do nitrites effect shrimp?

[yocon34]

do nitrites effect shrimp?:hammerhea:black::smack::rainbow::bigbounce

 

[David Shaw]

what are your test results showing?

 

[yocon34]

about 1.00 but that should change by tommorow because i put in extra biofiltration and did a 25 percent water change.

 

[jski711]

Nitrates affect everything to varying degrees.

 

[ReachTheSky]

Nitrites are toxic to fish and even more so to invertebrates like shrimp. If the nitrite levels aren't high enough to kill them outright, they will definitely cause stress and impair growth.

 

[knapp870]

+1 on ReachTheSky...Invertebrates are some of the most sensitive to ammonia, nitrate, etc. levels.

 

[cheeks69]

Nitrates aren't toxic to fish but can stress them if they're high but for some inverts they can be very sensitive to high nitrate levels.