Anyone please? I know the picture is blurry but does anyone even know what this sounds like? I'm still new to all of this
my shrimp looks funny HELP!
So I was feeding my shrimp and getting ready to close the light and I noticed that one of my female rilis has what looks like blinders around her eyes. It almost looks like 2 hoods around just her eyes. I took 2 pictures but these things are clear and you can only see a blur around the eyes. Does anyone know what this could be? Could it be a bad molt? Could it be contagious?
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Does it look like this?
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If so, it's a parasite that attaches itself to the exoskeleton of the shrimp. They usually seem harmless and come off with a molt but then since shrimp usually eat the molts of other shrimp, they get infected. It can be a sign of bad water quality as well. Here is how I cleared it up.
I took a container of tank water, about a margarine container full, well actually 2 containers. In 1 I took API Aquarium salt (not sea salt, not table salt but normal aquarium salt) and dissolve 2 tablespoons of aquarium salt into the container. Mix it well so it's all dissolved. Then take the shrimp in a net and dip the net in the saltwater for about 20seconds. If it seems ok, put it back for another 20seconds or so. Then the net out (keep it in the net the whole time) and dip it into the clean tank water to get the salt off and back into the tank. You should notice most of the white stuff has done away as soon as the salt water hit it. Repeat for any infected shrimp and repeat the next few days if needed for any that still show signs.
You can check out my struggle and thread with more pics on it here.
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=146903
If so, it's a parasite that attaches itself to the exoskeleton of the shrimp. They usually seem harmless and come off with a molt but then since shrimp usually eat the molts of other shrimp, they get infected. It can be a sign of bad water quality as well. Here is how I cleared it up.
I took a container of tank water, about a margarine container full, well actually 2 containers. In 1 I took API Aquarium salt (not sea salt, not table salt but normal aquarium salt) and dissolve 2 tablespoons of aquarium salt into the container. Mix it well so it's all dissolved. Then take the shrimp in a net and dip the net in the saltwater for about 20seconds. If it seems ok, put it back for another 20seconds or so. Then the net out (keep it in the net the whole time) and dip it into the clean tank water to get the salt off and back into the tank. You should notice most of the white stuff has done away as soon as the salt water hit it. Repeat for any infected shrimp and repeat the next few days if needed for any that still show signs.
You can check out my struggle and thread with more pics on it here.
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=146903
always by 1 min HMPH!!!
BabyD, have you noticed any any recent molts in the tank as of today? check your tds to see where your overall water condition is at.
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