d0pey Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Yesterday I had two OEBT adults die along with one fire red adult.. I went ahead and bought a breeder box and quarantined the Tigers.. I also added a lot of IAL in the tank and cut up two and tossed It in the breeder box as well.. I have some berried shrimps and I'm trying not to add any paraguard. Any advice appreciated! MableBile, JosephKex and Edwardnah 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 OEBT in my opinion is one of the most difficult shrimps to keep. Out of all shrimps I've kept, OEBT never bred for me and dies every now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0pey Posted July 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 I added 6 IAL into my 12g long.. And actually only cut one and tossed it into the breeder box. They're definitely more active today than yesterday though. Started out with 7 and only got two left :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Having kept these over the years (they are one of my favorite shrimps) I can tell you they get bacterial infections sooo easy and die on you. You can have a mixed tank and they will be the only ones dying (who knows why) If you can isolate them I would (your breeder box is a good idea, but the water flows back into your main tank, so not sure if that's a good thing) If you could put them in a small 2.5 gallon tank alone that would be better, then you could try some antibiotic medicine to see if that would help. I often use Methylene blue (used to keep fungus off eggs) Its not an ideal situation, but if they have something truly infectious, it could pass to your other shrimps and you'd lose them too. Hopefully your berried gal can survive this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Honestly we need for you to check water parameters immediately to figure out what the problem is. I would never jump to the conclusion it is an infection unless I tested my water and noticed everything spot on. I had amazing success with OEBT, I bred them constantly without fail in my Taiwan Bee tank, all OEBT molted well, thus berried females constantly. Let's start with water parameters to ensure her surviveability. adrand 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0pey Posted July 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Having kept these over the years (they are one of my favorite shrimps) I can tell you they get bacterial infections sooo easy and die on you. You can have a mixed tank and they will be the only ones dying (who knows why) If you can isolate them I would (your breeder box is a good idea, but the water flows back into your main tank, so not sure if that's a good thing) If you could put them in a small 2.5 gallon tank alone that would be better, then you could try some antibiotic medicine to see if that would help. I often use Methylene blue (used to keep fungus off eggs) Its not an ideal situation, but if they have something truly infectious, it could pass to your other shrimps and you'd lose them too. Hopefully your berried gal can survive this. I do have a 2 gallon tank but it hasn't been cycled yet. I also don't have any spare soil unfortunately . Here are my parameters... Ph: 6.8 Kh: 0 Gh: 6 Temp: 73-78 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 I do have a 2 gallon tank but it hasn't been cycled yet. I also don't have any spare soil unfortunately . Here are my parameters... Ph: 6.8 Kh: 0 Gh: 6 Temp: 73-78 What about ammo, nitrite, nitrate, TDS ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0pey Posted July 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Sorry! Was in a rush to work haha. Ammo: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 10 TDS: 136 I'd like to also add that when the OEBT died.. They we're very dark in blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faralon Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Looks like your parameters are geared more toward Caradina Shrimp (outside of the higher pH). From what I know, and correct me if I'm wrong, you want: KH: to be around 4-8. (You're at zero) GH: to be around 6-10 (you're on the low end) TDS: seems to be a large range here, 100-200, with most people preferring closer to 200. Temps are good. If you're using tap water, in an area with water restrictions, you could be having some crazy water fluctuations too. If you're using RODI water and remineralizing, I wouldn't worry too much about the source water. Try bringing up the GH/KH/TDS a little? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Doesn't look like infection too me. I had two TBs die (still young) after them all being fine for two months, then the rest were good for another month, then one died again. All parameters tested fine, expect nitrates were around 40pm so I'm hoping that was the problem. But nitrates are low when this last one died. Maybe they get stressed and die later on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0pey Posted July 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Looks like your parameters are geared more toward Caradina Shrimp (outside of the higher pH). From what I know, and correct me if I'm wrong, you want: KH: to be around 4-8. (You're at zero) GH: to be around 6-10 (you're on the low end) TDS: seems to be a large range here, 100-200, with most people preferring closer to 200. Temps are good. If you're using tap water, in an area with water restrictions, you could be having some crazy water fluctuations too. If you're using RODI water and remineralizing, I wouldn't worry too much about the source water. Try bringing up the GH/KH/TDS a little? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk They are with my crs/bb/bkk.. They are all doing fine and as you can see that OEBT even berried. I kept My parameters pretty similar to the buyers water too. It was just strange seeing them die out like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishprinceofca Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 You may want to lower your temperatures. I get bacterial infections past 75-76 with my OEBT. Try aiming for 72 and below. Keep it consistent with a fan over the tank or AC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0pey Posted July 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Well.. The mother flopped. Any idea if the first picture is a male? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julianzh Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 when i still have my oebt, i needed to kept them under 70 for them to survive. sometime i even set the chiller to 68. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpy Daddy Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Your shrimp doesn't look like having bacteria infection. Are you keeping your OEBT in acidic or alkaline water? The common death of OEBT or not breeding is that people keep them in acidic water, which is not correct. ANBU and pictokid1983 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0pey Posted August 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 They were kept in 6.8 ph and bred fine :/. Just randomly 3 died in one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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