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I have a rather new aquarium and so far I have had two successful pregnant cherries and two drop their eggs. Now today I looked again and found another pregnant and saw this...



Any ideas why I seem to be losing half and what is going on with that one. I have noticed this before when a preg lets some eggs hang out but never in the front. Maybe its because im using stresscoat water conditioner?

Are these females first time egg carriers?

From my past experiences, you should never use "Stress Coat Water Conditioner". There are substances that are harmful to shrimps.

What does it do to the shrimp? I use it for my fish along with Seachem Prime when doing water changes.

First time preg. well that one at least, i never saw who dropped the other eggs, they were just laying on the substrate.

I plan on ordering some prime cause no one sells it around me...

First time preg.

These behaviors sometime happen with shrimp who are inexperienced. Some catch on quickly and have smooth egg carrying/hatching and it takes others long and painful lessons in the beginning. Well enjoy the babies and let us know how this female with the eggs in front does . I am guessing they will drop

I would doubt it has anything to do with the water conditoner you are using, but Prime is good stuff and very economical because it is so concentrated.

I just found one of my adult cherries dead Its still red but its upside down and not moving. I am removing it and preforming a 20 percent water change, all other shrimp seem fine happily searching for food. I am sad

When things go wrong chemically you lose them 1 by one. How often and how much are you doing water changes?

I agree that Prime or Amquel+ are the water conditioners of choice for inverts. Stresscoat is better for fish, not shrimp.

About 3 times a week 20 percent at a time

All i have is stresscoat and that is all that anyone carries around here so i have no choice until i order some prime.

The one that died was one of my largest and brightest cherries, i am going to keep a very close eye on the aquarium, if it starts to go south, ill transfer them to my gf fish tank and put the fish in mine, but ill never be able to get my cherries all out of her tank as I have some that were born only a few days ago.

Ask your petstore to order some Prime or Amquel+. Most will, or you can order on line.

The one that died was one of my largest and brightest cherries, i am going to keep a very close eye on the aquarium, if it starts to go south, ill transfer them to my gf fish tank and put the fish in mine, but ill never be able to get my cherries all out of her tank as I have some that were born only a few days ago.

Does your gf also use the same dechlorinator for her fish tank? I think it may still be better not to move them at this point. Sorry to hear about you lossing the shrimp .

No more losses thus far, will keep this updated

Most dechlorinators, like Stress Coat bind with the chlorine. It also binds with the chlorine contained in the chloramine. Unfortunately, one of the bi-products is ammonia (chloramine - chlorine = ammonia). Other products, like Prime, also bind with the ammonia, still making it available for plants and bacteria, but harmless to inhabitants, like fish and shrimp. Therefore, there's an assumption made that the small amounts of ammonia left over from using Stress Coat could be harmful to the eggs.

If you search around, many people had no success with eggs when using to Stress Coat. When they later switched to Prime, they had better success. I was one of these shrimp keepers. I had RCS for several months and always used Stress Coat. I've seen lots of shrimps with eggs, but no babies. A few weeks after switching to Prime, I started seeing more babies and continue seeing them.

Thanks for sharing the information. No more stress coat for my shrimp tanks