ghost shrimp keep dying. arrgh!

Jim Brown wrote:
Ghost shrimp are basically sold as feeders. Down the hatch before they die.
I have kept them for multiple generations in the past without iodine
supplements, but since then, it appears that may be a viable process.
[snip]

Jim



My experience has been similar. I bought 13 to help start a 70 gal about
2 years ago. The population dipped, then shot back up. At points I've
had as many as 30 swimming around. The population seems to self-regulate,
so I don't worry about it at all. For the most part, I've done no water
modification, pH 7.6-8.0, KH 6, GH 4 (IIRC, I'm not in front of my log).
I started CO2 about a week ago, and have gradually lowered the pH to 7.0.
We'll see what they think about that.

-parc


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