Posts Tagged ‘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 [...]

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 [...]

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). [...]