Post by missdiane on Jun 30, 2014 17:52:40 GMT -5
HI THERE,
IF YOU'VE SEEN MY RECENT POSTS, YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE 3 HEALTHY PLATY FRY WHO ARE LIVING IN A FLOATING BREEDER BOX IN MY 20 GALLON TANK UNTIL THEY ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO SURVIVE WITH OTHERS IN THE 20 GALLON. THEY ARE ALL VERY HEALTHY AND GROWING WELL. I SWEAR THEY PLAY AND CHASE EACH OTHER THROUGH THE BUSHES. THEY ARE BECOMING QUITE BRIGHT IN COLOR. I'VE KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE OTHER FRY THAT I LEFT ON ITS OWN IN THE 20 GALLON AMID MANY FLOATING PLANTS (85% OF THE TOP). I DID THIS BECAUSE OPINION OF WHICH IS "BEST" IS SO VARIED. ACTUALLY I BELIEVE THERE WERE AT LEAST 2 SWIMMING FREELY BUT AFTER 2 DAYS I COULD ONLY LOCATE 1. THE FRY ARE ALL 2 1/2 WEEKS OLD. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE FREE-SWIMMING FRY IN SEVERAL DAYS. I FIGURED IT WAS PROBABLY EATEN. FOR THIS REASON, I HAVEN'T BEEN VERY CONSISTENT IN ADDING FOOD (GROUND FLAKE, EGG YOLK) FOR THIS FRY - WHEREAS I FEED THE BREEDER BOX FRY 3 TIMES PER DAY. TODAY, THIS FREE-SWIMMING FRY CAME TO THE TOP OF THE BUSHES - I ASSUME LOOKING FOR FOOD, WHICH I IMMEDIATELY GAVE. THIS FRY IS NOW A LOT LARGER THAN THE BREEDER BOX FRY & ALSO HAS MORE VIVID COLOR. I FIND THIS EXTREMELY INTERESTING THOUGH I'M SURE YOU PROBABLY THINK I'M A GEEK WITHOUT A LIFE.
NOW FOR THE PUZZLING OBSERVATION: AS I'VE WRITTEN ON THIS SITE BEFORE, I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO KEEP VARIOUS DWARF SHRIMP SEVERAL TIMES. EACH TIME, THEY HAVE ALL DIED AT THE SAME TIME AFTER ABOUT 3 WEEKS. THE WATER PARAMETERS HAVE ALWAYS READ PERFECTLY FOR SHRIMP & I HAVE TRIED IN 3 DIFFERENT TANKS WHICH HAVE ALL BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED CYCLED TANKS - JUST DIFFERENT SIZES, DIFFERENT PLANTS, DRIFTWOOD, ETC. EACH TIME THERE HAS BEEN NO REASON FOR THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH. WELL, IN MARCH I DECIDED TO GIVE IT ONE MORE SHOT. I FOUND A GOOD DEAL (I THOUGHT) ON AQUABID. I WAS EXPECTING 14 JUVENILE/ADULT SHRIMP. I RECEIVED 6 JUVENILE AND 4 MINISCULE SHRIMP. NO PROBLEM - I CONTACTED THE SELLER AND HE QUICKLY REIMBURSED SOME $$. THE VERY TINY SHRIMP DISAPPEARED INTO ROCKS AND JAVA FERN. THE 6 LARGER WERE VERY ACTIVE AND HEALTHY. THEY STAYED IN SIGHT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. I WAS ONCE PRIVILEDGED TO SEE A PAIR MATING. AWESOME!!! WATER PARAMETRS PERFECT, GREAT FOOD, 2.5 GALLON TANK (FILTERED & HEATED), 20% WATER CHANGE WEEKLY. 20% OF THE CHANGED WATER IS RO ( DO THIS IN ALL TANKS BECAUSE THE WATER HERE IN NEVADA IS AWFUL & KNOWN TO CONTAIN ARSENIC. THREE WEEKS LATER, EVERY ONE WAS GONE. BROKE MY HEART AS AT LEAST 2 WERE VERY HEAVY WITH BABIES. I DECIDED NEVER AGAIN. I CLEANED THE BOTTOM WELL WITH A VACUMN, MOVING ROCKS & STUFF BECAUSE I FIGURED THERE WERE DEAD CARCASSES. I'VE DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN. I ALSO ADDED THE 2 GUPPIES THAT WERE HARRASSING MY PREGNANT PLATIES IN THE 20 GAL. TO THIS TANK. I BEEN ADDING FLOURISH EXCEL AND FLOURISH PLANT FOOD TWICE A WEEK AGAIN - WHICH I HAD STOPPED A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE ADDING THE SHRIMP BECAUSE I READ THAT IT MIGHT BE THE CAUSE OF THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH. I REMOVED THE MESH I HAD USED TO COVER THE FILTER INTAKE TO PREVENT SHRIMPLETS BEING SUCKED UP. SO, HERE I AM ALMOST 2 MONTHS LATER. TODAY I WENT TO DO MY REGULAR WATER CHANGE AND THERE GATHERED ON THE ROCKS ARE 11 RED CHERRY SHRIMP!!!!!! PLEASE SOMEONE EXPLAIN HOW THIS CAN BE?
THESE 11 ARE ALL QUITE SMALL (NO ADULTS) BUT NOT ALL THE SAME SIZE. IT WOULD APPEAR THEY ARE FROM AT LEAST 2 SEPERATE BATCHES OF SHRIMPLETS. I'M CERTAINLY IN SHOCK HERE. I'VE PUT MESH OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE INTERNAL FILTER AGAIN & SECURED IT WITH A RUBBER BAND. OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T WANT THEM TO DIE, BUT I THOUGHT I WAS DOING EVERYTHING CORRECTLY BEFORE. HELP??
IF YOU'VE SEEN MY RECENT POSTS, YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE 3 HEALTHY PLATY FRY WHO ARE LIVING IN A FLOATING BREEDER BOX IN MY 20 GALLON TANK UNTIL THEY ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO SURVIVE WITH OTHERS IN THE 20 GALLON. THEY ARE ALL VERY HEALTHY AND GROWING WELL. I SWEAR THEY PLAY AND CHASE EACH OTHER THROUGH THE BUSHES. THEY ARE BECOMING QUITE BRIGHT IN COLOR. I'VE KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE OTHER FRY THAT I LEFT ON ITS OWN IN THE 20 GALLON AMID MANY FLOATING PLANTS (85% OF THE TOP). I DID THIS BECAUSE OPINION OF WHICH IS "BEST" IS SO VARIED. ACTUALLY I BELIEVE THERE WERE AT LEAST 2 SWIMMING FREELY BUT AFTER 2 DAYS I COULD ONLY LOCATE 1. THE FRY ARE ALL 2 1/2 WEEKS OLD. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE FREE-SWIMMING FRY IN SEVERAL DAYS. I FIGURED IT WAS PROBABLY EATEN. FOR THIS REASON, I HAVEN'T BEEN VERY CONSISTENT IN ADDING FOOD (GROUND FLAKE, EGG YOLK) FOR THIS FRY - WHEREAS I FEED THE BREEDER BOX FRY 3 TIMES PER DAY. TODAY, THIS FREE-SWIMMING FRY CAME TO THE TOP OF THE BUSHES - I ASSUME LOOKING FOR FOOD, WHICH I IMMEDIATELY GAVE. THIS FRY IS NOW A LOT LARGER THAN THE BREEDER BOX FRY & ALSO HAS MORE VIVID COLOR. I FIND THIS EXTREMELY INTERESTING THOUGH I'M SURE YOU PROBABLY THINK I'M A GEEK WITHOUT A LIFE.
NOW FOR THE PUZZLING OBSERVATION: AS I'VE WRITTEN ON THIS SITE BEFORE, I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO KEEP VARIOUS DWARF SHRIMP SEVERAL TIMES. EACH TIME, THEY HAVE ALL DIED AT THE SAME TIME AFTER ABOUT 3 WEEKS. THE WATER PARAMETERS HAVE ALWAYS READ PERFECTLY FOR SHRIMP & I HAVE TRIED IN 3 DIFFERENT TANKS WHICH HAVE ALL BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED CYCLED TANKS - JUST DIFFERENT SIZES, DIFFERENT PLANTS, DRIFTWOOD, ETC. EACH TIME THERE HAS BEEN NO REASON FOR THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH. WELL, IN MARCH I DECIDED TO GIVE IT ONE MORE SHOT. I FOUND A GOOD DEAL (I THOUGHT) ON AQUABID. I WAS EXPECTING 14 JUVENILE/ADULT SHRIMP. I RECEIVED 6 JUVENILE AND 4 MINISCULE SHRIMP. NO PROBLEM - I CONTACTED THE SELLER AND HE QUICKLY REIMBURSED SOME $$. THE VERY TINY SHRIMP DISAPPEARED INTO ROCKS AND JAVA FERN. THE 6 LARGER WERE VERY ACTIVE AND HEALTHY. THEY STAYED IN SIGHT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. I WAS ONCE PRIVILEDGED TO SEE A PAIR MATING. AWESOME!!! WATER PARAMETRS PERFECT, GREAT FOOD, 2.5 GALLON TANK (FILTERED & HEATED), 20% WATER CHANGE WEEKLY. 20% OF THE CHANGED WATER IS RO ( DO THIS IN ALL TANKS BECAUSE THE WATER HERE IN NEVADA IS AWFUL & KNOWN TO CONTAIN ARSENIC. THREE WEEKS LATER, EVERY ONE WAS GONE. BROKE MY HEART AS AT LEAST 2 WERE VERY HEAVY WITH BABIES. I DECIDED NEVER AGAIN. I CLEANED THE BOTTOM WELL WITH A VACUMN, MOVING ROCKS & STUFF BECAUSE I FIGURED THERE WERE DEAD CARCASSES. I'VE DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN. I ALSO ADDED THE 2 GUPPIES THAT WERE HARRASSING MY PREGNANT PLATIES IN THE 20 GAL. TO THIS TANK. I BEEN ADDING FLOURISH EXCEL AND FLOURISH PLANT FOOD TWICE A WEEK AGAIN - WHICH I HAD STOPPED A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE ADDING THE SHRIMP BECAUSE I READ THAT IT MIGHT BE THE CAUSE OF THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH. I REMOVED THE MESH I HAD USED TO COVER THE FILTER INTAKE TO PREVENT SHRIMPLETS BEING SUCKED UP. SO, HERE I AM ALMOST 2 MONTHS LATER. TODAY I WENT TO DO MY REGULAR WATER CHANGE AND THERE GATHERED ON THE ROCKS ARE 11 RED CHERRY SHRIMP!!!!!! PLEASE SOMEONE EXPLAIN HOW THIS CAN BE?
THESE 11 ARE ALL QUITE SMALL (NO ADULTS) BUT NOT ALL THE SAME SIZE. IT WOULD APPEAR THEY ARE FROM AT LEAST 2 SEPERATE BATCHES OF SHRIMPLETS. I'M CERTAINLY IN SHOCK HERE. I'VE PUT MESH OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE INTERNAL FILTER AGAIN & SECURED IT WITH A RUBBER BAND. OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T WANT THEM TO DIE, BUT I THOUGHT I WAS DOING EVERYTHING CORRECTLY BEFORE. HELP??
