I know you didn't.....after I had re read the message.....sorry about that....My mistake. --- Susan Welenofsky <welenofsky@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Trish: > > I never said you added salt to your tank. I said I > added it to mine, and > what happened afterward to my Amano Shrimp was very > strange, being that not > only they died fast, but also looked as if they had > been cooked. I only > added it to the water because I had some yellow lab > babies in there, and I > normally use the stuff in the adult tank. > > Susan > > -----Original Message----- > From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com > [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf > Of Trish > Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 9:14 AM > To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat > Subject: RE: [GSAS-Member] up-date : crawdad died > > I didn't add salt or anything, until after the > crawdad > was killed by it's tank mate....only then Last night > after cleaning did I add the Cichlid > Vital....nothing > else other than declorinator. > > Not sure where you had gotten the idea I had added > salt. > > Trish > > PS the one remaining is doing fine, hiding out in a > cave. I put a small amount of carrot in, so will > know > when he has come out to eat it. > --- Susan Welenofsky <welenofsky@comcast.net> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > New and Improved Yahoo! 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