gd007
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hello all - newbie here,
I am in the process of a fishless cycle and was at the stage wear my nitrites and nitrates were off the chart so I did a big water change. After the water change, i noticed that the 'shrimp' came out again. A week ago, when I added the live plants, I saw them like 'little grasshoppers' among the gravel. My little 4 yr old daughter called them 'little grasshoppers'... But they disappeared a day of so after I spiked the ammonia to 4ppm - I figured the cycling did them in.
Well what do you know... now I easily see 3-4 of the little shrimps jumping around. after this 50-60% water change.
So what's up? Water conditions made them hide them come out again? Someone please educate me. I do not know what kinds of shrimp they are but they are very small and transparent.
I am in the process of a fishless cycle and was at the stage wear my nitrites and nitrates were off the chart so I did a big water change. After the water change, i noticed that the 'shrimp' came out again. A week ago, when I added the live plants, I saw them like 'little grasshoppers' among the gravel. My little 4 yr old daughter called them 'little grasshoppers'... But they disappeared a day of so after I spiked the ammonia to 4ppm - I figured the cycling did them in.
Well what do you know... now I easily see 3-4 of the little shrimps jumping around. after this 50-60% water change.
So what's up? Water conditions made them hide them come out again? Someone please educate me. I do not know what kinds of shrimp they are but they are very small and transparent.