|
Post by devonjohnsgard on Jun 18, 2014 7:11:21 GMT -5
I turned the lights back off and it was still glowing. Then I also noticed one in the 10 gallon tank glowing as well. The next day, there was a dead shrimp in each tank, but I don't know if the fluorescence had any connection. Has anybody else seen this? I thought you all might be interested. Wow, who would of thought? You might be on to something.
|
|
|
Post by angelminx on Jun 19, 2014 16:30:25 GMT -5
Something else I've seen, was occassionally I will see a (ghost) shrimp starting to/sitting with a hunched back. I don't know if this is a prelude to moulting, or what. They are never really hiding when I seen this, but then again, not out in the open either. I've kept an eye out when this has happened, and only once or twice have I found a dead shrimp the next day. I've also only found their moults on occassion, I've heard that they sometimes eat them for added nourishment. I haven't had too much trouble with them recently. I purchase a few more periodically, to replace what I can't find if the numbers get "too low". They occassionally disappear (although in the 55 gallon tank they have plenty of places to hide) and could have been eaten. Or, as Carl suggested, shot out onto the floor and although I've only ever found one dead on the floor (this doesn't mean that my cat didn't have a few late-night snacks), I have quite often had them jump out of the net as I was transfering them to the quarantine tank, or over to the 55. I try to use the biggest net that will fit in the transport bag, and then as I pull it out, close off the opening as best I can till I can get the net into the water.
The last time I got any I had some methylene blue, so when I was ready to start the acclimation process, I dissolved some salt in some of the transport water in a container (I have a couple that are like the ones used in the pet stores), emptied out most of the water from the bag, and poured the rest into the container and added the MB. Then I set up the drip system (at the time my water was about 7.6 pH, but the transport water tested at 8.2--took over 7 hours to get it close to mine) and put a cover over the top, with a small opening by the acclimation tube. To do the acclimation I set up one of my 5 gallon fish buckets with some water that was about 80 degrees (because it was going to sit a while), then set the container into it. It had a tendancy to want to tip over, so I put the other container next to it in the bucket to help hold it in place. I had to tape the acclimation tube to the side of the bucket to help keep the drip above the highest level I wanted the container water to get to (before I would remove some to make room for more), so that I could monitor the drips. I kept an eye on it and whenever it got "too high", or the water the containers were sitting in got kind of cool, I would remove some. In the case of the bucket water, I would replace it with more warm water (BTW, this was in the winter) as needed. When the water the shrimp (and a couple of black phantoms I'd gotten at the same time) were in got light "enough", I started to run periodic pH tests. This whole process never seemed to bother the shrimp, other than netting them.
|
|
|
Post by devonjohnsgard on Jun 19, 2014 17:49:33 GMT -5
Good to keep in mind. Some of these more delicate creatures need a better acclimation to help them survive. Thanks.
|
|