Duff0712 Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Just trying to figure out why I had about 1 shrimp death every week to every other week. I haven't had any die recently (thank goodness), but a little while ago I was having one death a week. My parameters are fine (I have checked several times), if you want to know them i'll post but I doubt its that. I'm keeping Bees and Taiwan Bees. I think most of the deaths are coming from the recent heat we have been having in Washington and after getting a mini fan I haven't seen as many deaths as before. I was curious though because all of them look the same after death. They all look "fresh" and there is a dark area near their head. Nothing protrudes from their head but there is like a thick band that goes around the entire head. I do seem to have some planaria in the tank, but compared to some I have seen they are super teeny tiny. I'm just going to start cutting back on feeding and they should dissapear. Was mainly curious if it could be a bacterial or fungal infection? I don't have much experience with those so I don't really know what I'm looking for if that is the case. I don't have any pictures sadly. I'm pretty sure it was just the heat, but off of my horrible explanation do you guys think it could be something else? Thanks Edwardnah and Johnnydok 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiumanfu Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Do you have a picture of the dark area and the band? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff0712 Posted June 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 I don't :/ if it happens again I'll make sure to take some though -Duffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 How high did the temp get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff0712 Posted June 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 How high did the temp get? I was keeping it at 70-71, I think it jumped to ~75 within a day or two, could have been higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 My tanks fluctuate that much during the summer. Between 74 - 78 daily. I do worry about it, although it does not seem to effect them at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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