Tracked maniac Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Hey everyone, I was curiose to know if anyone has seen little cridders that look like a grain of salt some are a little bigger but white as can be I have some in my shrimp tank they seem to love the driftwood and the glass. They are killing my shrimp one at a time its like they are lice or something,I don't know what will get rid of them, I have tried scrubbing everything but still some seem to survive then multiply. HELP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 I have seen these little guys a lot of times - they like the extra food. I think they're amphipods or copepods. I've never had a problem with them killing my shrimp, though. Are you sure they're killing your shrimp? When a shrimp dies it looks like cooked or canned shrimp. If it looks kind of clear or hollow, then it's just the molt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobies et al Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Picture? What else do you have in the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracked maniac Posted December 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 (edited) there is nothing else in the tank just shrimp. it is just odd that before these little guys showed up myshrimp were breeding happily and when i noticed these little things shrimp started dieing and stopped producing eggs and haven't produced any since.They are to small to get a picture of them all I can say is they are about a grain of salt in size they kind of look like they have armor and all white and i'm noticing the shrimp have a really red spot near that yellow or green thing in there back and about a week after i noticed that the shrimp were dead. I'm scared to feed the shrimp to my cichlids cause I don't want anything like that in my other tanks just want to get rid of them little critters.I don't know for sure that these things are killing my shrimp but it seems very suspicious given the circumstances Edited December 26, 2008 by Tracked maniac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracked maniac Posted December 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 (edited) I did however find a really good site about fish disease that may help many on this forum. fish disease I inserted a link and called it fish disease just click on fish disease and it will take you there purhaps a good link to have a standing post on this forum Edited December 26, 2008 by Tracked maniac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Chicklets Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 I did however find a really good site about fish disease that may help many on this forum.fish disease I inserted a link and called it fish disease just click on fish disease and it will take you there purhaps a good link to have a standing post on this forum I added this page to the site library Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williewonka Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 I'm not much help as far as the critter... the only one's I've seen are small wiggly things that look more like little worms but they don't bother the shrimp at all. But, if you do get it straightened out and need more shrimp... you know where to come. Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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