Recent content by JPK

It does depend on the size of the tank though, I have a 5 gallon tank, with a few plants and half a plant pot, it's got a 4 phantom red tetra, a pleco, 2 corries and 3 shrimp, and it does look good, not to crowded and the corries stay as a pair on the bottom while the tetra shoal together about...

Thanks for the advice, yeah I know all about shrimp, did my homework, and do just think it was natural death, but not to matter, I can always get more :) I checked all the levels and everything has been fine chemically, unless it was a quick spike that happened and was gone before I found out...

Strange, yeah my other shrimp are fine, although they are now in a separate tank to my fish, after introducing the corries it also seems I now have an outbreak of white-spot! Treating it requires medication with copper sulphate, mega shrimp killer in other words. Still I went back to the same...

Thanks, well whatever it was I woke up this morning to find it completely lifeless, so as you've said, it must be the odd shrimp that's died for no known reason...

The shrimp in question is now in quarantine away from the other inhabitance of the tank, I am going to observe it and see how it gets on, any advice anyone can give would be helpful, the balance in the tank is almost spot on perfect so I am now more leaning towards old age, but still want to...

I have a small tank (24 litre) which has been setup for a while now, and has had cherry shrimp living in it without problem, I came home today to find one of the shrimp laying on it's back, and unlike the other shrimp, when the panda corries move near it, it doesn't move out of the way, and yet...