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EI method and shrimp

hudsonpd

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Not sure if this belongs in this topic or one of the others

Will shrimp be ok when using EI method?

I ask because I recently 5 shrimp (before using EI method and using bought ferts) and lost all of them. I put this down to copper being present based on people's advice. So I have switched to EI method now

But I see that copper is listed in the TNC trace mix which I bought on reading James' planted tank advice for EI method.

Will this mean if I buy shrimp again they will die?
 
Hi all

As Alastair says, they will be fine :D
To put your mind at rest, I have run a tank using double the recommended EI values for 9 months, to see what would happen :wideyed: . Apart from mental plant growth rate (CO2 had to be ramped up too :rolleyes: ), the fish and shrimp were fine. In fact the shrimp just carried on breeding.
The copper in the Trace mix is so small it shouldn't affect the shrimp.
To lose 5 shrimp in one go, I think you are right to suspect water quality issues.
 
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