Aiko Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I started my tank in Jan. cycled it had ghost shrimp I took my ghost shrimp to the LFS once I got my Dream blues I started with 20 dream blues in about late feb to early march (I forget when I got them) I have been slowly loosing them 1 by one and they don't seem to keep there eggs for a while I did have a little of a nitrate problem (10-20 never higher) I got more plants and my tank has been doing a lot better. I just lost a berried female I'm down to about 10 shrimp now and this is upsetting me because I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. my tank readings are : kh 2 gh 9 nitrate 5 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 I use tap water and prime Johnnydok, Edwardnah and KlimparOn 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiumanfu Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Have you tried using RO or distiller water? Your tap might have something that is adversely affecting the shrimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpie Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Yes, I would definitely switch to ro water. And check your TDS - it could be too high. That's a pretty high GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citycode01 Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Definitely switch to ro water if you want to save the rest of your shrimps. I used tap water in my first tank with cherries and they slowly dining one by one like yours, I tried everything and nothing helped. When I switched to ro they start breed like rabbits. My tap water is too hard it takes around 20 drops of kh or gh test kit to change the colour, I think your water should be very hard too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I had a similar problem with my first Neo tank, lost shrimp one by one. Tried changing all sorts of things then tried RO with remineralizer and the deaths stopped. My tap water even with prime has something in it that is toxic but it does not bother fish. Lyana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 My experience is like rye. Tap tests read fine, but they would die. Ro they love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiko Posted June 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Alright thanks what's a good remineralizer to use and do you treat RO with prime as well? Sorry going to have a lot of questions, how does raising pH and GH work with RO or does reminerlires do that stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citycode01 Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Salty shrimp gh/kh+ is good remineralizer if you prepare water for neos, salty shrimp gh+ is for cards. Just add it to ro water and that's it. You don't need to prime ro water as it is no chlorine or heavy metal in it it's just pure water without anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiko Posted June 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 also whats a good+ cheap TDS meter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swivel Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 I'm using HM Digital TDS EZ. Got it for 17 bucks on amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 I had the same problem with neos until I switched over to ro water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiko Posted June 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 I'm going to be switching to do very soon going to order some SL Blue wizard and a TDS meter very soon no more deaths at the moment still going to switch over to RO up note for the past week I have seen about 4 baby shrimp had no idea I had a berried female Lyana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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