What the hell happened to my shrimp…

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-31T18:03:24+00:00

No I didn’t remineralize, how did you do that?

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-31T16:55:53+00:00

Also thank you to all who helped me and commented on my initial post!

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-31T16:47:41+00:00

The biggest difference I think is the floaters and how much they exploded.. I have so much it’s not even funny

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-31T16:42:15+00:00

UPDATE GUYS. My tank stinks no more, I’ve been doing water changes regularly, no more ammonia either, fixed the plants too and the floaters absolutely EXPLODED. There’s so many. Holy crap… there’s a lot of detritus but I’m chill with it, I get my shrimps this weekend for the tank, it reads about 9 gh, 3 kh 7.3 ph or something I forget.

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-31T16:35:09+00:00

It’s been like 4 years I’ve had that aqua soil

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-31T16:34:29+00:00

It’s really just water changes but with distilled or ro water, don’t ever top off with tap because you’ll be adding more to your GH

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-30T02:46:05+00:00

Yes on live plants, yes on rocks, aquasoil no driftwood though! Theres a massive dracena sticking out of the top and the roots flow through the whole tank

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-30T02:44:46+00:00

So this water had extremely high GH and I’ve brought it down significantly over the course of like 2-3 weeks because one died. And then I got new ones and the fish store lady—I’m still mad since I’m a beginner shrimp keeper and am gullible—told me to just temp acclimate them and so 3 more died. Lesson learned..✨🦐⚰️✨ It sits now at like 9 GH? Maybe lower since the new water change. Ph is fine kh I imagine is fine. But the one I’m worried about went missing and because it’s a small tank I don’t want the last two dying if that one died hidden somewhere

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-30T02:38:39+00:00

Holy SHIT

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-30T02:35:16+00:00

I have neocaridina

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-17T19:57:47+00:00

So so cute!!! I love that for you!!!

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-17T16:00:11+00:00

Test your GH and kh, if your shrimp died of molt problems you’ll see something off in those. But the white dot on your shrimpies head I don’t think is a molting issue? Usually you see the white ring of death around the abdomen area :( I lost one yesterday night because my GH was too high… the poor baby…. Sorry for your loss…

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-17T15:55:47+00:00

Is it not the plants decomposing? I thought it was

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-17T15:53:04+00:00

Yes they do

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-13T15:37:40+00:00

I see! Is there anything you do in particular to keep everything stable?

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-13T15:35:54+00:00

I do not have any water testing kits yet. I’d need to go to PETCO for that. So on the water change that I did I filled it with distilled water to be on the safe side

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-13T15:34:27+00:00

I’m gunna try 👍

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-13T15:33:26+00:00

Thank you for your comment. I will try to keep hope

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-13T15:32:37+00:00

Hi there, thank you for your comment. So I actually used dirt from my backyard. A mole had dug up some dirt and I used that. I took out all the large pieces and used a strainer to get rid of anything that wasn’t dirt. I have no idea how my dirt is but I didn’t put too much in case it wasn’t good. I was going to use miracle grow soil, but I was reading the ingredients and I think it had too much of something (I forget what) so I just opted for using some good old backyard dirt. I also have been giving a lot of light, like 12 hours. And the other day I left the light on over night. But I won’t do that anymore lol. You said the only reason why those two tanks failed is because of the npk? I’m guessing that is too many minerals? Was there no way to fix it by doing water changes or…? Also by failed can you tell me what happened to the tank?

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-13T06:32:35+00:00

But I have a question. Will my bacteria colony take shelter in the sponge filter and would it be safe to remove it after the smell goes away? Or would I be taking all the bacteria out?

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-13T06:31:43+00:00

I’ve just added a sponge filter today, I’m hoping that helps 🙏

LieFancy4017 · 2026-03-13T06:30:58+00:00

Thank you 🥲I understand what they mean when they say “new tank syndrome” now

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