Re: [GSAS-Member] up-date : crawdad died

["Barbie" <barbie@fishaholics.org>]

African cichlid "salts" are used to maintain a high kH and gH, with a pH of 8.0 
and even above, depending on which rift lake it was designed for.  You might 
have drastically shifted your pH by adding them all at once.  It would be worth 
testing at least.

Barbie

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Susan Welenofsky 
  To: 'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat' 
  Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 8:56 AM
  Subject: RE: [GSAS-Member] up-date : crawdad died


  Neither are the Seachem African cichlid salts and buffer, not much, or
  little sodium chloride, but stuff like Epsom salts. I got some straight
  plain iodine used for saltwater tanks after that. Use half of what is
  recommended for saltwater.

  Susan 

  -----Original Message-----
  From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
  [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Trish
  Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 8:54 PM
  To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
  Subject: RE: [GSAS-Member] up-date : crawdad died

  This isn't salt. It has iodine, and other vitamins
  it's for all cichlids. Since I had read that the
  crawdads need iodine, I figured I could use this, and
  the vitamins shouldn't hurt it. We'll find out.....

  Trish
  --- Susan Welenofsky <welenofsky@comcast.net> wrote:

  > I added African cichlid salts to a tank with some
  > Amano shrimp. Later on
  > that day, they all died. It was strange because it
  > look as if their coloring
  > changed like they had been boiled. 
  > 
  > Susan
  > 
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
  > [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf
  > Of Trish
  > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 7:45 PM
  > To: Fish List
  > Subject: [GSAS-Member] up-date : crawdad died
  > 
  > Well as I suspected the crawdad died....I just
  > cleaned
  > the tank, and took out what was left of the one, for
  > the water was looking pretty cloudy. I also added
  > some
  > Cichlid Vital. Not sure if it is needed, but don't
  > think it can hurt either.
  > 
  > So we'll see how it goes now with this one. The one
  > which died was the one which was had blue on it. The
  > other is more of a redish brown. So am going to
  > start
  > feeding it some carrots to help with coloration.
  > Have
  > read that they enjoy this, and other vegetable
  > matter.....
  > 
  > I was amazed at how soft the shell was on the one
  > which had died, so I see how vuneralable they would
  > be
  > in the wild, while moulting. 
  > 
  > I noticed of what shell was left, {the back and
  > tail}
  > for the other one had eaten most of the rest, am
  > thinking it had shed all it's shell, but then the
  > other had attacked it, and then killed it.  Then in
  > turn munched away..... 
  > 
  > So now I know for if we get another, I will have to
  > have better hiding places for them. I do have 2
  > caves,
  > and also some river rock for them, but obvisiouly it
  > wasn't enough. Need to have caves, which they can
  > actually retreat completely, into.
  > 
  > Trish
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
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