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hi everyone

I have had cherry shrimp, for the last year. I had 4, the last one died just recently I found her on a branch, covered in clear jelly like substance, with a few air bubbles in it, I don't know if that was the cause of death, or just bacteria decomposing the shrimp's body ?

I have some dwarf puffers which I have never witnessed harass the shrimp, and threadfin rainbows. I have been wondering whether or not to use ro water to do water changes, as I am getting a lot of algae in the fish tank, I think because of the phosphates introduced when feeding the dwarf puffers frozen bloodworm, would a tank with ro water harm shrimp? because i'd like to get some more shrimp. I think someone said to add a little tap water to ro to put some trace elements back into the water, but I cannot remember the percentage.


sorry for the long post.

Hi deedee,

The shrimp was probably just decomposing...they can get soft and mushy when that happens. As for the RO water...it's always good to add a little bit of tap water (20-30% should be enough) for the minerals/calcium/carbonates. Just make sure that the tap water is treated with a dechlorinator before mixing it with the RO water and adding it to the tank.