Peppermint shrimp

[JJ1234567]

Help--- I cant keep one of these guys alive. I just lost my third one and I give up. I acclimented for 4 hours each one, and I have been testing daily, all my params look great! What could I be doing wrong?

 

[steelhealr]

Could be a million things:
1) are they newly arrived at the lfs?
2) what's your s.g?
3) what are your params?
4) any chance that there is copper in your water? using RO?

SH

 

[JJ1234567]

not newly arrived, they had been in for two weeks. Im using distilled water that I pick up at the local high school chem lab (friend of mine is the teacher), so I know the water is pure. everythign is testing in the 0-5 ppm range and my sg hovers at .23-.24

 

[Ed4567]

Are other invertebrates living in the same tank? Are you sure the shrimp are dead- they tend to spend a lot of time hiding?

On a side note, maybe worth checking that the school is not using a copper condenser on the distiller. I'm not sure on the US school system but this is probably unlikely if they are using the water produced for 'proper' chemistry.

 

[steelhealr]

EXCELLENT ED..that's true...is the condenser copper?? WOW. Good thought. Also, could it be molt that you see and the shrimp are still alive? I think you should test your distilled for copper. SH

 

[Mr Miagi]

Wh else frequents this tank? I think that water from your uni sounds dodgy, like SH said, deffinately test it. It could be the way they are storing it too.

 

[JJ1234567]

Im sure its not a molt, Ive seen them molt before. It was his body I fished out. AS for the water I had it tested and there is no copper in it.

 

[superman]

Im sure its not a molt, Ive seen them molt before. It was his body I fished out. AS for the water I had it tested and there is no copper in it.

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So they are dying right away? Or are some of them lasting a while? Not very likely but it could be that you are getting older ones, as their lifespan is only about 2 years. Are you testing ph as well?