Archive for the ‘Diseases and Problems’ Category

The use of UV sterilzers in a shrimp tank is not spread, although bacterial problems with shrimp and mass dying of new arrived (wild caught) shrimps is reported often. If the UV unit uses high intense ultraviolet light to irradiate the water within the filtration line set up. UV light has the ability to effect [...]

The variety and manifestation of dwarf shrimp diseases remain are still unexplored in their variety and manifestation. Most of the information we have on shrimp maladies comes from research on aqua-cultured crustaceens like such as freshwater shrimp macrobrachium rosenbergii, crayfish, lobster and others. Also helpful to us is knowledge gathered from studies on fish and [...]

Diseases known from aquaculture can sometimes occur in dwarf shrimps, too. As lately posted in aquaticquotient.com, so-called Black Spot Disease was diagnosed on Red Bee shrimps. This disease is caused by shell-degrading bacteria belonging to Vibrio, Aeromonas, Beneka and Pseudomonas groups. More Information in this PDF. Since shrimp keepers sell and exchange shrimps worldwide, this [...]

Here is a short list what makes shrimps drop their eggs insufficiant water parameter in general sudden change in water parameter and temperature due to big water changes the eggs are not fertilized it’s the first berried time of younger females; that’s why they sometimes don’t move the eggs under the belly constantly and eggs [...]