Hi everyone! We recently started a shrimp tank after being super anxious and worried to just jump into it. Our tank was cycled, planted and has lots of algae on the surfaces.. I noticed this one and first thought eggs but after getting a closer look it seems to be fungus. Are we doomed or is this treatable? I have been reading so many mixed things online on of its something we can help or if it's better to euthanize. Really hoping we can save her.. she is now solo in quarantine but I'm wondering if we need to be worried about the other shrimp as they all came from the same place? The store has offered a credit to keep and advised 30% daily water changes on the tank she was in with her other new friends to try any spores out and said likely she can't be saved but I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this and been able to help their shrimp? Should we be worried about the tank she was in? My husband didn't notice before adding them all in - he drip acclimated them while I was sleeping for work. We are in Canada so don't have a great variety of meds available to us unfortunately. I was reading about hydrogen peroxide? Thanks in advance. She is temporarily in the jug while we try to figure out what to do here. Sorry for the blurry pictures it is so hard to get a clear picture of them!! Super bummed about this!!
Some sort of fungus on our new shrimp?
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External simple fungal infections in shrimp can be treated but if it’s internal there’s no treatment that I am familiar with that’s going to help.
Thing is, based on what I can see I do not think it’s a true fungal infection. I can see some greenish coloured ’objects’ in the middle of that Rili shrimp and green colour below the swimmerets. This might be something like Ellobiopsidae or Cladogonium ogishimae, which would not be treatable.
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I’d return the shrimp if that’s possible or consider euthanasia.
Thing is, based on what I can see I do not think it’s a true fungal infection. I can see some greenish coloured ’objects’ in the middle of that Rili shrimp and green colour below the swimmerets. This might be something like Ellobiopsidae or Cladogonium ogishimae, which would not be treatable.
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I’d return the shrimp if that’s possible or consider euthanasia.
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Thank you, sadly I cannot easily return him as I bought from a shrimp place online. Is this something I need to be worried about the rest of the tank for now? Currently doing a large water change using the drip to refill what's been taken out. They are all from the same place and were acclimated together so unsure if they may have all been exposed. Thanks again!
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Let’s hope the rest of them don’t pick this up. It’s not uncommon in the shrimp ponds overseas, in places like Taiwan, which is unfortunate.
They shipped you a sick shrimp so they should be willing to refund the money or replace it and if the rest of them get it, I’d want them to replace them all. That shrimp should never have been shipped.
I’m in Ontario too - just curious but where did you get it, if you don’t mind saying?
They shipped you a sick shrimp so they should be willing to refund the money or replace it and if the rest of them get it, I’d want them to replace them all. That shrimp should never have been shipped.
I’m in Ontario too - just curious but where did you get it, if you don’t mind saying?
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I recently got a bad batch of shrimp from an online seller, and unfortunately I didn't quarantine before and my to my tank.
A few had the dreaded fungus mentioned, looks like moss growing from the swimmerettes. These should be removed from the tank and you can try treating or just euthanize.
The white spots, if they are moving are japonica scuterallia, real pain in the a. Not harmful but unsightly.
I personally tried a whole tank zero planaria treatment with iffy results.
What I ultimately did was to do daily inspections.and salt dips
Catch infected shrimp place in salt mix for 60 seconds, check to see if the buggers dropped off then return to tank.(1 cup tank water 1 cup aquarium salt)
Repeat as necessary.
You also have to remove the molts as this is where the eggs are laid.
In my situation, something that helped was to add bristle nose plecos. Since they are constantly cleaning up the substrate, they eat most of the molted shells which harbor the eggs.
It took me about 4 months to get rid of the japonica, though I wouldn't be surprised even now to see one or two pop up.
The lesson here is always quarantine any new shrimp before putting in into main tank. I learned the hard way.
Hopefully it works out.
A few had the dreaded fungus mentioned, looks like moss growing from the swimmerettes. These should be removed from the tank and you can try treating or just euthanize.
The white spots, if they are moving are japonica scuterallia, real pain in the a. Not harmful but unsightly.
I personally tried a whole tank zero planaria treatment with iffy results.
What I ultimately did was to do daily inspections.and salt dips
Catch infected shrimp place in salt mix for 60 seconds, check to see if the buggers dropped off then return to tank.(1 cup tank water 1 cup aquarium salt)
Repeat as necessary.
You also have to remove the molts as this is where the eggs are laid.
In my situation, something that helped was to add bristle nose plecos. Since they are constantly cleaning up the substrate, they eat most of the molted shells which harbor the eggs.
It took me about 4 months to get rid of the japonica, though I wouldn't be surprised even now to see one or two pop up.
The lesson here is always quarantine any new shrimp before putting in into main tank. I learned the hard way.
Hopefully it works out.
Hi. The one shrimp with green fungus is relatively easy to cure. I've cured this and currently treating a colony for someone. Ive only lost 1 in the colony and rest are all healthy now but still in isolation.
I started with 5 cherrys and now have about 300. And several tanks with my plecos and snails.
I see someone mentioned the salt dip. That's very excessive in time with 60 seconds. You should always isolate the shrimp when you find them and treat them in an isolation tank. I prefer a few tanks and currently figuring out a method to make it easier with vases or multiple 5 -10 liter tanks.
Salt dips need to be blue aquarium salt. Mix 1l water to 10tsp of salt. Let it sit for 10 minutes after stirring. Then remove from the main tank. Place for 10-15 seconds in salt dip water and return to isolation tank.
Use seachem paraguard in isolation tank. In two to three days you will move them to isolation tank 2. Same process. Dip in salt dip water and over to new tank.
Feed shrimp pellets or keep a plant from store in tank as well. use shrimp minerals to keep them healthy. Isolation tanks use minimal water 2-5L at most so not a big deal. I use RO dump water as well. So filtered but only thru 2nd stage.
A couple more days and move back to isolation tank 1. After a week you can keep them in longer in tank and look for any reinfection. Keep moving tanks once a week tho if needed. If you have a large colony I guarantee you have more infected but not showing yet. Don't think of it as a big deal. My 3 year old cares for them while I help her and she loves it. Anything is "sick" then we need to help them.
This is my isolation tank setup. Glass bottom so easy to vacuum while the majority of shrimp will be in the plant.
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