Re: [GSAS-Member] Phil's shrimp

[Steev Ward <steevward@yahoo.com>]

What about Hardness? Maybe there's a mineral deficiency.


Steev


--- Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 3:03 AM, Connie Carlson <nwconniec@hotmail.com>wrote:
> 
> >
> > It is NOT just you Matt; I have the same problem.  Small container, big
> > container, doesnt seem to matter with me.  I have always dumped them into a
> > well-planted *thing*, either container or actual tank, and they do slowly
> > die off for me too, even when in a container all by themselves.  I am
> > suspicious my problem is a lack of O2 in the water; the containers I have
> > tried so far have not had any aeration/filtration in them.
> 
> 
> I've had them in a tank with Endlers, and a can filter, so there should have
> been enough O2. No luck, of course.
> 
> I tested for nitrates, looked OK.
> 
> I have even tested for copper! I am stumped.
> 
> I always worry about feeding them too much too... from what I have read in
> > this thread though I may have not been feeding them enough.
> 
> 
> Agreed. Next time, I am going to stuff them. It can't go worse.
> 
> Hmm, weather is getting warmer... Can these guys live in a tub outside, I
> wonder?
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