Hi,
I just added a clownfish and skunk cleaner shrimp to my tank tonight and the shrimp died a couple hours later so I'd like to find out, if possible, what I might have done wrong.
I set up a 29 gallon tank and added live sand on 3/9, live rock on 3/10, more live rock on 3/16 (about 45 # total), rock blenny on 3/20, variety of crabs, snails and 3 peppermint shrimp on 3/22. Also setup skimmer on 3/22. And it's been running with 2 powerheads.
Water parameters are:
ammonia & nitrite 0
nitrate 20
Ph 8.2
Salinity 1.021
temp 79
I put the shrimp bag into the tank for about 20 minutes to adjust temp. I then put some of the tank water into a large bucket, with the bag floating in the bucket. I added 1/8 cup water every 10 min. for an hour and then 1/4 cup water every 5-10 min. after that for almost 2 hours total. Then added the shrimp to the tank. The shrimp went right to the rock and hung out in the same spot. It initially was cleaning it's tentacles. A couple hours later, there was a peppermint shrimp and a few snails attached to it. He's gone The clownfish was acclimated the same way and seems to be fine right now so hopefully he'll be okay.
What did I do wrong?
Thanks for your help in advance.
Denise
I just added a clownfish and skunk cleaner shrimp to my tank tonight and the shrimp died a couple hours later so I'd like to find out, if possible, what I might have done wrong.
I set up a 29 gallon tank and added live sand on 3/9, live rock on 3/10, more live rock on 3/16 (about 45 # total), rock blenny on 3/20, variety of crabs, snails and 3 peppermint shrimp on 3/22. Also setup skimmer on 3/22. And it's been running with 2 powerheads.
Water parameters are:
ammonia & nitrite 0
nitrate 20
Ph 8.2
Salinity 1.021
temp 79
I put the shrimp bag into the tank for about 20 minutes to adjust temp. I then put some of the tank water into a large bucket, with the bag floating in the bucket. I added 1/8 cup water every 10 min. for an hour and then 1/4 cup water every 5-10 min. after that for almost 2 hours total. Then added the shrimp to the tank. The shrimp went right to the rock and hung out in the same spot. It initially was cleaning it's tentacles. A couple hours later, there was a peppermint shrimp and a few snails attached to it. He's gone The clownfish was acclimated the same way and seems to be fine right now so hopefully he'll be okay.
What did I do wrong?
Thanks for your help in advance.
Denise