dead ghost shrimp

phil · 04-20-2006, 06:07 AM

all the water stats are ok
everything i woke up to find 1 of 2 of my gs dead

tank has been going since october and shrimp has been in there 2 days i dont think its a molt skin thing ecause the whiskes and that is on it

mousey · 04-20-2006, 08:38 PM

same problem here except it lasted 3weeks.it was big too. i read where they have short lives anyway and like a bit of salt.

genetics · 04-21-2006, 07:35 AM

Hey guys,
Yeah, not too long ago, I had a g/shrimp of mine die in my tank the day after purchase.
G/shrimps experience shock greater than almost all other organisms. As a result, they can easily die when transferred, exposed to chemicals, experience change etc.

I guess its normal to have some die after initially placing them in new environments. They simply don't live very long and have small bodies, so experiencing change places a great deal of stress on their already minimized physiology.

04-20-2006, 06:07 AM	#1
phil Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 30 Posts: 1	dead ghost shrimp all the water stats are ok everything i woke up to find 1 of 2 of my gs dead tank has been going since october and shrimp has been in there 2 days i dont think its a molt skin thing ecause the whiskes and that is on it

04-21-2006, 07:35 AM	#3
genetics Resident Geneticist Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MD, USA Age: 25 Posts: 50	Hey guys, Yeah, not too long ago, I had a g/shrimp of mine die in my tank the day after purchase. G/shrimps experience shock greater than almost all other organisms. As a result, they can easily die when transferred, exposed to chemicals, experience change etc. I guess its normal to have some die after initially placing them in new environments. They simply don't live very long and have small bodies, so experiencing change places a great deal of stress on their already minimized physiology. __________________ Only 7% of our genes code for proteins necessary for our survival. The remaining 93% of our genes are.......... literally useless. The human genome has been sequenced, but the function of >90% of these genes are unknown.

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04-20-2006, 08:38 PM	#2
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 807	same problem here except it lasted 3weeks.it was big too. i read where they have short lives anyway and like a bit of salt.

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