FishOwner
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I have a 10g with 7 Crystal Red Shrimp and 5 Blue Bolts. The CRS have been thriving for about 4 months now in the tank and even gave birth to some shrimplets. The BBs have also been doing ok, although no shrimplets yet.
However, recently (about a week ago) almost overnight I stopped finding the 3 week old shrimplets in the CRS tank. I haven't seen a single one ever since. I couldn't think of a cause for this, because my water params were pristine.
This morning, I woke up to two of the big high-color shrimp eating a smaller male. I don't know if the male died of his own accord or if they killed him, but I believe it's the latter. This might also explain where my shrimplets went off to. I immediately fed the shrimp some fish flakes (for protein). What else should I do now?
Params:
10g freshwater tank
72.5-73 deg F
6.4-6.5 pH
6 gH
0 kH (will fix soon, have gH/kH+ on the way)
0 ppm ammonia
0 ppm nitrIte
0-10 ppm nitrAte, reaches 15 ppm before bi-weekly wc
50% RO/DI water change remineralized to same hardness as in tank every 2 weeks, dripped in to minimize change in parameters
However, recently (about a week ago) almost overnight I stopped finding the 3 week old shrimplets in the CRS tank. I haven't seen a single one ever since. I couldn't think of a cause for this, because my water params were pristine.
This morning, I woke up to two of the big high-color shrimp eating a smaller male. I don't know if the male died of his own accord or if they killed him, but I believe it's the latter. This might also explain where my shrimplets went off to. I immediately fed the shrimp some fish flakes (for protein). What else should I do now?
Params:
10g freshwater tank
72.5-73 deg F
6.4-6.5 pH
6 gH
0 kH (will fix soon, have gH/kH+ on the way)
0 ppm ammonia
0 ppm nitrIte
0-10 ppm nitrAte, reaches 15 ppm before bi-weekly wc
50% RO/DI water change remineralized to same hardness as in tank every 2 weeks, dripped in to minimize change in parameters