Hey everyone!!
About a month ago one of my cherry shrimps was pregnant, however she dropped all of the eggs (which I now know that inexperienced shrimp mums do). I cleaned out my fish tank yesterday and spotted this cherry shrimp with yellow stuff underneath its body. It doesn’t really look round like eggs but more like flakes?
None of my other shrimp have this and I’m just confused whether this means that it’s pregnant or not. Any advice would be appreciated and if anyone could tell me whether this looks normal would be amazing!
TIA
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Hard to tell in your video, but based on what you wrote, if you see green or yellow feathery growth under the shrimp its most likely Cladogonium algae.
You can find everything you ever wanted to know about Cladogonium, including various treatment methods from this youtube video [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLuULEsJcBY). From a TL;DR standpoint, its a type of parasitic algae. Its a secondary infection to an already stressed shrimp. Stress is typical for imported shrimps shipped often and raised in less than idea conditions. Its not always deadly, but it can spread similar to typical algae in a tank, in this case shrimp will walk over spores and get infected. As its an algae the best methods of combating it are hydrogen peroxide for the whole tank, and salt dips for the shrimp.
How I’ve treated my tanks in the past when shrimp had Clado was I hit the tank with 1.5ml per gallon of peroxide 2-3 times over the span of a week (similar to general algae treatments). So treat day 1, for day 2 skip, then treat again day 3, day 4 skip then treat again day 5. I’d mix the peroxide in a small cup with tank water, then pour the mix all throughout the tank with the filters turned off for ~60 minutes.
Also bonus steps are to feed your shrimp colony reinforced foods. However if its only one shrimp infected, typically a peroxide treatment is enough for the tank, though since Clado is slow moving, it may reappear months later depending on various factors.
Doesn’t look like eggs could be clado. Need a better view to be sure
It actually looks like she is berried. The mass is under the abdomen/pleopods rather than behind the head, which rules out a saddle. Early eggs can look more flat or “plate-like” before they separate and round out. Color and placement both look normal for Neocaridina. You’ll likely see them become more distinct over the next week or two.
Congratulations 🎊