Dying shrimp? 7 common reasons why your shrimp die!

[@AquascapingCube]

Dead shrimp after water change? Dead cherry shrimp overnight? Did you had any problems like that in the past?

[@jordynjones855]

I’ve had that issue and unfortunately I never did figure out what was causing it. I just kept doing regular small water changes like 10% daily until my random die offs stopped. Been a couple months since that happened and I never did figure out why, but I lost probably 10-15 adult shrimp one or two a day for about a week and then it stopped and they’ve been healthy since . No clue I wish I had more information

[@Akwarystyka_Laika]

@@jordynjones855 have tha same problem , and i find that Potasium in high portion can kill shrimps, but i dont werif it in 100% in 2 days i've stop givig potasium do aquarium and its allready bether . now i need to figureout wht they have problem with droping shell , im adding ca+mg for shimps and still they have problem .

[@YoshiPerner666]

Mine are starting to do the same. 1-2 every few days. I do small water changes weekly, no overfeeding . Water is stable , I only use special fertilizer , and have sooooo many plants. 0 ammonia, nitrite . 10~20 nitrate (drops super quick from plants), pressurized co2 (20-25ppm) , only guppies and shrimp, nerite snails, and otocinclus catfish. 55 gallon. I remove about 9 gallons of water a week and replace with well water buffered eith salty shrimp gh/kh plus to a gh of 6. I don't get it. Don't wanna lose all of my shrimp. Those bastards were not cheap.

[@dallasbrat81]

Step 1 is not necessary if you purchase shrimp near your home the water is same. Great explanation of video

[@mrbrown3546]

Only if you know the parameters are the same. There's actually a lot that can change so don't just assume.

[@aravisish]

What a great video, very true and useful! Thank you to this content!

[@AquascapingCube]

I'm glad you liked it! 😁

[@nbx38362]

Very informative, I'm trying to add some blue cherry shrimps into the tank lately. Dying shrimps can also happen when there's too much fish in the tank, too little air left for the poor shrimps.

[@shrimpstaraquatics]

Awesome video. Very informative.

[@AquascapingCube]

Thank you! 😊 Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kazuyaitoh7852]

I now agree with you on not having a big water change. I did it with 70% and lost a few shrimps. I did a water change because I keep danios, platy and mollies. I now plan to move them separately. I wish I had seen this video early, it's in my watch later yet I haven't watched it until now. Thank you for your advice, I really appreciate it!

[@AquascapingCube]

Great! Glad it was helpful!

[@PaulZyCZ]

Careful with Betta, some will ignore (adult) shrimp, some will be somewhere in the middle and some will hunt shrimp, snails and smaller fish. I heard Scarlet Badis (Dario Dario) can be kept with adult shrimp, but they hunt anything they can fit in their mouth. I keep one in a tank with Pea puffers, because there were planaria (ignored by puffers) and maybe I will add Amano shrimp (not sure about Cherries). I can also confirm Neocaridina can live together with dwarf cichlids under certain circumstances and reportedly even some larger cichlids (angels), but it's tricky. I had an accidental colony of Neocaridina with a pair of Ramirezi cichlids in 84l tank, heavily planted with lots of spaces to hide, but during summer when I couldn't always keep up with maintenance, feed the fish regularly and with some heatwaves thrown in, the whole colony dwindled to nothing. Also with a predator in the tank, most shrimp were translucent, black or brown, despite starting as Cherries.

[@AquascapingCube]

Yes, good points. With Bettas it's always tricky. They have very different personalities and there are no 2 identical fish when it comes to their characters :)

[@TechieLeopard]

One of my shrimps died day after trimming the plants. I never trimmed before. Guess he was stressed too much.

[@AquaTerraObsession]

I enjoy your videos and find them very helpful. Thanks!

[@AquascapingCube]

Thank you! It's very nice to read :)

[@MeStillme-s3p]

Thx for sharing

[@AquascapingCube]

My pleasure :)

[@WhiteCloudAffinity]

Hello! Love the new vid. Im thinking of getting some cherry shrimp for a 16 gallon, with white cloud minnows. Do you think I can keep it unheated as long as it doesnt drop under 63 degrees farenheit and is very stable. It might get to 63 in the winter, but in the summer its usually 72+. I still have another concern. Do you think they might climb out or jump out of curiosity? Like if acclimation was right, water parameters right, everything right but they did it just to explore? Do you think i can keep lidless if i go 1.8 inch or more below tank top.

[@AquascapingCube]

63 is a bit low for them. They will survive, but you will be at the edge on what they can handle. Just you have to be sure to transition them VERY slowly (for days!) if they were kept in warmer water. They can jump, but not because of curiosity ;) They will jump if they are uncomfortable, scared, feel bad etc. But I keep all my shrimp in lidless tanks with no problem.

[@WhiteCloudAffinity]

@@AquascapingCubethank you so much for all the help. So basically in the coldest of winters it might reach 63, but thats super rare so like it will always be around 67-72. And i will ensure they do not jump out of any other circumstance other than being curious

[@tracys.6033]

I have a established planted tank that I have tried shrimp in 2 times. They live from 1 or 2 days to 1 week then die. They dont look stressed, there is not anything in tank big enough to eat them, water temp is correct, no big water change. I would really like to keep them but I can not figure out why they dont thrive in my tank. Any thoughts on why? Thank you

[@peterbott1877]

Nice informative video. Thank you. What is that plant the shrimp is on, during the first 7 seconds of video?

[@AquascapingCube]

Thank you! This plant was: Lobelia Cardinalis mini :)

[@Baphomet007]

Today at noon my neocaridina shrimps were gathering on sponge filter and media bag of aquarium started dying, shrimps legs and moth become white, water parameter and temperature was ideal. I have no clue. Please suggest what to do.

[@C-tip]

Hi. Nice Video 👍🏻 In min 6:39 what is that on the Blue shrimps Head?

[@AquascapingCube]

Thank you! Those are flat worms called Scutariella japonica. They are not that dangerous to shrimp and are not killing them directly, but still annoying. They can be killed with quick salt bath or medications.

[@sahild5294]

My shrimps died within 2 weeks per day 2-3 shrimps died any idea what may be the reason?

[@redsuncarcare]

I don’t know why ghost shrimps with mosquito fishes in the Philippines can survive in dirty waters / drainage/ canals , that’s crazy

[@mikefike4863]

Enjoyed the video

[@AquascapingCube]

Great! I'm glad you liked it!

[@mats6811]

Very nice vid!

[@AquascapingCube]

Thanks!

[@bojohannesen4352]

Cute fences!

[@dudusiagata3117]

Witam super piękne krewetki pozdrawiam podziwiam miłego wieczoru życzę

[@AquascapingCube]

Dziekuje! Udanego weekendu :)

[@stevegee8010]

Also remember, they don't have long life spans and could already be three months old or more if purchasing adults. So seeing a dead shrimp could merely mean it's died of old age.

[@AquascapingCube]

True. But they should have a lifespan of 1-2 years.

[@stevegee8010]

@@AquascapingCube Yep. Mine typically live for around 18 months with a few exceptions each way.

[@marcleroux3426]

too many water changes have killed my shrimp entirely

[@CeceliPS3]

At the beginning of the video you tell us to acclimatize them for just 1 hour and that we spent weeks building the tank, so 1 more hour isn't a big deal. But at the end of the video you tell us to put them in quarantine... So that's another 40 days.

[@NaMe_XxX]

Bruh u might as well not even go through the trouble the moment my shrimps arrived I just throw them in my tank and they did fine

[@CeceliPS3]

@@NaMe_XxX If you like to risk the well-being of your fishes/shrimps, that's on you. Don't go around gloating about your lack of care.

[@NaMe_XxX]

@@CeceliPS3 damn bro chill tf's ur problem abrasive ass...

[@Nigelaquaticsfish]

I fucked up it molted and is swimming like a lost ofin

[@jordynjones855]

I can’t keep betta with shrimp. They get eaten.

[@AquascapingCube]

Yes, it happens :/ It really depends on the character of specific bettas.

[@CeceliPS3]

Did you get rid of the betta or the idea of having shrimps? hehe

[@jordynjones855]

@@CeceliPS3 neither? I just got more tanks.

[@CeceliPS3]

@@jordynjones855 oh

[@jordynjones855]

@@CeceliPS3 yep! most of my betta are female and in an established sorority so I only have betta in 3 tanks out of 12, I keep a couple 5 gallon shrimp only tanks and then they’re in most of my others as well, the betta just ate all of them in their tanks lol

[@DanielShu-b2i]

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