Lizzyduff Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 (edited) Recently noticed this fuzzy growth in a few of my blue dream neocaridina. Vorticella? Or a fungus? Probably going to try a salt bath soon and see if that helps. I already keep a fair amount of Indian almond leaves in there since it's a blackwater-nano. Edited February 14, 2022 by Lizzyduff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzyduff Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 Forgot to attach this photo, another fuzzy shrimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 It could be vorticella recommend treatment is aquarium salt bath 1 table spoon for 1 gallon for 30 seconds to 1 minute you might have to repeat his a couple of times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzyduff Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 Ah, I'll do that first thing in the morning. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 If you can Qarantine any infected shrimp in a breeder box it will make it easy to catch them to treat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettsPapa Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 I had something similar, and a salt bath didn't seem to help. Maybe you will have better luck. I had better results with API General Cure, but I'm not sure it's officially approved for invertebrates, so try at your own risk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griznatch Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Make sure you remove any molts you see for a while until it all clears up. Good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 On 2/14/2022 at 2:38 PM, JettsPapa said: I had something similar, and a salt bath didn't seem to help. Maybe you will have better luck. I had better results with API General Cure, but I'm not sure it's officially approved for invertebrates, so try at your own risk. General cure is shrimp and snail safe 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzyduff Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 The salt bath worked! No more fuzzy shrimps! Thank you all! 🥰 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerflower Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 @Lizzyduff glad you got it cleared up! I literally JUST noticed my shrimp have the start of some fuzz after reading this thread, what timing 😅 I'm just curious, did you end up treating your whole tank with salt or did you remove the infected individuals for treatment? It looks like a lot of mine have it so I was considering treating the whole tank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzyduff Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 I just did a salt dip using a little cup of salt water. I was worried dosing the whole tank would upset the snails 🐌 the shrimp did not seem to particularly enjoy the salt bath process, but it worked almost instantly so... shrugs. Since it's probably still in the tank and the shrimp may re-infect themselves I'm also putting 10-drops per day of API Pimafix, to clear everything up since eventually these guys are going into the main tank and I need to be sure none of this stuff remains. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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