MasterOfPuppets82 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Hi all, this is my first post any advice would be appreciated. I'm currently having issues keeping Tiger shrimp, in a shrimp only 35ltr planted tank. I purchased the shimp a couple of days ago, returned home from work to find 3 dead!!! Water parameters seem fine; Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 (according to test kit) Gh 5.5 Kh 2.5 Tds 178 ppm Ph 6.8 ( approx) This is not the first time I've had this issue whilst attempting to keep these little critters!!! Any recommendations would be great. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 How did you acclimate them? How hot in your house? btw, welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterOfPuppets82 Posted September 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Hi. I placed shrimp and existing water into a bucket and over the course of around 3hrs increased volume by around 3x. I then netted individuals and placed into tank with lights off. Water temp is stable at 23c Thanks for the response Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 How old is the tank, and do you have any other livestock in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterOfPuppets82 Posted September 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Tank approx 12ths months old, houses 3 oto (breeding), around 15 cherries which I move on to my main tank as and when, and 3 male amano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miwu Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 I don't think I'm seeing anything wrong here. How did you increase the water volume by 3x in the bucket? By drip acclimation? Sometimes shrimps are just so stressed before they get settled to your tank, and some will die off in the first few days, or even the first month, for no apparent reason. Some shrimps survive and die when it's time to molt because they don't have the energy/health to do so. That's from what I've observed. Just keep observing them for now. How many days has it been since they have been acclimated? Have you done anything to the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterOfPuppets82 Posted September 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 It was by drip yes, the remaining shrimp are out and about and look absolutely fine, coloured up nicely. There's a few skins lying around at the moment and from what I've experienced in the past this usually happens when moved to a new tank. The tank they are in has not been messed with so fingers crossed these will settle down. Thanks for your advice/help it's much appreciated. I'll keep you posted if you're interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
British Reds Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Have they moulted since you put them in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicca32 Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 from my keeping tigers ( common, super, oebt, and red) i think they like a bit higher ph. some people say they wont do well unless in crystal red parameters. i never had breeding unless they were in a ph of 7 and in neo parameters. and mine seemed happy healthy and breed well for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
British Reds Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Tds seems very low for tigers. If nitrates are zero I'd look into raising tds to about 300. ( using SS GH+) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicca32 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 also i found tigers like a bit more protein than all the other shrimp i have had. they would eat all the snails in the tank if i didnt feed more protein. spirulina is a great veggie protein, or i use hikari crab cuisine as well and they like it alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterOfPuppets82 Posted September 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Thanks for all the responses, I originally aimed for something similar to CR parameters. I'm using SS Gh+ to keep the TDS around 180ppm as I was under the impression that this was suitable (80-200 from what I've read), although there are many conflicting opinions and what seems to work for 1 person doesn't necessarily work for the other! I'm down to 3 remaining now and seriously considering going back to Bumble Bees which I've had success with in the past, but fancied trying something a bit different........ starting to wish I never bothered now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananariot Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Tigers seem to vary a lot in parameters. They originate in lower ph but they got used to higher gh cause when tigers were obtained by Germany, the water there was harder and a lot of the tigers we have today are descendants of from them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostick555 Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Like wicca32 I too have had much better results in neo params then most people with ro and remineralization. So in my experience they do very well in higher ph, kh, and tds. My experience has been regular tigers, oebt, and btoe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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