Shrimp Deaths

[Gillette1985]

i recently bought 6 cherry shrimp. Two of which have died after shredding their skin. i cant see any of my fish bullying them, and water stats are kept as good as possible. is it common for shrimp to die??

 

[stevereade]

What tank mates do your shrimp have? I keep mine with very small fish. What is your water quality? It's not common for shrimp to die, unless they are old. I started with 20 I now have over 100 and haven't found a dead one, so there must be some kind of problem.

 

[Gillette1985]

ive got neons and male guppies. ammonia is kept to 0 (going through fish in cycle) nitrite and nitrate are 0, ph 7.6

 

[stevereade]

Might be your guppies having a nibble, sometimes my neons have gone for mine but don't do any damage, but guppies have bigger mouths.

 

[Gilli]

ive got neons and male guppies. ammonia is kept to 0 (going through fish in cycle) nitrite and nitrate are 0, ph 7.6

Theres your problem. Your tank needs to be mature - shrimp are very sensitive to water stats - anything even small amounts of amonia/nitrite are going to cause problems and you are going to get readings if your tank is cycling!