SteveEPFD
New member
Hi all, I recently started a new 75 gallon bowfront corner tank. I used oceans best sand 80 pounds, 60 pounds of dried reef rock and some lava rocks for color. I used distilled water and reef salt.
The tank cycled and i started adding Skunk shrimp, snails, blue legged crabs from my old tank that we are getting rid of. The shrimp ate everything while in the old tank but didnt seem to eat in the new tank. After a week in the new tank (today) they both died in the last two days.
I have four firefish gobies and a red mandarin in the tank that seem to be doing just fine. Was the tank change to much for the shrimp?
The only change this week was my ph has been 7.9-8.0 and I asked my LFS and they suggested using tap water with a chlorine remover to raise the PH, they claim that's the only water they use for the store tanks. I mixed up 10 gallons of tap water (24 hours heated and salted and agitated) and tested it and it was 8.2 so i did the change. Is this a new tank problem for the shrimp or the water change? Or something else? Should i continue to use tap water to raise the ph or buy a ph up additive?
Today's test:
Salinity: 1.024
Nitrates: 10
Nitrites: 0
Ammonia: 0
PH: 8.0
The tank cycled and i started adding Skunk shrimp, snails, blue legged crabs from my old tank that we are getting rid of. The shrimp ate everything while in the old tank but didnt seem to eat in the new tank. After a week in the new tank (today) they both died in the last two days.
I have four firefish gobies and a red mandarin in the tank that seem to be doing just fine. Was the tank change to much for the shrimp?
The only change this week was my ph has been 7.9-8.0 and I asked my LFS and they suggested using tap water with a chlorine remover to raise the PH, they claim that's the only water they use for the store tanks. I mixed up 10 gallons of tap water (24 hours heated and salted and agitated) and tested it and it was 8.2 so i did the change. Is this a new tank problem for the shrimp or the water change? Or something else? Should i continue to use tap water to raise the ph or buy a ph up additive?
Today's test:
Salinity: 1.024
Nitrates: 10
Nitrites: 0
Ammonia: 0
PH: 8.0