MikeOKC Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 I recently bought some dream blue velvet shrimp a few weeks ago, and over the past few days I have lost three shrimp (2 on Friday, and one today). My water parameters are the same as when I first got them a few weeks back; PH 7.8 KH 6 GH 6 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 Water temp 78 deg F Water is a mixture of tap and distilled, treated with seachem prime. They look healthy, active, always eating and are molting but, randomly are just dying off. Please help with any advice to what I may be doing wrong. Thank you in advance!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Are you using a seeded filter? How did you acclimate them? MikeOKC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOKC Posted July 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 I have a sponge filter that was seeded and the tank was cycled for a month before adding the shrimp. I did the drip acclimation when I first got the shrimp (2 hours). I top off the water with distilled only (drip method). Have done two 10% water changes with a 50/50 mix of tap and distilled water. Last water change was on Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Then it may be there is something in your tap that you are not able to measure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOKC Posted July 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Then it may be there is something in your tap that you are not able to measure. Should I just use straight distilled water or get and RO/DI filter? Plus what would I need to add for minerals? I currently have half a cuttle bone in the water for calcium, IAL and cholla wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOKC Posted July 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 On a positive note, I just saw my first shrimp molt. It happened fast and was really cool to see. High5's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Salty Shrimp is a powder re-mineralization product for ro water. I think I may try blue/red Wizard when my powder runs out though. MikeOKC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0pey Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 SL-AQUA blue wizard is super easy to dose~ maybe try switching to RO water only? MikeOKC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOKC Posted July 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Thank you Soothing Shrimp and D0pey for the advice. I will get some of the SL-Aqua red wizard and a RO/ DI system to improve water qualities. Should I use distilled water with red wizard until I can get a RO/DI filter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasshalffull Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 I use distilled from walmart MikeOKC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOKC Posted July 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Thank you Glasshalffull, I will be heading to walmart after work to get some water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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