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Alright guys, I have a 29g biocube and all I want is a freaking shrimp to be a long term resident. Here is my set up that's been running for 6 months now.
29g cube:
35 pounds or so of live rock
2 percula clowns
1 firefish
1 diamond Goby
2 emerald crabs
7 assorted snails
4 hermits
Parameters:
80 degrees
Salinity - 1.025
Ammonia- 0
PH- 8.2-8.4
Nitrite- 0
Nitrate- 5
Calcium- 430
KH- 8.0
So here's my story. I first got a peppermint shrimp, he was actually my first inhabitant in my tank 5 months ago. He was in the tank doing great for a month. In that month I added the snails and the emerald crabs. One day he was gone. Thought he was hiding, and never found him. No molt, nothing.
Fast forward a month, I buy a single cleaner shrimp. Doing great. Would clean my arm, everyone seemed interested in him and everyone was getting along. Fish would swim up to him and he was always out and about. He molted on day 5, found him dead in one piece with no apparent damage on day 7.
Checked all parameters again, chalked it up to a sick or old shrimp (he was fairly large). Tried another cleaner. Picked a smaller cleaner shrimp out, did about a 30 minute float and then a 2 hour drip acclimation to be safe. Tossed him in, and he was never quite as open as the first cleaner. Kind of stayed on one rock and chilled most of the time. He molted on day 2, doing well the day after. Then I'd see him kind of hanging out at one corner not very active for the last day he was alive. He died on day 5. Found pieces of him. Not sure if attack or was dead and was just getting picked apart.
Each one of these deaths tore me apart. I hate it. I hate losing anything. I felt to blame, and I'm not sure what to do differently. My tank has plentyyyy of hiding spots, parameters all seem acceptable and very constant. There isn't much swinging of any levels. My one emerald is a big boy, so he was my first thought, but I know emeralds are usually pretty peaceful. I understand after a molt they are easy prey for a meal, but I usually catch myself overfeeding my guys, so I don't think anybody was starving for a shrimp.
What is going on!? These are literally the only losses I've ever had. Very confused and frustrated as they're my favorite little creatures.
Any info or tips are greatly appreciated.
29g cube:
35 pounds or so of live rock
2 percula clowns
1 firefish
1 diamond Goby
2 emerald crabs
7 assorted snails
4 hermits
Parameters:
80 degrees
Salinity - 1.025
Ammonia- 0
PH- 8.2-8.4
Nitrite- 0
Nitrate- 5
Calcium- 430
KH- 8.0
So here's my story. I first got a peppermint shrimp, he was actually my first inhabitant in my tank 5 months ago. He was in the tank doing great for a month. In that month I added the snails and the emerald crabs. One day he was gone. Thought he was hiding, and never found him. No molt, nothing.
Fast forward a month, I buy a single cleaner shrimp. Doing great. Would clean my arm, everyone seemed interested in him and everyone was getting along. Fish would swim up to him and he was always out and about. He molted on day 5, found him dead in one piece with no apparent damage on day 7.
Checked all parameters again, chalked it up to a sick or old shrimp (he was fairly large). Tried another cleaner. Picked a smaller cleaner shrimp out, did about a 30 minute float and then a 2 hour drip acclimation to be safe. Tossed him in, and he was never quite as open as the first cleaner. Kind of stayed on one rock and chilled most of the time. He molted on day 2, doing well the day after. Then I'd see him kind of hanging out at one corner not very active for the last day he was alive. He died on day 5. Found pieces of him. Not sure if attack or was dead and was just getting picked apart.
Each one of these deaths tore me apart. I hate it. I hate losing anything. I felt to blame, and I'm not sure what to do differently. My tank has plentyyyy of hiding spots, parameters all seem acceptable and very constant. There isn't much swinging of any levels. My one emerald is a big boy, so he was my first thought, but I know emeralds are usually pretty peaceful. I understand after a molt they are easy prey for a meal, but I usually catch myself overfeeding my guys, so I don't think anybody was starving for a shrimp.
What is going on!? These are literally the only losses I've ever had. Very confused and frustrated as they're my favorite little creatures.
Any info or tips are greatly appreciated.