shrimp keep dying

[buleetu]

hi

can u help me please?

i went and got a cleaner shrimp today(skunk i think)i took 2 hours accimatising him to the tank i have 2 small clowns in there too,any way he only lasted about a half an hour before dying,so i went to the lfs and got an other one,the guy in the shop said maybe he was sick so he just replaced him for me,so i got another one from him,he said to take 2-3 hours acclimatising him to the tank,i did and now the second one has died too,what do u think is wrong?

AMM 0 NITRITE 0 NITRATE 3 ppm PH 8.3

thanks
david

 

[jumpincactus]

Mhhhh that is a good question...... What are is your calc and Kh parameters??? Seems all else is fine... Maybe someone with expereince in this area will chime in

 

[jumpincactus]

I see that your mitrates are listed as 3PPM are you sure it/s not 0.003 or 0.03 something like that ?????

 

[Anonymous]

What's the salinity? Any copper in the tank?

 

[FB]

You only need to post on one forum. People ussually read both.

FB

Sorry can't help with the shrimp

 

[ChrisRD]

Buleetu, as I've mentioned before, please avoid making duplicate posts in multiple forums...

For those responding, please direct any responses to the other thread:
http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=87567
Thanks.