A couple of weeks ago I bought 8 RCS, everything seemed ok at first, they were even moulting. Then every 2-3 days I’m finding a dead shrimp, I’m now down to 3 I think. I’ve been doing water changes every 3-4 days, normally about 20% but I did do 50% last time in an effort to try and stop them dying. Unfortunately this morning, another dead shrimp but also a moult. They don’t seem to be interested in the shrimp food but do scavenge around the tank.
Tank is a 30cm cube and has Fluval plant and shrimp stratum, 5 different plants including Java moss and fern, bog wood, 200lph internal filter producing good surface movement and there appears to be loads of tiny bubbles in the water, so I assume it’s well oxygenated. I used filter material, including Matrix from established tank in the new filter and most plants were taken from the established tank as well. Light is on 6 hours a day, mostly during daylight. I’ve not started dosing ferts yet as I wanted to make sure the shrimp were acclimated first.
Temp’ 23-24c
pH 6.8-7.0
KH 3 drops to 2 by w/c
GH 3 drops to 2 by w/c
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10-20
never tried eggshell
