An acquaintance of mine came into the petstore today with an odd tale. He has a 75 gallon that has been up and running several months. Water parameters are all within normal and stable.
He had bought an assortment of shrimp, one CB, a cleaner, some camel back....they had been doing great for 3 weeks. *compatibility, surprisingly enough did not seem to be an issue* Then within a few hours of each other, they all died. His fish are fine as are the other inverts, feather dusters etc. Two things happened that I am wondering if it could be the cause. One, he stained a canopy, was certain it was totally dry. It had been on for a day or so. The other is he sprayed Bengal Ant spray in a different are of the house...but the trickle filter was not covered, could overspray of the pesticide be the cause? Were the shrimp just more sensitive than the fish?
Also, coincidence or not, he seems to have had a major decrease in copepod population.
any ideas guys and gals?
and yes, I have nagged him to join here and forego WWM
He had bought an assortment of shrimp, one CB, a cleaner, some camel back....they had been doing great for 3 weeks. *compatibility, surprisingly enough did not seem to be an issue* Then within a few hours of each other, they all died. His fish are fine as are the other inverts, feather dusters etc. Two things happened that I am wondering if it could be the cause. One, he stained a canopy, was certain it was totally dry. It had been on for a day or so. The other is he sprayed Bengal Ant spray in a different are of the house...but the trickle filter was not covered, could overspray of the pesticide be the cause? Were the shrimp just more sensitive than the fish?
Also, coincidence or not, he seems to have had a major decrease in copepod population.
any ideas guys and gals?
and yes, I have nagged him to join here and forego WWM