blue velvet was find before i turn off the light last night. and this morning i saw them munching down a half eaten bv

Did you check your water parameters?

everythings ok

water is ok

just dont know why bv get to die but malayan is doing very well

shrimps are scavenger , will clean out any carcass in the tank, i have hundreds of Malaya in tank with baby cherry shrimp, they never be aggressive.

for Neocaridina shrimps, especially these import from taiwan, tank parameters with higher KH 3-4, PH 7.0 & above, GH 5-8 and tds 150-200,
temperature 24c-28c(lower better) will see better results in keeping them.

yeah.. i know...

my parameters are ok. temp are at max 29c, gets lower at night

and its always only after the night (in the morning when i check on them) that i see them eating one of the dead one. i mean... cant be that coincidence that all the bv died during night when the lights is out?

These shrimps are peaceful. They don't attack another shrimp, but if they die, then they will eat the carcass. Malayan shrimps are like Yamato/Amano shrimps. They are very tough, unlike BV. Actually I only bought ten Amanos - almost 3 years later, I still have 8. I can't say that for Cherry shrimps, and have highest fatalities in CRS. BV I think is the same category as Cherries.

yes, bv is same category with cherries. they came from cherries lol.

i just dont understand the only time i see them die is the next morning. not during day time

i think your shrimp dug in a wrong place
nitrate spike digging on substrate are also possible

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your tank seem doing well, adding more expensive shrimp nowadays.

This post has been edited by arrow: Feb 21 2016, 02:55 AM

Touch wood after a month no cardina deaths.

the shrimps are digging all the time lol. cant prevent that
perhaps i should cut down the water change period gap
maybe change water every 5 to 6 days

nice bb
how much u get it?

45 for 1. Buy more got some discount

what's your tank setup?
soil with ugf setup
or just soil?

ada soil
no ugf
sponge filter
medium planted

my shrimp tank water change is 14 days
Sfsg

Put some endlers inside, will they consume those shrimp or their fries ?

i placed some endlers , quite a number actually, 3 white tail, 3 scarlet and 2 wild endler into a tank with 8 cardinal and 4 CPD
end up with a dead fish every day, day 1 2 and 3 cardinal tetra, day 3-4 celestial pearl diano , (5 fishes gone)

General rules in keeping fish with shrimps : If the shrimp or their baby fit the size of the fish mouth , it will be eaten, this is natural instinct.
Try keep fish that are not aggressive.

Fish sometimes are quite fragile, may need acclimate too.
Cardinal tetra are prone to neon tetra disease, Galaxy, you need to get the stable specimen.