Hello APC world,
I have a 10G Shrimp only tank that i'm having some recent problems with and i'm not sure how deep the problem really goes. Let me explain.
We had christmas break from school and I went home to RI for the break. I had a roomie feed my shrimp one time over the three weeks (middle of break) as there was a nice green algae film on the glass and everyone seemed to be always eating and pooping and i had two pregnant shrimp. He did daily or every two day checkups on the tank as he has his own to take care of as well. He said he'd let me know if anything changed.
I came back 2 weeks ago, and the tank was overrun by hair algae. He said it looked about the same to him. umm what?
. So i cleaned the aquarium up about a week into school as that's the first time i had a chance. but i fed my shrimp again as soon as i was back. when i cleaned the aquarium i cut out all the moss that was infected with hair algae and trimmed back some hydrocotle. So now over the past two days i've been loking into the tank more and more expecting/hoping to see more tigers and yellows, or at least a good amount. I see a good number of yellows and some tigers but the problem is, i've found 2 dead shrimp over the past two days.
One was already white when i found it so i'm guessing it was a yellow shrimp as there were no stripes, and the one today was kinda orange/pink and it was for sure a tiger shrimp because i could see the stripes. Also i see some shells of snails that have died but only a few.
I just did a full water test. Results:
Nitrate 0ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Ammonia - 0ppm
PH ~7.6
Temp 72*F
So i think i figured out why my plants appear to of stalled in growing but i dont have explanations to the death of two shrimp. Any advice would be great.
I have a 10G Shrimp only tank that i'm having some recent problems with and i'm not sure how deep the problem really goes. Let me explain.
We had christmas break from school and I went home to RI for the break. I had a roomie feed my shrimp one time over the three weeks (middle of break) as there was a nice green algae film on the glass and everyone seemed to be always eating and pooping and i had two pregnant shrimp. He did daily or every two day checkups on the tank as he has his own to take care of as well. He said he'd let me know if anything changed.
I came back 2 weeks ago, and the tank was overrun by hair algae. He said it looked about the same to him. umm what?
One was already white when i found it so i'm guessing it was a yellow shrimp as there were no stripes, and the one today was kinda orange/pink and it was for sure a tiger shrimp because i could see the stripes. Also i see some shells of snails that have died but only a few.
I just did a full water test. Results:
Nitrate 0ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Ammonia - 0ppm
PH ~7.6
Temp 72*F
So i think i figured out why my plants appear to of stalled in growing but i dont have explanations to the death of two shrimp. Any advice would be great.