Cherry shrimps and Ramshorn snail

[Ninabobo]

Hi,

So last week, i bought 2 Ramshorn snails, very small snails less than 1cm (because they run out the stock, only few baby snail left) and i also bought 2 cherry shrimps. Then 2 days later, i found 1 very tiny baby shrimp on my java moss. I put them with my baby guppies together. I change 30% the water every 5 days, and suddenly my 2 adult cherry shrimps died, i thought they died because i changed the water too often. But, how come the baby shrimps still alive while the adult shrimps can't survive? And my 2 Ramshorn snail also died (they don't move and get mouldy). I don't know whats happened. I want to buy ramshorn snail again (adult), and cherry shrimps but i'm scare they keep dying.. For snail i have small bladder snail (got it from plant i bought) and still alive. Are bladder snail stronger than ramshorn snail?

how about commons pleco? Are they easy to keep? I'm looking for something can eat algae and uneaten fish food..

Thank you for your advices.

 

[Essjay]

Rather than buy fish or other creatures to solve a problem, it is better to solve the problem.

There should be no uneaten food. If there is food left over on the bottom of the tank, you are feeding too much. Cut back on the amount you feed. Baby fish do need feeding several times a day but the tank should be cleaned regularly to remove the uneaten food.
Algae grows when there is too much 'food' and light. If the tank has no live plants, the lights should only be on for a short period. If there are live plants, the light duration should be tailored to meet the requirements of the plants; anything longer will encourage algae. The uneaten food will decompose releasing a lot of plant nutrients into the water which will allow algae to grow.


If there was one baby shrimp there may well be more. Look through the old water at a water change very carefully as newly hatched shrimps are very difficult to see.
When I got my first shrimps, all the adults from the shop died, but the baby shrimps survived and my shrimp colony started with those babies.

 

[Ninabobo]

Thank you essjay. You're right. I think i turn on the light too long and feed them too much. I'll try to see again if there's any more baby shrimps.

 

[Essjay]

Newly hatched baby shrimps are tiny. They are very hard to see in a tank. When I do a water chnage on my shrimp tank I empty the bucket with a jug and check the bottom of each jugful for babies. The record is over 30 babies in one bucket of old tank water

 

[Ninabobo]

Wow that's a lot. I'll more carefully when i change the water. How long you change the water? Do you do deep clean aquarium too or wait till the baby shrimps bigger?
Thanks

 

[Essjay]

I have sand on the bottom of my tanks which does make it easier. I don't use a typical siphon tube with the wide plastic 'nozzle' on the end; I just use the tubing and hover the end above the sand. Since I can't see tiny babies against the sand, they get sucked up.

Those 30 babies were from a different, larger tank which I had to close; there were a lot more adult females producing a lot more babies than there are in the current shrimp tank.

 

[CassCats]

Also don't go for common plecos, they need over 200 gallons as they can potentially reach 2 feet long