TheMacInnis
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Apr 22, 2015
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Hey, everyone-
I have a new 10g tank that I set up, and it was cycled (no nitrite, no ammonia). I planted it, and everything is growing nicely (including brown algae), so I stocked it yesterday with some chili rasboras, a siamese algae eater (he has plenty to chow on), and a collection of cherry shrimp and amano shrimp to clean up.
The shrimp didn't last a day: this afternoon when the light came on, they were all dead and opaque on the bottom (so, dead for a while).
The fish all seem fine.
What should I check for in my water chemistry that would be killing the shrimp, but not the fish? To my knowledge, I have not used any copper-based products, and I'm primarily dosing only potassium for the plants.
Advice?? Scared to introduce any new shrimp before I figure it out.
I have a new 10g tank that I set up, and it was cycled (no nitrite, no ammonia). I planted it, and everything is growing nicely (including brown algae), so I stocked it yesterday with some chili rasboras, a siamese algae eater (he has plenty to chow on), and a collection of cherry shrimp and amano shrimp to clean up.
The shrimp didn't last a day: this afternoon when the light came on, they were all dead and opaque on the bottom (so, dead for a while).
The fish all seem fine.
What should I check for in my water chemistry that would be killing the shrimp, but not the fish? To my knowledge, I have not used any copper-based products, and I'm primarily dosing only potassium for the plants.
Advice?? Scared to introduce any new shrimp before I figure it out.