I've had my 4.5 gallon tank for about 1.5 years now. I started with about 25 of them. In the beginning of the year a shrimp had been berried but dropped all her eggs . A month ago, a berried shrimp had successfully given birth to about 10 floaters. I constantly look in the tank and rarely do I see any of them. They're pretty good at hiding. The most I've seen at the same time was 5 of them.
About a week ago I started noticing my snails had been dying. I had about 10 of them and I only see 4 that are moving around now. Do I need to take out the dead ones? What could have caused this?
I'd appreciate any suggestions or comments on how to improve my tank for my supershrimp
Snails only live about a year to 18 months so if you've had them that long, a die off is normal. I would definitely remove the dead ones. If all that is left is an empty shell, you can leave that. Your tank seems to have a lot of detritus on the bottom. Maybe you should try removing some of that and maybe do a partial water change. What type of snails are they?
humbleredgrape wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2019 8:47 pm
The snails are hawaiian pipipi snails. How do i go about removing all the detritus at the bottom of the tank?
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You could use a turkey blaster or some aquarium airline tubing to siphon the detritus. Airline tubing is a very small diameter, which in this case is a good thing for detritus removal in a small quantity of water. The siphon will not be too strong.
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The "pipipi" are basically nerite snails, and I even see a "horned nerite" snail (dead or alive..not sure) in your tank. I would take them all out before they all start dying off due to lack of food. Even one nerite in your tank is *more* than enough, but you said you had 10 to start out with. These guys are voracious eaters and not compatible with most Supershrimp tanks for exactly the reason you are experiencing right now. Supershrimp thrive in a low nutrient (food) environment, whereas these snails need high nutrient levels. Incompatible in the long run.
. A month ago, a berried shrimp had successfully given birth to about 10 floaters. I constantly look in the tank and rarely do I see any of them. They're pretty good at hiding. The most I've seen at the same time was 5 of them. 
