TacomaToker Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 My shrimp were doing great for almost a month, until I started losing about one per day a week ago. This started happening about the same time they started molting. I thought molting was a good sign. I did not do a water change for the first 3 weeks since no nitrates appeared (the tank is cycled). When I started noticing death last week, I did a 25% water change. This has not helped, and today I found 3 dead. It's super f****** depressing to pull dead shrimp out of the tank every day. What can I do differently here?? Any advice is appreciated. I attached a picture of 2 dead shrimp today. PH: 7.4-7.6 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 2-3 GH: 9 KH: 2 TDS I have not tested since I do not have a TDS test. Is it possible TDS has risen to dangerous levels over the last month? I've only done the one water change, and it was only 25%. Once again, thanks for any help. Picture of passed shrimp: (any idea why they are dead next to each other? Could that be a clue?) https://imgur.com/gallery/eOAHkSQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShrimpsJoy Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Do you use tap water? Tds maybe too high or hard solid is high too. You need switching to RO water. Bring a bucket to Wholefood store, they sell RO/DI for $0.80 a gallon then re-mineralize to 250 with Salty Shrimp. Also get Ez-TDS from Amazon for $15, it will save you alot headache. Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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