OblongShrimp Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 I left town on Sunday for work and when I got back today it looks like my tank of cardinals (300 or so) and most of my tank with Harlequins, Red Orchids, and White Orchids are gone. I don't see any bodies, the shrimp are just gone! I have no idea what the hell happened while I was gone but my tank of Blue Poso and Mixed Sulawesi's is still ok. I have ton of copapods or something in the tank but otherwise I don't know what the hell happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 HOLY CRAP!! That's some expensive loss!! Sorry to hear that happened. Hope you figure out what happened!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamashack Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 So sorry to hear that, Oblong! Hope you get to the bottom of it so it doesn't happen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch3fb0yrdee Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 How does that even happen? No bodies!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Wow... Im sorry man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted October 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 I think the copapods ate most of them. When I looked around carefully I saw one partial body but that is it and it was covered in the copapods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Oh no!!!!!!!! How could they eat 300 shrimp though??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpo Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Sorry to hear that man, could it be power failure + cold weather? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4n Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Omg.. So sorry to hear Will... I wonder what happened?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miwu Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 oh no... I hope you find the cause and are able to prevent this in the future. I'm sorry to hear this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metageologist Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 So sorry to hear that. Got any idea what happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merth Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Anyone else have access that could have taken them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elo500 Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Sorry. Any wet footprints in the room? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desireenfh Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Man, that's absolutely terrible! Hope you can find the cause. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilguppy Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Sorry to hear that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 That's terrible! I have Copepods in several tanks and never thought they bothered the shrimp. How does one control a copepod population? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Man, I feel for ya. Think you had a crash of some sort? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch3fb0yrdee Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 I feel like it must be a crash. No predatory animals inside the tank can hunt down 300shrimps. A spike in ammonia? 300 is a lot of shrimps. In more alkaline water, it ammonia would be deadly ammonium. I bet those benibachi ammonia slabs would even help. Jesus. Expensive shrimps. Sorry mate. h4n and High5's 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davesays Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Sorry for your lost. Did you check your parameters and did this happen in one tank or multiple tanks? Did you do a water change prior to this? Copepods or scuds wont usually harm healthy shrimps but a large amount of them will make quick work of any dead shrimps in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted October 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 must have been a crash....they were all fine for the couple of weeks before so I don't think it was a disease they came with. I haven't tested anything yet. I will see if I can find my ammonia test kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostick555 Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Ouch man that sucks I feel for you. I hope you can figure out what happened. Filters on? I have had that happen once from me forgetting to turn the filter back on after a water change. I caught it with in 24 hours but half of the colony was lost PFR of course not as much of a money loss as you. I am sorry man. ctaylor3737 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted October 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Filters were on when I got back, wife said that the never went out so I don't think it was a filter or heater issue. Probably just a crash. It happened in 2 tanks. I hadn't done a water change since I got them 3 weeks or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch3fb0yrdee Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Sulawesi shrimps can be tricky because their high temperature and ph requirements makes them very prone of ammonium poisoning. Even at very low levels, ammonia (ammonium in this case due to high ph) will kill off sensitive shrimps. Additionally, their high temp requirement makes it hard to add any plants to even have a nicely scaped tank and control nitrate levels. I suspect it was a crash due to ammonium level build up and the overall density of the tank. You can't get away with having ammonia spikes like you can with shrimps kept in more acidic water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christinenha Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Aww. I'm sorry you lost so many. That's a ridiculously high number of shrimp bodies to disappear. Hope you figure out what happened! =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpy Daddy Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 I left town on Sunday for work and when I got back today it looks like my tank of cardinals (300 or so) and most of my tank with Harlequins, Red Orchids, and White Orchids are gone. I don't see any bodies, the shrimp are just gone! I have no idea what the hell happened while I was gone but my tank of Blue Poso and Mixed Sulawesi's is still ok. I have ton of copapods or something in the tank but otherwise I don't know what the hell happened Are you keeping them in pH above 8.3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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