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Title: Baby ghost shrimp die off?
Post by: Jessi Tench on November 21, 2016, 02:49:24 PM
So one of my big ghost shrimp gave birth last night, I had her in a home made breeder box (yougurt container) with some plant bits for the babies to hide in and munch on. This moring I had 30 or so baby shrimp, all swimming around near the surface. Now it's 2 PM and every single one of them is dead... what could possibly have happened??

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Title: Re: Baby ghost shrimp die off?
Post by: lucius on November 21, 2016, 06:27:35 PM
Was there any water circulation in the breeder box?  Maybe they died from a lack of water movement?
Title: Re: Re: Baby ghost shrimp die off?
Post by: Jessi Tench on November 21, 2016, 07:36:32 PM
Quote from: lucius on November 21, 2016, 06:27:35 PM
Was there any water circulation in the breeder box?  Maybe they died from a lack of water movement?
Can that kill them? I didnt know! I'll probably just let them spawn in the tank next time, that has some very light flow.

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Title: Re: Baby ghost shrimp die off?
Post by: Shawn84 on November 22, 2016, 03:01:51 PM
Most likely die off from not enough food source.  Did you have any plants in the breeder box?
Title: Re: Re: Baby ghost shrimp die off?
Post by: Jessi Tench on November 22, 2016, 03:05:58 PM
Quote from: Shawn84 on November 22, 2016, 03:01:51 PM
Most likely die off from not enough food source.  Did you have any plants in the breeder box?
Some sprigs of water whisteria, a big lump of java moss, and some powderised OmegaOne flake... I don't think they starved

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Title: Re: Baby ghost shrimp die off?
Post by: Shawn84 on November 22, 2016, 07:55:49 PM
A picture of the homemade breeder box would help.
Title: Re: Re: Baby ghost shrimp die off?
Post by: Jessi Tench on November 22, 2016, 08:09:53 PM
Quote from: Shawn84 on November 22, 2016, 07:55:49 PM
A picture of the homemade breeder box would help.
It was just a yougurt container with tiny holes poked in it... plus the plants, they were tpo small for a store bought breeder box

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