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i just read another case of peoples Peppermint shrimp larvae disappearing. they claimed that they came home one day and they only had 10 left...... how this person managed to accomplish this a mystery to me....
this person was using a kriesel with some live rock. had his light on for 12h a day, was feeding non enriched brine...he thought he was doing everything right.
I can pinpoint a few places where he failed in caring for his newborns.
he overexposed light
he did not gut load brine with valuable nutrients and minerals
he did once a week water changes - he had no filter running (this caused a spike in ammonia)
he did not siphon detritus properly daily
I also have a hunch that there were a few critters living in the live rock he had that took out his pep larvae. it could have been anything from a bristle worm to a large copepod or something.
in short, he did everything that i strongly believe you shouldn't do when raising these delicate shrimp larvae.
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