Help - Cherry Shrimp Dying

[Rooster]

Every day for the past 4 days, there has been half a dozen bodies in the shrimp only tank.

Tested water, nothing unusual... temp @ 78F , nothing new added..... but still they fall

Ive dropped the temp a tad, and done a couple of big water changes.... not sure what else to do.

Most of the dead are red adults... and the others are happy to dismantle them...

I just cant see anything that changed, so whats going on ANY ideas please ?

 

[Mikaila31]

are you running co2 on the tank at all?

 

[keenonfish]

Sorry to hear that Rooster, I think I worry about my shrimp more than my fish sometimes - especially on days when I can't find them!

Only thing I can think of is that there must be some sort of contamination i.e. heavy metals or small traces of household / other chemicals?

Maybe split the population run a small simple tank for a few and see if these fair any better?

Ask water board if they have been working on pipes recently?

 

[Rooster]

No CO2.... and I cant see anything foreign in the tank - its a complete mystery !
Just come in to find another 7 corpses....

I did a water change on Sat, other than that nothing new... and the water went into my show tank too, no casualties there though !

 

[Esfa]

could be copper in the water.

 

[PornStar]

I had 5 cherry shrimp die on my in my shrip tank, no fish in there only one tiger shrimp servived all the amarno shrimp were fine too

 

[milkton]

what do u feed your shrimp?

 

[Rooster]

what do u feed your shrimp?

"Crab cuisine" and Tetra flake/crisps... as well as the odd veggi treat.

 

[keenonfish]

Did you get to the bottom of this?