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Hi,

I had a light in my tank. Recently it wentout. Thinking that i was pretty knowledgable on shrimp care, I didnt do any thing. 3 days later (today) one of my cherries died. Any link?

Chris

I don't think so. My cherry shrimp are in a tank without a light since I'm still building a canopy for the tank. They have been in darkness for about a month and are still breeding even.

Hi Chris, sorry to hear of your loss.

I agree with Jonathan, to my knowledge, there's no reason why a lack of artificial light would kill your shrimp. I would check for other factors which could include, it was just his/her time to go.

-GunmetalBlue

Edit: I did find a post: viewtopic.php?t=483 that quotes Mustafa as saying: "I do use lights in every tank by the way and think it's essential to the well-being of the shrimp."

That's a good overall care quideline to know, but still wouldn't think 3 days without lights would have killed a shrimp... though I can see a small possibility *could exist if a very elaborate planted tank set-up's parameters got thrown out of whack. Are the other shrimps doing okay? I hope so.

Hey,

Thanks. I have been really busy, but iinstalled a new light. All is well.

Thanks,
Chris