Diseases happen. I cover common ones: bacterial infections, fungal outbreaks, etc. Also treatments – salt dips, methylene blue, antibiotics. But I stress prevention and quarantine first.
Losing pets always suck. Nonetheless, in some cases, we even have to make a decision on how to put them out of misery so they can rest peacefully. Not fair to any animal to let them suffer. Therefore, I have to bring up this unpleasant
Unfortunately, shrimp keeping hobby is not always sunshine and rainbows. So, today I am going to continue my series of articles on dwarf shrimp diseases and parasites. This time it is a relatively new problem that came to use from the Asia aquaculture ponds –
Dwarf shrimp can be infected with the many types of bacteria that cause problems with their exoskeleton (shell). One of them is a so-called Chitinolytic bacteria. These bacteria can cause shell disease that also has a lot of other names such as “Brown spot disease”,
No shrimp owner wants to see their shrimps develop unexplained and sometimes brutal diseases. However, they are extremely common, and in most cases curable. The first step to understanding and treating dwarf shrimp diseases and parasites is learning to recognize them. Are your shrimps suddenly
One of the major problems in breeding Neocaridina davidi shrimp in Taiwanese aquaculture ponds are Epibionts such as Cladogonium ogishimae. Unfortunately, in most cases, this parasitic alga on freshwater shrimp are usually confused with Ellobiopsidae. However, the good thing is that possible treatment remains the
Dragonflies and damselflies have been here for over 300 million years (even before the dinosaurs even existed!). About 3012 species of dragonflies only were known in 2010. They come in many shapes and sizes but they are all predatory. These are like the sharks of
In general, pesticides are any chemicals used to control or kill pests such as fungi, weeds, bacteria or other pest species in aquatic, agricultural and urban environments. Pesticides are designed to kill specific pests. Unfortunately, they also affect non-target organisms…such as dwarf shrimp in our