cbridgeman Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 I have a 2.5 gallon planted tank that has been setup for over a year. At one point there were about 30-40 red cherry shrimp living in the tank, along with a few trumpet snails and various tiny pond snails. No fish. It is well planted, with a moss ball, dwarf baby tears (HC), and some Rotala indica, along with what appears to be a recent duckweed outbreak. I have been managing the duckweed, but this correlates to roughly the same time that this die off started. Several weeks ago, I noticed a dead shrimp. I have been noticing more and more, and now my population is down to about 10. There are no berried females either. I have another tank directly beside it that has orange shrimp of the same type (can't really decide from the Internet what their exact name is) and they are doing well. I use RO water, and add Seachem Equilibrium to it when I do water changes. I usually mix the water to have about 180 TDS, which matches the tank's current parameters. I have been testing regularly with an API test kit, and here are my results today: Ammonia 0 ppm Nitrite 0 ppm Nitrate 0ppm pH ~6.9 Copper 0ppm TDS 188 Temp 82 F Any ideas would be appreciated. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Do the shrimp look or act abnormal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGardenofEder Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 82 is a little high I had my cherrys at 80 to see if it would affect them and their breeding stipend I lowered it to 73 and they took off again, I had read false information that they liked warmer water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metageologist Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 I know RCS are quite tolerant of GH and KH as long as it's stable do you know your readings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbridgeman Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Thanks for the advice everyone. I have lowered the temperature over several days, and it is now at 74 F. I have a GH and KH test kit on the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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