Recent content by THamilton

Thanks PeteStevers. I agree with you but its still surprising that all the adults died on the same day except a pregnant female and some shrimplets. Glad to say that the pregnant female and shrimplets are still alive and eating after the hydrogen peroxide treatment. Water parameters are still...

Woke up today and was scared on what I would find. But was very glad to see that the pregnant female was active and even started eating the Hikari algae wafer I gave her as reward for bring a survivor. And I saw fry around too. Less snails and worms. So I'll check my ammonia and nitrates and...

Thanks for your insight richiep! Decided to add 3% hydrogen peroxide at 1.5mL per gallon to hopefully remove some bacteria. Glad to report that after 2 hrs, the pregnant female is still active and eating and I saw about 5 shrimp fry looking fine. Snails seem fine too. Added some Bacter AE to...

First thing i did was check the heater and it's holding steady at 71.5F. Nitrates are like 1-2ppm (dark yellow versus light yellow/orange). I assumed the low to nil nitrates were because of my Java moss, tiny bioload from 10 adult cherries and ab 10 snails, plus 2 cycled filters (hob and dual...

Thanks for all the feedback. My GH =10 and KH= 8. PH 7.4-7.6. Tds=150. I'm desperate for solutions so has anyone tried 3% Hydogen peroxide like this guy? Seems to work on all these tanks even with shrimp fry. Or I can do a 100% water change and remove the female and whatever fry I can find...

I have detritus white segmented round worms that I've seen when I gravel vac'd my gravel. I have no sand. I've also seen very small rhabdocoela, not the dangerous triangular headed flatworm. It's a round headed flatworm that is found on glass and is supposedly harmless. Btw I have Java moss...

Forgot to mention that my cherry shrimp are Rili shrimp so they have a clear white abdomen and can look like they have a white ring of death. But I'll also do some research into white ring of death. After much reflection, I don't think it was something that poisoned the water like soap on...

Thank you for all your replies. I was scared what I would see this morning but was glad to see my last pregnant female still eating and some shrimplets. But I don't see any other adults. I found some molts from the other day but that's it. Here are some closer pics from a clear cup as well as...

No. I did a water change a week ago without gravel vac. After finding the first group of deaths in the morning, I did a 30% wc today.

Hi, I have 10 red cherry shrimp in a cycled 5g for 2 months and had 1 out of 3 females even give birth 2 weeks ago. But this morning I found 5 adults dead and then by evening, I lost 2 more. One of the males is swimming sideways and looks like he can only move his back swimmerets and not his...

Thanks for the very helpful advice Rayclem and Yellow Guppy. Richiep, good point ab having to change water more often with all the nitrates. If I add Thrive to a shrimp tank, how big of a water change do you do and how often? And also do these fertilizers increase the TDS over 200?

Thanks for the idea richiep. Is there a fertilizer that works best for floating plants? Ive heard of Thrive C and Easy Green but heard the latter adds a lot of nitrates.

Hi, I got some water lettuce and placed it into my shrimp only tank but all of them have lost their long roots, only have very short roots now, are yellowing, and some leaves are turning black and falling off. I've corralled them with air tubing to minimize water movement. I haven't added any...

Thanks for the feedback. Any issues with power, durability, or water getting into the battery compartment? Overall would you recommend it?

Saw some reviews of an Eheim Pro Vac, a battery operated fish tank gravel vac, that "recycles" water. It sucks up water and then it goes thru a mesh filter and then returns to the tank. So unlike a Python gravel vac setup where water is removed, it allows you to remove waste without changing the...