Just got some red cherry shrimp yesterday. Most seem fine except one thats just swimming around the tank (the rest are eating). Can anyone help identify what this yellow stuff is?
Posted Mar 27, 2020, 2:52 PM UTC
It’s kind of hard to see but would the yellow stuff you are referring to be under it’s legs? Like near the tail?
Yup under the belly area. They don't look like eggs but not sure. Looks like two have similar things on them. I've taken another few pictures (really bad quality again and through a jug I got them in. ) https://imgur.com/ALHebvJ.jpg https://imgur.com/ya01wWM.jpg https://imgur.com/IFNoR5E.jpg
It is kind of blurry but it could either be some left over eggs or maybe some type of fungus.
It is hard to see on the pictures, but from going on your description it could be 2 things:
Eggs, these are yellow and round, usually in the underbelly of the shrimp.
Ellobiopsidae, a (lethal) fungus, usually yellow to green and hairy/fuzzy. Some say it is treatable, others say it isn't. Best to either quarantine or euthanize/kill the shrimp. Don't keep in with the other shrimps.
I'd look at both these things for images on google and see what your shrimp actually has.
I posted it in a shrimp owners group on FB and they agreed it was a fungus and not eggs. I've put the two that I could see it on down and went and grabbed some hydrogen peroxide and put a small amount of that in the tank (was suggested by some in the group). It also looks like I'm not alone as someone messaged me and said they had the same on some new shrimp of theirs and turns out we bought from the same eBay store. :(
Sad to hear :( I hope there won't be any problems in the future! Good luck to you and your shrimps!
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