tomsouthall
Seedling
Hi all,
First post, so be kind!! I recently got back into aquariums with the aim of creating mainly a planted tank, with some shrimp and maybe a few tetra (haven't got these yet). I set the tank up in early November, fishless cycled with Dr Tim's Ammonia, all went well. This is low tech, I add liquid Co2 and Neutro T from Aquarium Essentials everyday. The tank is ~140L with Tropica aquasoil. I introduced 12 Amano Shrimp in early January and these are absolutely thriving, tripling in size constantly molting, none lost - great. They were bought from a fish shop. 2 weeks later (now 3 weeks ago) I added 11 Cherry Shrimp, these were purchased slightly against my better judgement from Ebay (due to lockdown), from a seller with lots of good feedback. To be fair they all arrived alive, I drip acclimatised them and they seemed to do well at first, however over the last weeks 6 or 7 of these have now died... I just cannot work out why! They came with a baby Cherry Shrimp which was microscopic at first, but is still there doing well adding to the confusion! They haven't grown in the first 3 weeks and I haven't seen them moult either... Amano's remain happy, crowded around a shrimp wafer as I type.
All water parameters (ph ~7, no ammonia or nitrate) seem perfect (nitrates slightly high at 40-80ppm but dont think this is an issue), I have been keeping up with water changes about 30% per week. The tank was at 26 deg but I have just turned this down a bit in case it was too high. I think my flow is good.
Only other things I can think of are, I added a Plant 2.0 light at about the same time as the Cherry's, this has caused a bit of algae build up on the rocks and some of the plants, so I have turned this down too. I have also noticed some plants start 'pearling' in the last week and also the appearance of Freshwater Limpets and small white worms - not sure if these arrived with the Cherry's or not (no proof).
I was hoping someone might be able to suggest some reasons for this die off as I am at a loss! Ideally I want to add a few more and a couple of fish but don't want to do this if there is an underlying problem....
Any suggestions would be gratefully received.
Regards
Tom.
First post, so be kind!! I recently got back into aquariums with the aim of creating mainly a planted tank, with some shrimp and maybe a few tetra (haven't got these yet). I set the tank up in early November, fishless cycled with Dr Tim's Ammonia, all went well. This is low tech, I add liquid Co2 and Neutro T from Aquarium Essentials everyday. The tank is ~140L with Tropica aquasoil. I introduced 12 Amano Shrimp in early January and these are absolutely thriving, tripling in size constantly molting, none lost - great. They were bought from a fish shop. 2 weeks later (now 3 weeks ago) I added 11 Cherry Shrimp, these were purchased slightly against my better judgement from Ebay (due to lockdown), from a seller with lots of good feedback. To be fair they all arrived alive, I drip acclimatised them and they seemed to do well at first, however over the last weeks 6 or 7 of these have now died... I just cannot work out why! They came with a baby Cherry Shrimp which was microscopic at first, but is still there doing well adding to the confusion! They haven't grown in the first 3 weeks and I haven't seen them moult either... Amano's remain happy, crowded around a shrimp wafer as I type.
All water parameters (ph ~7, no ammonia or nitrate) seem perfect (nitrates slightly high at 40-80ppm but dont think this is an issue), I have been keeping up with water changes about 30% per week. The tank was at 26 deg but I have just turned this down a bit in case it was too high. I think my flow is good.
Only other things I can think of are, I added a Plant 2.0 light at about the same time as the Cherry's, this has caused a bit of algae build up on the rocks and some of the plants, so I have turned this down too. I have also noticed some plants start 'pearling' in the last week and also the appearance of Freshwater Limpets and small white worms - not sure if these arrived with the Cherry's or not (no proof).
I was hoping someone might be able to suggest some reasons for this die off as I am at a loss! Ideally I want to add a few more and a couple of fish but don't want to do this if there is an underlying problem....
Any suggestions would be gratefully received.
Regards
Tom.