jimmy james
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- 8 Oct 2009
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Hi, over the last 8 months i've lost 16 bumble bee shrimp and 6 CRS. The tank water is kept at 25 degrees, ph6.8, kh 5, nitrate 0 and nitrite0. From 6 cherry shrimp in the same tank I now have over 40! I drip acclimate all the shrimp over a 4 hour period(having kept marine inverts from £25 a pop it can be a costly mistake if you get it wrong). The fresh water shrimp tend to die after a 2-8 week period.I do a 50% water change weekly, add tropica nutriton plus daily and have pressuried co2 feed in for 8 hours a day during a 9 hour photo period. The only thing I can think of is traces of copper in the tap water? I'm going to try using RO water from now on but do i buy it with minerals or without and would it still be prudent to add a dechlorinator or any other additives? Any other advice or tips would be much appreciated.