a good idea, or could it stress out the shrimp eve...

Hello everyone, I've had a couple of strange things happen in my shrimp tank and just wanted to see if anyone had any input. Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but anyway... First off I had been supplementing with algae wafers, and the red cherry shrimp would always congregate en masse to feed on the wa...