Hi...
Received a few Snowball shrimp as a gift and one died today...it had a red stripe going across the back (looked like blood or something). I had these shrimp for about 5 days. Anything I should be concerned about or was it just a random casualty?
These shrimp were sent to me by a friend from Europe so they were traveling for 5 days. Other shrimp are doing great and some females are even carrying eggs.
Any suggestions? This was a new tank so it was only up and running for a week or so but I did use old gravel from an established tank and I made sure to put alot of fish MULM in there as well.
Thanks
Snowball shrimp dead...red line going across the back
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Here are the numbers....do they look OK? I don't think my tank is fully cycled yet....? This is solely a shrimp tank so no ferts are added.
Each test was done three times to eliminate error and the final value is the average:
GH (tank) – 12, 12, 12 = 12
pH – 7.2, 7.2, 7.2 = 7.2
Ammonia –.25, .5, .25 = 0.33
Nitrate – 10, 10, 10 = 10
Nitrite – 0, 0, 0 = 0
Here is the GH of the tap water but I add Seachem Equilibrium to bring up the GH a bit
GH (tap) – 8, 8, 9 = 8.33
Each test was done three times to eliminate error and the final value is the average:
GH (tank) – 12, 12, 12 = 12
pH – 7.2, 7.2, 7.2 = 7.2
Ammonia –.25, .5, .25 = 0.33
Nitrate – 10, 10, 10 = 10
Nitrite – 0, 0, 0 = 0
Here is the GH of the tap water but I add Seachem Equilibrium to bring up the GH a bit
GH (tap) – 8, 8, 9 = 8.33
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