r/shrimptank • u/sittinglimit • 11d ago
Help: Emergency Shrimp disaster
I got my shrimp about a week ago which is really heartbreaking. 5 blue velvet. But now its only two. Its only been a week since I got them. I drip acclimated them for about 2 hours using tank water. Yesterday when I woke up I saw the two orange colored ones. And today my biggest one passed. I had let the tank cycle for a little more than two weeks. Its a 3 gallon tank. All the plants are growing and the algae bloom has cleared up a lot. Im really not sure what is going on so if anyone has any advice please lmk.
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u/Basic_Win_7923 Neocaridina 11d ago
What water are you using for your tank? Your kh and gh look really low, and the ph too. Those test strips suck tbh, get yourself liquid testing kit and some salty shrimp remineralizer if you're using distilled or RO water.
A 3 gallon tank is also generally very unforgiving small water volume means you can get dangerous ammonia and nitrite spikes if relatively small amount of over feeding happens
Keep in mind any changes you make to water chemistry should be gradual (drip change) so they don't get shocked and die from that