IF it can go wrong it will . I acquired some crs and some tibees from Jaime (Ravensgate) a couple months ago. After almost a month and no deaths I thought I was out of the woods so I thought I was safe to add to the colony so I got some crs and cbs from Tanner (tanmanaz19). Everything was fine at first. One of the cbs was berried as was one of the tibees. I actually was able to spot at least one baby before disaster struck. This summer we got into the habit of closing the fishroom door to keep the baby out of the tanks. Well the wife decided to turn on the heater while I was at work. With the door closed and the heater vent right over the tank the temp shot up to 84 degrees. When I got home and saw dead shrimp of course I freaked out. Did a wc and put a fan over the tank and closed the vent. Got the temp down to 70 degrees and breathed a sigh of relief. Next day I check the tank and the water is cloudy...shoot! another wc and now I'm down to 3 crs and 2 tibees. Next day tank water is totally cloudy again. I can only believe its going through another cycle, bloom something. So this time I do about a 90% wc hoping for the best. Next day cloudy again...when I say cloudy I mean I can barely see anything through the water.
Params
70% temp
7.0 ph
5 gh
0-1 kh
140ish tds
Ive lost all but 1 crs, 2 tibees, and 2 (out of 30ish) chocolate neos. Now Im thinking maybe bacteria infection or else my FSS is leaching something (only about 3-4 months old). I gave up...I will reset the tank once I finish the new rack and try again.
This all happened a week or so ago just haven't had the heart to discuss it . I really loved those shrimp and feel like I failed them I'm sorry Jaime and Tanner and Bryce I feel like I let you guys down also.
And to the new people here sorry I havent welcomed as I should have