yournottommy

ok so i bought 12 ghost shrimp and put them in my 20gal tank.... well 2 days later they were all dead on the bottom of the tank... any clue why?

CHoffman

Shrimp can be sensitive to water quality. What are your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate readings?

yournottommy

well i havent checked since last weekend and i dont remember whats ideal for em?

CHoffman

Ideal water for them is the same as other fish, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and 10 or less of Nitrate. Other fish just may be more tolerate of the water conditions. What were your reading last week?

Alessa

What Choffman says is true. The levels for all aquarium creatures should be 0 ammonia, 0nitrite and low nitrates (5-20).

Ghost shrimp are good pointers that something is wrong in the tank.

yournottommy

well i remember the amonia nirite and nitrate are all 0 and the pH was 7.2 so idk why they died... does flourish excel maybe contian copper? i cant find the info of what it contains was thinking maybe that couldve killed em cause all my fish have been fine in the tank and the only thing i did differently was add the flourish excel

MeGustaUnaPez926

If you have no ammonia, nitrates and no nitrites, then your tank is not fully cycled, thats why the shrimp died. And the dead shrimp are not hte biggest of your problems, because you have 2 common plecos in a 20 gallon, thats bad. They will get over 20 inches long each, and are gigantic waste producers. You either need to buy a 150 gallon tank with excellent filtration, or get rid of them ASAP. What kind of glass fish do you have? Because if they are glass catfish, you need to get them a larger school. Heres a link to the catfish: http://www.e-aquarium.com.au/glass_catfish.htm

yournottommy

i understand about the pleco's but their an inch long right now their fine where their at... the glass fish are tetra looking... how can the tank not be cycled its had fish in it for... almost a year now that don't make sense I've had so many different fish and nothing ever had any problems until the ghost shrimp

MeGustaUnaPez926

Maybe your readings are wrong. Do you have a liquid test kit or one of the dip kinds? And maybe the shrimp were sick when you got them.