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Re: Look at my Black/Blue shrimp.....
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:47 pm
by Neonshrimp
Sorry to hear they died. You might try putting them in a small tank which has half or more of the water from the original tank. Or use the "Squeeze" mothod of squeezing out the filter sponge from the older tank. Hope you find more black/blue shrimp.
Re: Look at my Black/Blue shrimp.....
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:15 pm
by wskurdahl
ya I had used an older sponge from a cycled tank and added a bunch of moss. I am still suspicious that it was my colorquartz substrate that did it.
Re: Look at my Black/Blue shrimp.....
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:10 am
by Newjohn
Sorry to hear about the lose.
Was the New Tank cycled ?
John
Re: Look at my Black/Blue shrimp.....
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:23 pm
by Mustafa
wskurdahl wrote:ya I had used an older sponge from a cycled tank and added a bunch of moss. I am still suspicious that it was my colorquartz substrate that did it.
In my experience you still have to wait a few weeks before introducing shrimp to be on the safe side.
Re: Look at my Black/Blue shrimp.....
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:59 am
by wskurdahl
Yes I think I was moving to fast
. I have to learn to slow down on these things and take my time setting up new tanks and moving species around.
Re: Look at my Black/Blue shrimp.....
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:28 pm
by Neonshrimp
Waiting is a good idea in most cases. I actually take the water from water changes I do on my established shrimp tanks and use this to start a new tank. I add little if any new water when starting a new tank. It has actually worked well all the times that I have done this. If you try it let us know how it worked for you.