Buried females non existent....

[DG17]

Hi Guys,

I hope all is well with everyone... I've Been missing in action due to everyone wanting to get fit for summer and taking off to Japan.

In extreme desperation and out of ideas i've made some time to come on and rack some brains!!!!

I Haven't had a buried female in my shrimp rack since mid September and i'm out of ideas

My WP are

Ammonia 0

nitrite 0

Nitrate 0

phosphate 0 (even at 5ml of water, sera test kit comes up with no colour. purchased a 2nd kit and came up the same)

EC 200-220 max

GH 4-5

KH 0-1

PH (sera 6.0, aquasonic 6.0, API 6-6.4) Can't seem to get PH lower but its stable. Considered buying the Power House Soft filter media as its going nuts in Japan but not ready to spend that sort of money unless it really helps.

Temp 22-23 (never above as the chiller turns on at 23)

Using a UV sterilizer my sump has 16L of substrat pro, 5L of eheim bio Mech and 12L of eheim noodles Each tank has a twin sponge air filter also

9cm of Benibachi soil in each tank with mineral powder underneath (not a yr old yet) and red bee balls in each tank.

10% water changes weekly (recently just upped it to 2 times a week to see if this helps.)

Shrimp are happy active and eat like crazy so im assuming they are happy enough. Haven't lost one since Sept other than Red cherries.

Keeping TBs, BBs, CRS, CBS, and Orange eyed Black tigers.

Could it just be the summer heat due to the water constantly going from 22-23 degrees because of the chiller

im completely lost atm. or lack of oxygen as i don t have air stones in my tanks.

Any Help would be great.

Thanks guys

[Dean]

2 easy things to try are

1. 30% waterchange, should notice new molts withing 2-3 days and berried girls withing 4-6 days.

2. up the temp to 25 for 2-3 days and then do a %20 water change on 3rd day. same times as above (molts/berried)

[BlueBolts]

+1, unsure if it's diet related. Feed them frozen blood worms, boiled spinach/kale, .... And that with the combination if the above, should get them funky...jibdcb

[DG17]

Your both legends thanks so much I'll give them both a shot.. I'll feed them the change in diet. I've only been feeding them Benibachi products and no boiled foods or blood worms, how offer should I feed frozen blood worms and boiled spinach and kale.

And dean I'll also give that a crack. Should I do the 20-30% at once or should I do 10% a day 3 days in a row.. Thanks heaps guys

[DG17]

Sorry I meant how often "offer" should I feed frozen blood worms and boiled leafy.. (Doing sneaky texting on my mobile at work) :happydance:

[BlueBolts]

I tend to feed frozen bloodworms, once every 2-3 weeks, and boiled fresh vegetable once a week....

[poeticwinter]

i tried boiled spinach as bluebolts suggested :) they love it. adding air stone is best options, i do that in my nano tank

I tend to feed frozen bloodworms, once every 2-3 weeks, and boiled fresh vegetable once a week....

[DG17]

Awesome guys thanks for the feedback!

Do you guys feed them everyday? I know of people who feed them a very small amount in the morning then evening and I know of people who skip a day a week for them to eat what's around and only feed once daily.