Pedro Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Hello everyone! I've checking some of my Taiwan bee and found some odd looking ones and I need your help to identify the causes. I get some death's every now and then and the exoskeleton when these shrimps molt is usualy redish. Here are the pictures: Picture 1- Right between the head and the first white stripe: Picture 2 - That rust looking patch: Picture 3 - The band in between the head and the abdomen: Picture 4 - The black markings: My tank parameters last time were not that great: Ph: 7.5 No2: 0 mg/L No3: 0 mg/L Gh: 5 °d Kh: 3 °d Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 well off the top of my head.. PH Is way to high. TBs like their PH around 6. Maybe the high ph is slowly killing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 The clear space is generally thought to be caused by too much protein causing too fast of growth. The black on red is usually what is called "dragon." I'll let someone else answer the rust. Pedro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 What are you feeding them? Adding anything to the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted October 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 well off the top of my head.. PH Is way to high. TBs like their PH around 6. Maybe the high ph is slowly killing them. Thanks for your help! The question is if the ph could be causing those markings. I've added some alder cones and leafs to the tank to lower the ph more naturally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted October 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 The clear space is generally thought to be caused by too much protein causing too fast of growth. The black on red is usually what is called "dragon." I'll let someone else answer the rust. Thanks for the info!! What are you feeding them? Adding anything to the tank? I'm feeding a variety of foods from commercial food (Nettle sticks, Spirulina tabs, Pollen) and natural food that I have in my garden (beet leafs, lettuce and carrot). I'm adding from time to time some "Crusta Mineral" from Dennerle. Soothing Shrimp and Lyana 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 Some times my prl have reddish molts too, but I'm not sure why. I would work on getting your ph down and kh 0-1. Are you using an active substrate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted October 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 Some times my prl have reddish molts too, but I'm not sure why. I would work on getting your ph down and kh 0-1. Are you using an active substrate? Im using a fine layer of Shirakura Red Bee sand as substrate. Any tips on how can I lower the Kh? Could it be a bacterial infection of some sort? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Are you using tap water? Best way to lower kh is using ro water which has kh of 0. But you might also need to add more substrate so it can buffer better. Using all ro water and a reminerilzer is best with the shrimp you have. Even my neos don't like my tap water. Doesn't really sound like a bacterial infection to me at this point, probably sometime off with the water they don't like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted October 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Are you using tap water? Best way to lower kh is using ro water which has kh of 0. But you might also need to add more substrate so it can buffer better. Using all ro water and a reminerilzer is best with the shrimp you have. Even my neos don't like my tap water. Doesn't really sound like a bacterial infection to me at this point, probably sometime off with the water they don't like. Thanks for your advice. I'm using groundwater from my own water well (I've been using it for years now) my PRL seem totally fine. I'll try to get my hand on some RO water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonedaquarium Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 pedro... try doing partial water change till you get your kh down to 0 or 1 you would then be able to control the ph by adding alder cones or some ph lowering agents... hope that helps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Thanks for your advice. I'm using groundwater from my own water well (I've been using it for years now) my PRL seem totally fine. I'll try to get my hand on some RO water. My prl seem hardier then my Taiwan bees. Let us know how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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