Seen such before ... Anyone ?

**Jay88** · 29th May 2015, 10:27

Can anyone advise ? What's these bushy growth on this berried shrimp ?
Only saw it last night. Shrimp still alive but not moving around much
Just started keeping them for about a month plus, yet to have shrimplets even though a couple of them were berried earlier.

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Much appreciate.

**Dscheng** · 29th May 2015, 11:00

Seem like some parasite !

**Shadow** · 29th May 2015, 11:02

look like fungus

**tetrakid** · 29th May 2015, 11:16

Hope it's not a fungal infection and hope it does not spread in the tank.

Whether fish or shrimp, once kena infection, can be very jialat [problematic] for the hobbyist.

For me, once I confirm that there's an infection on my fish, I will not waste time to cure it but quickly do the ice treatment to put the fish away immediately.

**14litre** · 29th May 2015, 11:49

It looks different from what I have encountered. Mine were around the head area and not so much of it.

I used salt bath to cure mine.

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ad.php?t=95448

You may also check that thread because there were some suggestion from others as well.

Maybe something you can consider.

But this is a berried shrimp, it will be very sensitive to "touch" her at this point. Quite a tricky situation.

Please keep us posted on the progress, it will be a good learning experience for us too.

Thanks.

**BFG** · 1st Jun 2015, 14:20

Remove it and medicate it in another tank. Do not medicate it in the same tank else your bacteria and other shrimps cant take the medication. Isolate it immediately.

**Jay88** · 1st Jun 2015, 17:16

Followed the advices and immediately took the shrimp out. Easily got hold of it cus it was already not moving and upon transferring into a smaller container, it was lying down.
Nevertheless, I gave her a salt bath and soon after it did managed to spring up and moved.
But I guess the fungal growth was really damaging and it finally succumbed. Upon a closer look, the infection growth was concentrated around her eggs.
Added a cup of dissolved aquarium salt into the main tank even there's no sign of the others in the tank being infected.

Now I've just completed a 30% water change and this fella was spotted. Seen it quite sometime ago nestling inside my Christmas moss. It was small and white but didn't managed to photogragh it nor was I able to catch hold of it.

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Anyone know who's this ? Could it be " a DRAGONFLY LARVAE " ?