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I bought 4 ghost shrimp 3 weeks ago. All at the same time from the same shop. One week after I bought them 2 of the shrimp have turned opaque - one is definitely more creamy-white colour than the other. Both of the opaque shrimp are active, eating from the substrate. I keep waking in the morning expecting them to be dead - everything I have read tells me that this is a very bad sign in ghosties - but every morning I wake up and they are eager and ready to get the day started.
Does anyone have any thoughts about this or has anyone experienced this and the shrimp has lived?
My tank:
24 ga (90 L)
WCM minnows
Cardinal tetras
2 bamboo shrimp
4 ghosties
Sparsely planted (anubias, Crinum)
Marimo ball
Mopani wood
Aquarium grade gravel substrate
Fully cycled-ammonia 0 Nitrates 10 but
It's a very new tank - I started it about May 2
Currently I am treating my tank with heat and salt for an ich infestation of the cardinal tetras but the discolouration started well before any signs of ich appeared.
I am just getting back into the hobby/obsession after about 6 years off. I've never had shrimp before. Closest was a blue crayfish.
Also, off topic, would you recommend putting a piece of cuttlebone in for calcium for the shrimp? My pH is 7.5.
Thanks!
Does anyone have any thoughts about this or has anyone experienced this and the shrimp has lived?
My tank:
24 ga (90 L)
WCM minnows
Cardinal tetras
2 bamboo shrimp
4 ghosties
Sparsely planted (anubias, Crinum)
Marimo ball
Mopani wood
Aquarium grade gravel substrate
Fully cycled-ammonia 0 Nitrates 10 but
It's a very new tank - I started it about May 2
Currently I am treating my tank with heat and salt for an ich infestation of the cardinal tetras but the discolouration started well before any signs of ich appeared.
I am just getting back into the hobby/obsession after about 6 years off. I've never had shrimp before. Closest was a blue crayfish.
Also, off topic, would you recommend putting a piece of cuttlebone in for calcium for the shrimp? My pH is 7.5.
Thanks!