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Whilst in Thailand my wife rang me with the sad news that I had lost a shrimp :( after months without any deaths at all I was abit worried but hoped for the best anyway... then 2 days later id lost 2 more :( at this point I was stressing as I've finally got quite a few berried shrimp, long story short I contacted Marcus who doesn't live too far away and he came to the rescue that very day, since then no more deaths but more berried shrimp :) so Marcus I cannot thank you enough mate, bloody top bloke if there is anything I can do to repay you don't hesitate to ask! thanks again mate. ps I actually came home with money soooo any shrimp for sale ;)

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Absolutely no probs Brad. Glad the deaths ceased, and more berries :-)

?....SuperBB away! :victorious:
Squigs...I saw what you did there...LOL
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So what did you end up doing that saved the shrimp BB? Mind sharing? What was your conclusion to that was causing the deaths and how did you remedy it?

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So what did you end up doing that saved the shrimp BB? Mind sharing? What was your conclusion to that was causing the deaths and how did you remedy it?

Awwww, c'mon Chi, if I told you all the secretes, it'll make the shrimp hobby all too easy, and you'll leave the hobby because of boredom ... LOL

QUIZ..... What would you do ?

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Squigs...I saw what you did there...LOL

Tee Hee! :smiley_simmons:

I would start with the basics, ammonia, PH, GH, KH, TDS, NO3 & NO4, which one was out?

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What will u do if all the WP is good? ;))

I've done the first step, what would you do next? :encouragement:

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Awwww' date=' c'mon Chi, if I told you all the secretes, it'll make the shrimp hobby all too easy, and you'll leave the hobby because of boredom ... LOL

QUIZ..... What would you do ?[/quote']

I'd call you up and ask you what to do! LOL!

If all WP were good, I'd do a small water change, probably add a bag of carbon to the filter and add some mineral powder, beneficial bacteria. Clean filter media with tank water and sponge filters as well.

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If it was copper you would have lost the lot by now, can safely rule that out.

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I tested for Nitrates (5), GH (7) & TDS (220). The shrimps didn't appear irritated, so conducted a 10% WC, and added the benibachi active water & emergency. I didn't test for other WP, as Brad used RO/Salty Shrimp, and I didn't think the shrimps appeared distressed etc….

Personally, when dealing with a mates tank, conservative steps needs to be taken, and I wouldn't personally change the WP, and/or any other conditions drastically. I documented exactly what I did, to ensure he was OK with my "easy/quick" remedy, as its important that I didn't add to the cause of any potential issue. Importantly, I would just do it for someone I don't really know, as if the tank crashed, I know Brad wouldn't blame me…etc (would you Brad ? LOL).

If there are any glaring issues, I would do more test, but there's nothing like a good old water change ! Dropping a almond leave would also be a good :-)

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I always like to follow the old acronym of K.I.S.S.(Keep It Simple Stupid) :encouragement:

Well done BB, can't get any more simple than that & you definitely got effective results. :victorious:

I've also found that, in most cases, a small waterchange will rectify the problem & is always a good place to start. :D

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Benibachi active water & emergency is this one? http://aquakitz.com/benibachi-shrimp-active-water-100ml/ is it effect to GH or Ca:Mg ratio? I got many dead last week and changed 30% water' date= they seem better now but it still some dead during last week. Is it bcos the old water condition affected?

yep, that's the active water, but the emergency is a different product.

Need to find out why there was an issue in the first place...check all WP, and perhaps post your maintenance routine etc, which will give us some clues ?

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Where do you get the emergency from marcus??

Got it ages ago, and have hardly used it....can't recall, but they're available easily overseas....pretty sure there's issues receiving them, as they're not food items ?

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