Top 5 Reasons Why Shrimp Die 

Happened to me too last year, i found that indian almond leaves are mega helpful and managed to save my starter colony of black galaxy, sadly due to inexperience i have lost both my crystal and black galaxy colonies to toxic soil as soon as they were booming with babies ( i had a thick layer of substrate ) ,since then i decided to take a break from keeping caridina shrimp, but now i have completed my 1st rack , got an RO water system ( was using storebought distiled water ) and i will tackle this endeavor again 🎉

After reading the comments, Caridina shrimp sound like they take up too much time and are very delicate I have not noticed any of these problems raising neocaridina shrimp

Hi, Just got to your channel by accident yesterday, wonderful channel! I have already subscribed. I own a 120L planted tank with only CRS in it grades A-S. I began with a colony of about 15 pieces back in 2008 in a 40L tank and been breeding them ever since. I've had my share of bad experiences and near destruction cases. I moved them to the 120L tank back in 2019, and had a massive success in getting the ~150 shrimp colony into a ~350 shrimp colony. Exactly one year ago, one day when I got back home from work I noticed about 40 dead on the soil. I immediately changed 90% of the water, and started dosing GlassGarten Fit+, it didn't do anything. I kept on changing the water on a daily basis and kept on clearing about 10-20 dead a day. I ended up with about ~80 left who had survived and the bacterial infection does sound like the only logical explanation. A few weeks before the whole thing I added a cryptocoryne into the tank, which I never kept before, and I keep on blaming it on him. I also ran out of Indian Almond leaves, which might have also been the case. But ever since I keep at least 3 Indian Almond leaves in the tank at all time, and avoid adding new plants. The colony hasn't really returned to its glory days, with about ~120 running around these days. I have been waiting to have enough spare-time to reset the system and perhaps by that "starting over".

I know the pain. I lost 7 shrimps in one of my tanks yesterday, nitrite test came elevated and the next minute I was busy with buckets moving around the house to save these little guys.

It's a good video. I was also able to reconfirm that an infection had spread to the aquarium, which should be reset. There was room for improvement in frequent water changes once a day and administration of enzymes as one measure to prevent infection.

I had some sick shrimp. I quarantined them. I then added Indian almond leaves and catappa leaves.I put a few of the leaves in the tanks. They have healing properties. I also added Hydroperoxide at low doses. Then water changes. I actually saw it healing the shrimp. I have also beaded the two last bacterias you mention. They suck. Great video, I freaked out the first time I experienced bacteria deaths. I keep the leaves on hand just incase.

I can recommend also a immune support feed. What I can recommend from my own feeding is firstly Bee Pollen, but I think you have it. The second one is something I did not saw it in any YT Video so far is, or hear from other breeders is "Soybean Powder". In Japan its called "Kinako". I guess you are able to found it in any Asian grocery stores. Or just buy your own some Soybeans, roast is a little bit, but not to dark, and grind it to a powder. This Powder is an power food for health and baby survival. What You can also try is to feed Cinnamon barks, because the bark had a antibacterial effect that may help to get rid of the bacteria in the shrimps body, but I am not sure about it. However, Mark from "marks shrimp tanks" also use cinnamon barks in his tanks.

great video with great reasons why shrimp might die in your tank. I love the indepth discussion about the bacterial infection. Hope the colony recovers soon! can;t wait for the next video!

i bought 5 amanos. or so i thought. 2 were sort of a different color and different behaviour. after a few months I saw about 20 shrimplets, so I knew I did not have amano! then I discovered a serious callamanus worm problem and had to dismantle the tank. moved as many as I could to a "shrimp tank" that had been set up for over 3 months ... within a week the mom and daddy died and because they were transparent - i saw the same symptoms: very thick intestinal tract, almost like conspitation. but this is a symptom of bacterial infection. moved the surviving 8 or 10 over to a "plant tank" and lost a few more. i started treating with maracyn two. so far the survivors are living, completing molts, eating and moving around the tank.not sure if its protocol since you did not mention it, but it seems to be working for my little crew. (the original amanos are still going strong, not affected by the new tank at all). i think they might be cherry culls or something that looked like a white amano when teeny - which is when i got them from my local store.

so sorry, hope ur colony will grow back nicely!

Saw that my colony collapsed as I was watching this. Started using bacter ae and thats the only difference, which is super odd.

Lost hundreds of caridinas. My colonies are gone. What a pain and also lots of € spent.. Parameters are all fine, tried everything. I discovered small planaria recently but I don't believe it killed so many. Now I have 2 thanks with perfect condition for caridinas, no caridinas, and a lot of neocaridinas thriving in soft water. Neos are ok ..

I did that exact thing. I had deep soil, rooted plants, killed multiple generations. Probably 30 shrimp. super sad. I lost boa and snowflake genetics. really difficult.

This happened to me just a couple weeks ago. The AC in my apartment broke and the water temp got too high. Lost 200 or more shrimp and it was my only tank. Starting a new tank tho so I haven’t given up

Remove the coconut husks and drift wood change 100% water. Increase oxygen and starve existing shrimps for 1 week. Will be ok after that

Hi from West Texas Super glad I found your channel, catching up on videos. One day I hope to keep caridinias for now it’s the neos for me. But love the content great info enjoying every video thanks for putting this stuff out there 👍🏼

I thought my water peramiters were off, but testing showed no difference, but a few weeks later, I saw the culprits. Damsel fly nymphs!!! They ate my cameleon shrimp. They've been leaving my larger red nose shrimp alone along with my fish, thankfully, but I think they might have wiped out all of my cameleons. I'm taking out the nymphs I see and several have emerged into their adult form only to drown due to the lid on my tank. I've come to the conclusion that I just need to wait them out before reintroducing cameleons back into the tank. Serves me right for not properly treating and quarantining new plants. I've certainly learnt that lesson well.

i recently have had issues with caridinas but have kept trying, i have lost about 10+ shrimp over the past month, im gonna try one more time but i have a good feeling about this new tank it's just discouraging

Great video. Nice to see some solution of this kind of problem.

What aboit antibiotics? What type of bacteria is it? Jow fish help to fet ridd ofvthe bacteria infection? Thank you for a brilliant video. I am very dorry fir your loss.

First off thanks for the video and sharing your knowledge. I am a total shrimp newbie but plan on setting up a tank soon. Question, are these type of bacteria that caused the deaths free floating that a UV filter could help treat?

Excellent video. If I suspect bacterial infection, I use carbon 1st then remove before using hydrogen peroxide and a product called Voogle, voogle is a booster medication. Also using immunity feeds helps. For toxic soil you can add bacterial powders designed to be used during water changes to break the toxicity down, enzymes too. The company that makes no planaria (Genchem) is closing, so it won't be around for much longer. Z1 from SL Aqua is really good and treats hydra and planaria. I feel your pain, been through this myself.

4:30, the sad song he plays, hahahahaha

I’m using bacterial powder for the first time. Put in some substrate then sprinkled like 5 scoops of bacter AE with an air stone and LED lights. Tried to mimic what you do in the videos. Will this create an algae biofilm tank after several weeks like I see on your channel? Should I add ammonia? I just have eco complete substrate

Can UV filter help with that problem? [the bacterial infection] 🦐

I bought a UV filter of Sera and i solved the problem

What is a good alternative to remineralized RO Water? I have an RO system that removes almost everything, so now I think might have a KH/GH problem.

Omg i better watched this 2 houres ago 😢 i just took out a big grass carpet out of the soil, bc it was to much and i didnt see my shrimp anymore

If you move the shrimp to another aquarium you mist lightky move the bacteria / infection = the problem?

Just curious - what made you think this was a bacterial infection and not some other toxin that poisoned and killed your lil guys?

Try a UV filter my friend

Please help! I have a bacterial infection in one of my tanks (PRL tank), 1 dies about every 3-4 days. What do I do, all the rest of my tanks are still cycling and they have 0-0.1 ammonia. I am currently treating it with hydrogen peroxide.

can you send it to Turkey prawn

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Do you give your shrimp a variated diet? Feeding them the same thing might be bad for their bacteria resistence 🤷🏾‍♂️

How sad, sorry, i just reacted in the middle of the vid. Sorry for your loss!

Am from India suggest me any chiller for nano shrimp tank . My tank Temperature is 30 to 31 Celsius. Shrimp dying day by day 😩. Or cooling fan is enough. pls guide

How bout scuds are they bad they came from the plants

the last thing is 'reset' could be correct answer..

How to DIY shrimp

Oxytetracycline, Nitrofurazone, Enrofloxacin and Acriflavine should be in every ("first world") fish keeper's med cabinet... You should also have Meth Blue and Malachite Green to suppress fungal infections and a concentrated source of "beneficial bacteria" to reseed you tanks after they have been medicated.

It happen to me and the best way is to reset the tank.

Next time use meythlyne blue to disinfect

I feel like shrimps are harder to take care off

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Think nature ….and not adding a bunch of stuff like carbon and other crap in … From google…. The Indian Almond leaf also release compounds that have anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. This helps the shrimp fight off parasites and other problems. The leaf can be left in the tank until it is fully broken down. Most often the stem is left behind and is the only thing that will need to be removed.

my first Caradina tank of CRS had a bacterial infection. 2/100~ survived

One of mine tried to commit suicide yesterday by jumping out, but I caught the little bastard & tossed him back in. Now he's stewing in the corner, likely plotting his next escape...