Ring on cherry shrimp

[Essjay]

I live in very hardy, North Eastern I just checked the hardiness map

I live in north east England and I have soft water. Northumbrian Water calls it 'moderately hard' but at 5 dH, fish keepers call it soft. If you mean north east England, and you are with Northumbrian Water, they no longer give the hardness in numbers since they upgraded their website last year.


I have cherry shrimps, they have no problems living in 5 dH.

 

[JuiceBox52]

Checked another site for less confusion, I have medium to hard water. I need to find some foods that they will eat that contain a lot of calcium, cant think.

We need the number. Look on you water providers website and record the number and unit of measurement. Words mean nothing sadly as water companies often call soft water hard and hard water soft

 

[Jason181]

The shrimp died today they wouldnt even go near the eggshells or anything I guess im going to have to do something else for calcium. and salty, i dont know my ph, gh or kh i dont have a test kit but take british as reference

 

[seangee]

Since you don't give any other details about your tank, filtration and cleaning routine you may find this useful: https://www.theshrimpfarm.com/articles/caring-for-red-cherry-shrimp.php

Personally I change 75% of the water every week. 25% would be OK if you had nothing else in the tank and did not overfeed but I would still do a change every week. It is very important to have some form of filtration and ensure the gravel is kept clean as they are sensitive to ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. I feed only high quality fish food as the cheaper brands are mostly filler which passes straight through them and causes unnecessary waste (pollution).

 

[Essjay]

i dont know my ph, gh or kh

Look on your water company's website. If you can't find it, tell us the name of the company and we'll see what we can find.


British water is not all hard. South east England is very hard; most of Scotland is very soft. My part of England is soft but not as soft as Scotland. The place I Iived as a child in north west England has soft water but slightly harder than where I live now. It varies considerably.

 

[Jason181]

Look on your water company's website. If you can't find it, tell us the name of the company and we'll see what we can find.


British water is not all hard. South east England is very hard; most of Scotland is very soft. My part of England is soft but not as soft as Scotland. The place I Iived as a child in north west England has soft water but slightly harder than where I live now. It varies considerably.

Northumbrian water, they said very hard but cant find a number.

 

[seangee]

Northumbrian water, they said very hard but cant find a number.

For anything other than very soft you won't need added calcium. RCS are known to be soft water shrimp.

 

[Jason181]

For anything other than very soft you won't need added calcium. RCS are known to be soft water shrimp.

So how did they fail to molt? It was a terribly bad case of white ring of death I dont know how to stop it from happening...

 

[Essjay]

Northumbrian water, they said very hard but cant find a number.

I have sent you a pm, please check your messages

They say mine is slightly hard but it's 5 dH which is soft for fish keeping.

 

[KevinZ]

You can prevent this.
1st
You don't need that much algae for 3 shrimp in 1 tank, A brownish algae on glass or hardscape is always enough algae. (But you still have to feed them), shrimp can eat almost anything.
Veggie? Soften the Veggie using boiling water for 3-5 mins.Then after that use ice cold water and let the veggie sit there until its sink. Place in your tank and you're good to go. Personally I use Broccoli, Cucumber. I also feed them frozen Bloodworm and shrimp pellet. They doesn't eat too much. 1 bite of broccoli is enough for 10 shrimp so make sure you remove any food left after 1 day. Of feeding.

2nd
Let shrimp molt get eaten.
When I said shrimp eat anything. I mean everything that they can eat and process.
They eat their own molt for calcium
And shrimp molt also contains chitin which is good for their Exoskeleton hardiness. Even shrimp eat dead shrimp & dead fish.

3rd
Water Parameter.
They need A consistent water parameter.
You don't need to change too much water if there's no ammonia/nitrate.
If your tank is heavily planted & you use fertilizer. Change about 35% I personally using Tropica Specialised Fert on my shrimp tank and change only 30% water weekly as long my parameter is good to go. Unlike fish. Shrimp doesn't adapt to too much change on water parameter

4th
It's recommended to keep more than 5 shrimp.
Do you know 10-gallon shrimp the only tank can hold on 50 shrimp? Some people even had 200 shrimp inside 10 gallons. But 200 in 10 gallons is kinda too much for me. I never keep count on my shrimp but if there's no more space for them I give it to someone that really want to keep shrimp. If I don't have any option then all I can do is give them to aquarium pets store is the best.

5th
Lightning
Shrimp doesn't need to much light. They're nocturnal. I only turn on the light for 9-10 Hours Unless you need 12+ hour of light for Your Plant aquarium.

I am not a Really great at shrimp keeping but I hope this gives you some help on keeping shrimp and I am sorry for my bad English.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

@KevinZ made a nice little list.

 

[Essjay]

Jason181's hardness is around the 9 dH level. I sent him a copy of an old pdf from our water company listing hardness levels and a few years ago, his was 9 dH. Mine has increased slightly since the pdf date, which is why I say around 9 dH.

There is enough calcium in the water for this not to be the cause. My shrimps have no problems at 5 dH.

 

[Jason181]

Jason181's hardness is around the 9 dH level. I sent him a copy of an old pdf from our water company listing hardness levels and a few years ago, his was 9 dH. Mine has increased slightly since the pdf date, which is why I say around 9 dH.

There is enough calcium in the water for this not to be the cause. My shrimps have no problems at 5 dH.

So what could have been the cause? I would imagine I have high nitrates as I had an outbreak of green blue algae which could link? I also haven't done a water change in around 3 weeks because of some chemicals I placed into the water to kill the bacteria. But there are only 2 shrimp in there now, surely they wouldn't even need a water change every month.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

What chemicals are in your water?

 

[Essjay]

Yes, we need to know. Shrimps are sensitive to chemicals in the water, particularly those which contain copper.