evan Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 help me this tank has been up for 1 year now and i have been tying shrimp but they wont stay alive all the water is in cheak some one pleaze help me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 can you share more info about your tank, and what type of shrimp you are trying to keep? I see fish, heater, and no cover over filter intake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan Posted March 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 i just bought some bamboo shrimp only two one die and i just found the other one ALIVE in the filter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dluxeshrimps Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 10 minutes ago, evan said: i just bought some bamboo shrimp only two one die and i just found the other one ALIVE in the filter did you acclimate them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan Posted March 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 yes using a drip system over an hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dluxeshrimps Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 did you use anything that may contain copper?? as in medication or food or some type of additive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan Posted March 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 got him out of the filter i turns out that he craled up the out flow so i took a filter pad and blocked it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan Posted March 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 and no did not use coper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. F Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 I have used that heater in 5g before and it was cool enough for shrimp, but check the temp as you may be cooking them. I know bamboos can handle pretty warm water so hopefully you're good there. Next. The filter intake is a clearly something you need to take care of. You can buy a sponge to slide over the intake, but if you can't find one, you can: 1) zip tie a piece of fine filter bag over the intake. 2) cut a 4-5" rectangle out of some thick (1"+) filter foam, it should be as wide as the foam is thick to create a long "box" with square ends. Then cut an X from one end about 3/4 of the way through it so the intake can be shoved into the slices created. I prefer the second method, although it's much easier to mess up. Last thing, I know bamboo shrimp need pretty hard water. Are you doing wc/top offs with RO/DI or tap? Remin or no? They're best with a pH of 7+, but I have heard of people having success down to 6.5. However as I mentioned, they prefer hard water so your KH needs to be somewhere around 6-8, thus your pH will likely be basic (7+). The TDS should be high compared to neos, but still only slightly (~200-~350). Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan Posted March 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 turns out he was eating the algae out of the filter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dluxeshrimps Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 that looks like a amano shrimp from the picture. EricM and svetilda 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan Posted March 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 maybe still not good still a beginner with shrimp but have had fish of 5 years now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 2 hours ago, evan said: maybe still not good still a beginner with shrimp but have had fish of 5 years now fish and shrimp are very different. looks like an amano to me also. do you have any idea what your water is like? water temps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShrimpP Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 Yeah, that's definitely a Amano shrimp. No filter feeder hands/fans, plus the dotted flanks/sides (I've seen young Atya that look clear). Test your pH, KH, GH, TDS and temperature if you know those. Do you know how the other shrimp died? Was it just gone (crawled out of the tank)? Dead in the filter? Or was dead in the tank? How long have you had the shrimp before they died? The one shrimp may have just died from stress if it died within the first couple days or so. Pretty hard to starve amano's if you feed enough, they will scavenge anything. Have you used any root tabs or dosed any plant fertilizer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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