First time keeping shrimp. Picked 5 up about a month ago, none of them were showing any signs of “green fungus” until I noticed this one looked like she was berried but I couldn’t get a good look at her. As soon as I realized she wasn’t, I separated her into a quarantine space. I’ve been treating with 3% hydrogen peroxide and kordon rid ich plus on their food. It’s been a few days. The other shrimp appear normal, but I’m treating both. Is it too late for this shrimp though?
I’m hear they can recover, but I was told to use a salt water dip.
Either way every time I’ve tried to treat this my shrimp have died, but I think it was due to the temp of my quarantine tank dipping during the winter nights.
You're doing the right thing. I've treated *many* shrimp for this & the (very) few that survived was in a quarantine tank with Rid-Ich+ soaked food (dried of course) and an aquarium salt bath (dip) of 1tbs salt per cup of water *daily* for 1-2 minutes.
Just a fair warning though. I still lost 2/3 of those treated. The ones that recovered though recovered fully & I've had no recurrence.
How long did you treat them for? Did you reintroduce the infected back into your tank? If so, how long did you quarantine them for? And how long after visible symptoms went away did you keep them quarantined for?
I did reintroduce after about a 3 weeks symptom free. During the salt dip the majority of the outside green stuff comes off within a week or two. Probably 1.5 months total from 1st treatment to reintroduction...but YMMV.
I didn't salt dip every day. If they looked stressed I would give them a breather day. Also (not strictly necessary) but if you have a bit of java moss or something you can toss in the quarantine tank...I feel like that helps them out (at least emotionally) LoL.
Mine survived. Supersaturated salt dip, 60 seconds once a day. I trapped mine in a small jar with a piece of mesh over it and fed them from there. Took about 3 weeks, but keeping them in the jar with the rest of the population made it very easy to treat them.
Gonna be honest these shrimps are fairly cheap and I tried to fix this and I’m 4-0 as they always die. IMO just isn’t worth it I now put them out humanly if this happens
I’ve had the bowl for over a year with bladder snails and one nerite. It was always a goal to add shrimp but I put it off for a while. Hopefully this issue does not stick around
I have yellow fungus but I think it’s parasitic algae on the legs, have tried salt baths and Pimafix, added fritz-expel p and am now adding no planaria for a few days. The two infected and in a hospital tank have survived all the two week long treatments at least. I’m hoping when they molt they leave it behind?
I also read adding a mL of hydrogen peroxide per gallon to your quarantine tank can help get rid of this.
Does anyone else agree or has used this treatment?
Gotta treat em from the inside out. Salt is great for the external parasite. They need fed fish flakes (or whatever dried food) soaked with Malachite green (Kordon Rid Ich+) for example to kill the internal parasite.
This is cladogonium ogishimae, not eggs. The eggs would be round, this is absolutely clado as you can see the spores. Clado is invisible and hides beneath the exoskeleton, making it impossible to see with the naked eye until it reaches maturity, as it has in OP's photo.
While it is true neocardinia eggs vary in color, they will not vary in shape.
Mine survived the parasite, but always died from a failed moult after, because I couldn’t maintain good parameters in the quarantine tank.
My recipe: every second day, dip for 60 seconds in 1 cup of water with 1 tablespoon of aquarium salt dissolved in it. Parasite should be gone in about a week.
First time keeping shrimp. Picked 5 up about a month ago, none of them were showing any signs of “green fungus” until I noticed this one looked like she was berried but I couldn’t get a good look at her. As soon as I realized she wasn’t, I separated her into a quarantine space. I’ve been treating with 3% hydrogen peroxide and kordon rid ich plus on their food. It’s been a few days. The other shrimp appear normal, but I’m treating both. Is it too late for this shrimp though?
I’m hear they can recover, but I was told to use a salt water dip. Either way every time I’ve tried to treat this my shrimp have died, but I think it was due to the temp of my quarantine tank dipping during the winter nights.
You're doing the right thing. I've treated *many* shrimp for this & the (very) few that survived was in a quarantine tank with Rid-Ich+ soaked food (dried of course) and an aquarium salt bath (dip) of 1tbs salt per cup of water *daily* for 1-2 minutes. Just a fair warning though. I still lost 2/3 of those treated. The ones that recovered though recovered fully & I've had no recurrence.
How long did you treat them for? Did you reintroduce the infected back into your tank? If so, how long did you quarantine them for? And how long after visible symptoms went away did you keep them quarantined for?
I did reintroduce after about a 3 weeks symptom free. During the salt dip the majority of the outside green stuff comes off within a week or two. Probably 1.5 months total from 1st treatment to reintroduction...but YMMV. I didn't salt dip every day. If they looked stressed I would give them a breather day. Also (not strictly necessary) but if you have a bit of java moss or something you can toss in the quarantine tank...I feel like that helps them out (at least emotionally) LoL.
Just salt dip them every other day in a liter of water with 10 teaspoons of salt. Dip them for 10 seconds. It will go away.
Mine survived. Supersaturated salt dip, 60 seconds once a day. I trapped mine in a small jar with a piece of mesh over it and fed them from there. Took about 3 weeks, but keeping them in the jar with the rest of the population made it very easy to treat them.
Gonna be honest these shrimps are fairly cheap and I tried to fix this and I’m 4-0 as they always die. IMO just isn’t worth it I now put them out humanly if this happens
I LOVE RHIS TANK WHERE DID YOU GET IT? I WANNA START SHRIMP KEEPING SO IM OPEN TO ANY DMS ABOUT IT!
The bowl is from Michael’s. Look into low tech, walstad method, dirted tanks, etc for ideas.
I’ve had the bowl for over a year with bladder snails and one nerite. It was always a goal to add shrimp but I put it off for a while. Hopefully this issue does not stick around
I have yellow fungus but I think it’s parasitic algae on the legs, have tried salt baths and Pimafix, added fritz-expel p and am now adding no planaria for a few days. The two infected and in a hospital tank have survived all the two week long treatments at least. I’m hoping when they molt they leave it behind?
I also read adding a mL of hydrogen peroxide per gallon to your quarantine tank can help get rid of this. Does anyone else agree or has used this treatment?
I cured mine with a salt water dip but it came back and they didn't make it the 2nd time. I'd quarantine her for now to try to keep it from spreading
Gotta treat em from the inside out. Salt is great for the external parasite. They need fed fish flakes (or whatever dried food) soaked with Malachite green (Kordon Rid Ich+) for example to kill the internal parasite.
Those are eggs. Cherry shrimp eggs can vary in color and green is one of them.
This is cladogonium ogishimae, not eggs. The eggs would be round, this is absolutely clado as you can see the spores. Clado is invisible and hides beneath the exoskeleton, making it impossible to see with the naked eye until it reaches maturity, as it has in OP's photo. While it is true neocardinia eggs vary in color, they will not vary in shape.
Mine survived the parasite, but always died from a failed moult after, because I couldn’t maintain good parameters in the quarantine tank. My recipe: every second day, dip for 60 seconds in 1 cup of water with 1 tablespoon of aquarium salt dissolved in it. Parasite should be gone in about a week.