what happen to my AB

[gadget818]

hi Bro and Sis... anyone know what happen to my AB??

his body become white color but head and tail still blue color

[eviltrain]

Hmm. Seems like its body turn white due to some infection.

Only one pc or all have it?

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[gadget818]

only one pc have it...
any medication for this shrimp?

[Navanod]

If you can, remove that shrimp from this tank. It may infect others. Looks like bacterial infection. Can put in a ICU tank but likely goner already.

[avex30]

I've to agree with navanod

[Ecalyte]

Parasite infection. Doesnt really harm the shrimps.. The shrimps are just host for them. There is a thread on shrimpnow with one european guy coming across this parasite in his shrimp and decided to breed it for the white colour. Apparently if the female is infected, this parasite will be passed down to her offspring..

I can't remember if it will spread if the host is still alive..

I dont think removing the shrimp is going to fix the problem if the shrimp contracted this parasite in your tank.. As it is probably already water borne..

[Ecalyte]

Here is a copy and paste post of the reply to someone who has the same parasite as you..

International ShrimpNow Community: Milky White in body of baby Cherry Shrimp? (by zane)
http://www.shrimpnow.com/forums/showthread.php?p=68648
Oh I absolutely love these! You have a rare case where you have recently received a female shrimp that had come in contact with the Okayama Parasite, or the Super White Tiger Shrimp parasite. Originally it was found in N. denticulata in Okayama, Japan (where the name came from) and was eventually introduced to N. heteropoda at some point when someone attempted to diversify the gene pool of their cherry shrimp. Don't fear, the parasite is harmless from my studies. The white mass is only displayed in the males, though females can carry the parasite. When an infected female creates a saddle the parasite infects the eggs and eventually the newborn shrimp. The size of the mass is determined both environmentally and genetically, meaning through selective breeding you can create the whitest Neocaridina around! I absolutely love the natural Okayama shrimp as well because it has such peculiar colors on its shell. Sorry for rambling, I rarely see these in the hobby, especially any decent photos of them! I'd be happy to answer any other questions for you!

Regards,
Zane

Edit: I wish I could have gotten better pics of mine but my camera had a hard time focusing on the white, if u view my gallery I have some (horrible) pictures of them. You can see a similar blotchy mass in one and a solid white in another.

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[Navanod]

Oh no...THAT parasite?
The guy made a real snowball neocaridina by infecting his shrimps with it right?

[felix_fx2]

Oh no...THAT parasite?
The guy made a real snowball neocaridina by infecting his shrimps with it right?

I'm speechless upon looking at the picture. The colour so unnaturally bright.
The parasite only affects shrimp?

[gadget818]

what caused this parasite on my shrimp

[Ecalyte]

Either from other shrimps in your tank, or somehow you introduced this parasite into your tank..

It can't be from the batch of AB that I sold you as it came from my tank. None of my other shrimps have this parasite.. if it was present in my tank, I would have seen an infected shrimp by now..

Perhaps you have other shrimps that you purchased else-where in your tank and it came with the parasite, or even some water that you've accidentally added in...

It's really hard to say how the parasite got to your shrimp without letting us know a bit more background..

[Navanod]

Hmmm...hang on bro...
The parasite is there since birth right? And I read that it only infect males?
Let me check up on it.

Could this case simply be one of bacterial infection instead?

[Ecalyte]

Cannot be that the parasite is only there since birth. Otherwise.. How did it get on to the first one?

Also.. The AB in the picture is a male.. I'm sure that the parasite will latch on even in adulthood.. But can be infectiously spread via mating and breeding

[eviltrain]

Hiv for shrimps?

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[silane]

This is parasite for some, but some like it.

There was a strain of shrimp known as super white tiger, and the white come from this parasite.

Will this parasite make a pure red line look whiter?