Re: [GSAS-Member] Phil's shrimp

[Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com>]

Worth checking, good idea.



On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Steev Ward <steevward@yahoo.com> wrote:

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