Shrimp Diseases - HELP!

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So, from a biology point of view, I have some incredibly interesting things happening here in my main tank... from a personal point of view I'm devastated by what is going on!

• Tank: 10 gallon, fully planted
• pH: 7.5
• Nitrate: 0
• Nitrite: 0
• KH: 80-120
• GH: 120
• Temp: 75

I have had this tank up and running for 1 year, before that all the substrate and plants were in a 5 gallon that was running for 1.5 years before upgrade in size.

I went out of town for 4 months over winter, brought the tank to a friends house to baby sit. All inhabitants were alive when I returned - although the gravel was dirtier than it should have been deep down because she had been doing water changes but not doing any real gravel cleaning. Fish were fine, but shrimp showed signs of a disease - white growth all over head and legs.

Originally thought this was Vorticella, as the description of where those are found on this shrimp made sense. I have tried to following treatments in this order: 

• Salt dips for all shrimp (I could catch)
• PimaFix
• adding indian almond leaves (this isn't really a treatment)
• Fenbendazole (dog dewormer)

NONE of these have made any change to the shrimp, except for of course now I'm having die offs, of not only shrimp, but fish too. 

After viewing dead shrimp under microscope, it has become more clear that this is NOT Vorticella, but look a lot more like Scutariella Japonica - even though they are covering a lot more of the shrimps' bodies than just the head.

Here are the photos and some videos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1v8uaM2PQKaDnKX7t4QyLNFl8EjtgeS8V?usp=sharing

Can anyone offer help or advise on what to do next?

 

 

 

 

[Griznatch]

Salt dip, then remove any molts for a few weeks after treating. Might have to do it a few times.

Taken from Michael @ aquarium breeder. He has some really good articles

1. Take 1 tablespoon of salt and add it to a cup of aquarium water.
2. Dissolve the salt in the water by stirring it.
3. When it is completely dissolved, take the infected shrimp out of your tank and put it into the cup for about 30-60 seconds.
4. Then remove the shrimp and put it back to your aquarium.
5. Remove molts for the next 2-3 weeks.
    
   I have personally done this and it works. None of my shrimps were as bad as yours though. I have actually kopt them in the dip for around a minute, but that's pushing it.

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1 minute ago, Griznatch said:

Salt dip, then remove any molts for a few weeks after treating. Might have to do it a few times.

Taken from Michael @ aquarium breeder. He has some really good articles

1. Take 1 tablespoon of salt and add it to a cup of aquarium water.
2. Dissolve the salt in the water by stirring it.
3. When it is completely dissolved, take the infected shrimp out of your tank and put it into the cup for about 30-60 seconds.
4. Then remove the shrimp and put it back to your aquarium.
5. Remove molts for the next 2-3 weeks.
    
   I have personally done this and it works. None of my shrimps were as bad as yours though. I have actually kopt them in the dip for around a minute, but that's pushing it.

😔 

This was actually the first treatment I tried, however I think based on some additional reading I'm just going to do a more concentrated solution and keep them in a separate tank incase i need to dip again the next day.

Thanks for your input! I can't imagine adding any more of anything to the main tank especially now that I'm losing fish also. 😩

[Griznatch]

 I have a 2 cup container I keep for dips on the shelf under my 75 gallon. I haven't had to use it in a long time but I'm ready 🙂 !