Dead RCS

[MattW]

I found this dead RCS when I got back from work earlier. Has this been dead for a while? All previous RCS deaths I've had were WROD-related is this something else?

 

[gwand]

I found this dead RCS when I got back from work earlier. Has this been dead for a while? All previous RCS deaths I've had were WROD-related is this something else?
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I have plenty of neocaridina but I’m not familiar with those abbreviations. But he looks like an old shrimp.

 

[Uberhoust]

Does not look like the WROD to me. He actually looks not that bad, and he had high color saturation. I am sorry you lost him. I stopped getting the white ring of death once I got the GH higher.

 

[MaloK]

Sometimes strange things happens to these guys

I was looking at one of my tank this week and saw a swimming shrimp that is around 3 months old, fall dead on it's back in an instant with absolutely no apparent reason.

After running all tests, there is still, no apparent reason.

 

[MattW]

It's a sad thing to see that one was 1 of 3 bloody mary shrimp left from the original 15 I got a while back. I introduced lower-grade RCS in an attempt to start a colony but no results so far

 

[MaloK]

Since I switched to remineralized RO/DI water, I noticed an higher activity level with the adults. And no more deaths in that tank for 2 weeks now (finger crossed)

At the moment I'm at my fifth 25% water change with only RO and SaltyShrimp Minerals GH/KH+

It's probably psychological, but I think they enjoy the water more than ever. And hope it will remain that way.

 

[hamfistUK]

It's a sad thing to see that one was 1 of 3 bloody mary shrimp left from the original 15 I got a while back. I introduced lower-grade RCS in an attempt to start a colony but no results so far

It sounds like you need to look into your water. Get the parameters right and the colony will thrive. GH is a common one that is either too high or too low. Or nitrates - most shrimp don't generally get on very well with a long term nitrate concentration of much over 10-15 ppm. I'd certainly check at least both of those.