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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Bacterial Infections’ Category
UV sterilizer for Shrimp Tanks
Posted: 30th August 2010 by Imke in Bacterial Infections, Diseases and Problems, Filtration, Practical Advises, TankTags: UV sterilizer, UVC
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Bacterical Infections of Dwarf Shrimps
Posted: 12th July 2010 by Imke in Bacterial Infections, Diseases and ProblemsTags: bacterial infection of shrimps
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 [...]
Black Spot Disease (Dwarf Shrimps)
Posted: 4th July 2010 by Imke in Bacterial Infections, Diseases and ProblemsTags: bacterial infection of shrimps, black spot disease
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 [...]
Supertiger Shrimps and Bacterial Problems
Posted: 11th June 2010 by Imke in Bacterial Infections, Diseases and Problems, SupertigerTags: bacterial infection of shrimps, JBL Furanol 2
My new Supertiger seem to have a bacterial problem. Today I have found another shrimp dead in my tank (#3) and decided to react now with only 7 not so well looking shrimps left. That’s why I set up a 20L quarantaine tank with fresh water and 1 tab dissolved JBL Furanol (dosage as recommended). [...]
