Hi to all :)

[mooncake]

Glad things are looking better now! I'd keep a careful eye on ammonia and nitrite readings still, to make sure they're at safe levels. Had you made any changes to the tank recently, like adding any new fish maybe?

 

[Jessica sergeant]

Nothing new added to tank. I did a 20% water change day before? But didnt do any5hing different to normal.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Hi so my tank has been cycled for around 4/5 months now and then last night i noticed almost all my fish were at the top of the tank and my shrimp were all at the top of the tank? This morning i woke up to find one fish and 5 shrimp dead at the front of the tank?

I'm sorry to hear that, it is definitely an oxygen issue, but there are a lot of different ways in which you can end up with low levels of dissolved oxygen.

You are much more likely to have oxygen/water quality issues if you have an non-planted, or very lightly planted, tank.

I would strongly recommend some floating plants, they aren't CO2 limited and this allows them to show a fast response to elevated levels of ammonia (NH3) and/or nitrite (NO2).

Most of the popular aquarium literature (and forums) drastically under-plays the importance of plants in the aquarium,and looks at them, at best, as decoration, rather than as the essential under-pinning of successful biological filtration. Have a read through <"Beginner in planted aquarium queries">

Also have a look at <"Plecoplanet: aeration and dissolved oxygen...">, I wrote it about ten years ago specifically for keepers of large rheophilic L. numbers, but it is still relevant to all fish keeping and covers the subject of dissolved oxygen in some detail.

cheers Darrel

 

[Jessica sergeant]

Hi thanks. Since i faffed and fiddled with a few bits it seems to be fine. I do have plants i have amazon sword, elodia densa, moss balls and some java moss.

 

[Jayefc1]

Hi Jessica and welcome sorry to hear about ur deaths hope all is well now just a lil pic of my shrimp tank

 

[Jayefc1]

Shrimp tank

 

[Jessica sergeant]

Your tank looks great i now have a fish tank with a few shrimp left in as i lost a few but luckily i did sort it pretty quick before anymore was lost. But i do have my little shrimp only tank now too and there all doing good so far

 

[Jessica sergeant]

This is my shrimp tank

 

[Jessica sergeant]

An some of my shrimps

 

[Jayefc1]

Yeah I'm.just housing my yellow rasbros and ember tetra in my shrimp tank till my new scape cycles

 

[Jessica sergeant]

Does anyone know what colour shrimp you get if you mix black shrimp with red/blue rili shrimp or blue diamond or velvet with the rilis?

 

[Jessica sergeant]

Or what colour the black and blue shrimps would make?

 

[Jayefc1]

Not sure they mix cause I think there different shrimps depends what ur black shrimps are

 

[Jessica sergeant]

Black rose shrimp, blue diamond or velvet cant remember now lol. And then i have red blue rilis and tangerine tigers.

 

[Jessica sergeant]

I just found this little guy in my tank didnt even know i had any fry born in the tank lol not sure if its a platy or a guppy. But im gonna guess guppy lol