Hello, i’ve been keeping Opae Ula for maybe 7 years now and have even on occasion successfully been able to breed them. I have a 10l tank with have roughly 20 shrimp in.
About two months ago I noticed that a bunch of my shrimp were dying - i took water tests and everything was coming back fine - cutting a long story short I removed the remaining shrimps into a container with some fresh water set at the same salinity whilst i went ahead and set up a new tank.
After a month of the tank running, with water tests coming back a Ok - i went ahead and added the shrimps, and all seemed well - still to today, no more deaths thankfully - conducting a water test every few days. However this week on testing I notice that the nitrites had sky rocketed so I performed an immediate 50% water change to help break them down. Ive left it for a day and the nitrites have gone down but they’re still at concerning levels.
I am happy to continue doing 50% water changes but i’m also concerned that I am removing nitrite eating bacteria which are trying to get established in the new Tank. Is there any advise you could give me? I know there are nitrite treatments on the market, but am always reluctant to add chemicals into the water!
About two months ago I noticed that a bunch of my shrimp were dying - i took water tests and everything was coming back fine - cutting a long story short I removed the remaining shrimps into a container with some fresh water set at the same salinity whilst i went ahead and set up a new tank.
After a month of the tank running, with water tests coming back a Ok - i went ahead and added the shrimps, and all seemed well - still to today, no more deaths thankfully - conducting a water test every few days. However this week on testing I notice that the nitrites had sky rocketed so I performed an immediate 50% water change to help break them down. Ive left it for a day and the nitrites have gone down but they’re still at concerning levels.
I am happy to continue doing 50% water changes but i’m also concerned that I am removing nitrite eating bacteria which are trying to get established in the new Tank. Is there any advise you could give me? I know there are nitrite treatments on the market, but am always reluctant to add chemicals into the water!
Last edited by r0seynick on 27 Oct 2021 18:51, edited 1 time in total.
