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It's been a while but still at least one is acting normal, 1 or 2 is on their back but still alive. I used electrical tape to cover the opening to the old filter intake. I wonder if the tape is poisoning the water?

Porq

Update - most have died and only 1 left acting normal. All died the same way, starting to lay on their backs and not getting up.

I can't figure this out. Anyone else have the same type of issue?

Porq

It's been a two weeks almost and all was going well. Now I have 3 shrimp who end up laying on their back. 2 seem to have died and one is just laying there on it's back moving its legs. I'm assuming that isn't normal.

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Porq

Will do. Thank you.

Porq

It was not live sand, and I did not rinse it but it has been soaking for a few weeks now and I've changed the distilled water out a lot getting the salinity adjusted.

If this batch of shrimp die, I will correct that on the third try.

Porq

i posted a couple pictures above. Anything in particular you want me to get a better picture of? The substrate now is white sand.

Thanks,
Porq

Salinity is just a tad over 1.015. Going to drop that a bit in the next couple days before the shrimp arrive.

Porq

Okay, just ordered another batch of 10 shrimp. Lets hope this one goes better than the last:)

Porq

It has been about two weeks since I redid my 5gallon setup. I'm about ready to buy new shrimp. What can I do in advance to test the water to make sure all is well?

Porq

I am starting over. I have been working on getting the salinity up. Daily I've tested the water and I add a bit more salt each time. I'm surprised on how low mine was following the directions. I did rinse out the tank when I changed from the gravel to the sand substrate. So where I live I'm now gett...

Update, my refractometer came in and after a quick calibration my salinity was 1.004 to 1.005ish. Is that okay? According to the guide, I really should add a bit of reef salt to increase that a bit.

Thanks,
Porq

Hi all, first time poster here. I set up my super shrimp 5 gallon tank using the lava rocks, macro algae, and calcium rocks purchased from this site. I used distilled water and used Instant Ocean Reef Crystals using 1/2 the amount suggested, which equaled about 1/4 a cup per gallon of water if I rem...