My cleaner shrimp I think is dying before my very eyes??

[Anonymous]

:lol:

 

[cdeakle]

Update,

I finally got a single response from all of my inquiries. Hopefuly I will get further along soon!

Dear Chris:

What a beautifully coloured shrimp in the picture that you attached to your e-mail. Unfortunately very few disease of shrimp can be diagnosed by viewing the external surface of shrimp and effective treatments (if any are available) can only be prescribed if the cause of the disease can be identified. Unfortunately our laboratory does not have the capacity to examine aquarium (pet) animals. If the shrimp are of significant value to you and the disease is significant to your operation, I suggest that you contact the research team at the University of Arizona which has been working on shrimp disease for many years. For further information, I suggest you contact the head of the team, Dr. Don Lightner or one of his colleagues at: Department of Veterinary Science. The University of Arizona, Building 90, Room 202, Tucson Arizona 85721, USA, phone: 520-621-8414, FAX: 520-621-4899, e-mail: [email protected].

Yours sincerely
Susan
Dr. Susan Bower
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Pacific Biological Station
3190 Hammond Bay Road
Nanaimo, British Columbia V9T 6N7
Canada
Phone: 250-756-7077, FAX: 250-756-7053
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/sci/shelldis/title_e.htm

 

[Anonymous]

Here's a link to a lot of antibiotics, including Spectrogram. It doesn't appear that any of then are safe for inverts.


http://aquariumpros.com/aquaprostore/MDab.shtml

Interesting, I saw it used with very good success at the Long Beach Aquarium (in a system with corals and arthropods) on starfishes. The success was actually amazing.

 

[cdeakle]

^&$Q#^&%&^@%&^%$*^$!$^*#

Dead end after dead end. I'm trying to contact a few local fisheries/shrimperies in WA state. Not quite sure where to go now, my shrimp I have now named "Bruiser" appears to be on his last leg.......

 

[Cichlidius]

have you tried Ron Shimek's forum at r**fcentral.com?
don't mean to promote but realistically who consults one forum only. Info like our tanks need diversity

Insert legal disclamer here

 

[cdeakle]

He died today

My quest ended early. I couldn't find enough info or help in time. I will continue my search for what happened and how to treat so I can help future fellow reefers. No more shrimp for me. He was by far the coolest shrimp ever!

 

[Cichlidius]

sorry to hear he did not make it. It's very frustrating when you can't help.

 

[cdeakle]

It is frustrating, John Brandt helped me out alot. I made a ton of calls and sent a bunch of emails, surfed the web, basicly came up empty.

Oh well. Time for that predator tank I always wanted :?

 

[John_Brandt]

Sorry to hear this. It didn't sound like the shrimp was likely to survive. You did give a good try, but unfortunately diseases of invertebrates are difficult for hobbyists to deal with. This is one of the real frontiers of our hobby. At times, it is the blind leading the blind.

 

[Anonymous]

420..burial at sea? being a former squid and all...21 gun salute for being a trooper....Sumper Fi

 

[cdeakle]

420..burial at sea? being a former squid and all...21 gun salute for being a trooper....Sumper Fi

Thought about it but I dont think local Lynnwood PD would appreciate me and my friend poppin rounds of my glock and his AR-15 8O :lol:

Thanks for all the encouraging words John and everyone else. It's so frustrating having saved alot of local people/friends fish due to ich and what not but not being able to help my own.

I will continue my search for knowledge and maybe one day I can find a cure for "bruiser's disease" :?

 

[Anonymous]

420..burial at sea? being a former squid and all...21 gun salute for being a trooper....Sumper Fi

Former squid, eh? So, are you still a pollywog or are you officially a shellback?

 

[c0yote]

Why deal with the Lynnwood PD when you can go jump on the Edmonds - Kingston run and pop off a few rounds there in style

 

[Anonymous]

former military yourself SM? do you know the history behind the shellbacks and pollywogs????

 

[cdeakle]

former military yourself SM? do you know the history behind the shellbacks and pollywogs????

Yeah SM, how you know? lol

I'm a pollywog, never got a chance to get my shellback. I did get my blue nose out of the way though.

 

[Anonymous]

I think I used to know the history, but it's escaped me now. I'd linked the beau to some shellback sites because his son's going Navy on 9/9 (recollections, a LOT from WWII & the 60s). I believe I'd run across that history. It's pretty humorous, really.

I have a "thing" for sailors - Dad was a Navy flight surgeon, never went to sea or on any type of tour. Second hubby was sailor (ground crew) on the Ranger, and his stepbrother, and my ex-beau all served on the Ranger. The shellback, I have SEEN! I know what it is to become shellback, and I love that certificate y'all get. However, I would think that having the womenfolk on board might cut into that shellbacking fun, eh?

 

[cdeakle]

I have a "thing" for sailors

I have a thing for latino women :wink:

The shellback, I have SEEN! I know what it is to become shellback

Consider yourself very lucky if you have seen what it takes. Very lucky indeed. I almsot got a chance to get my shellback, my ship unfortunately/fortunately turned back to help with a capsized boat packed with haitians.

I did get my blue nose though, ever hear about that one? I'll give you a hint. Has to do with the artic..... :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

This was /is a good post to read. My Brother-in-law has a sick shrimp, showing similar symptoms. This gives us a place to start (need to look for black spots still). I read somewhere in RDO here about an anemone that has antibacterial or antiviral properties. I wonder if adding one to the tank might help???

(Golden Shellback BTW )

 

[cdeakle]

I hope this post helped you in someway, I hit dead end after dead end. Whats the problems with the shrimpy?

 

[Anonymous]

Golden Shellback? Never heard of that one...I guess im a pollywog too, never crossed the equator, but then again, I was in the marines..