Re: [AGA Member] Water Circulation and Amano shrimp

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

I should clarify that my comments focused only on the CO2
levels and not the pH.

Scott H.
--- Max Chang <cpc1007@yahoo.com> wrote:
>  I have no idea what the CO2 concentration was in my
> tank when that tragedy happened. But it's probably not
> even 40 ppm since I didn't find the fish and shrimps
> came up to the surface for air. And I only lost Amano
> shrimp, fish and other kinds of shrimps were all doing
> normal.
>  Furthermore, those Amano shrimps didn't die right
> away. I started to find bodies few days after I
> changed the CO2 amount, but they did stop dying right
> after I changed the CO2 amount back.
>   
>  Anyway, I still don't know it's because the CO2 or
> the PH or maybe something else. But I did hear few
> hobbyists also mentioned this problem back in
> Taiwan(Amano shrimp is quite popular over there..and
> cheap). 
>  
>  
>  
> 
> --- "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > A Good sign that CO2 is up around 40 ppm or higher
> > is when
> > the shrimp all hang out up at the surface :-(
> > 
> > I think it has to go even higher to kill them.
> > 
> > Scott H.
> > --- Max Chang <cpc1007@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Randy,
> > >   I once accidently killed some of my Amano
> > shrimps by
> > > adding in too much CO2. But I am not sure if it's
> > > because the CO2 itself or it's because the
> > dramatic
> > > decrease of PH (I was using very soft water at
> > that
> > > time). 
> > >
> > 
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