foxtail Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Hello All I recently got my 1st cherry shrimps and they have tiny(about 1mm) white wiggly things around them. Would i be right in assuming they are babies? Just wanted to check cos they don't look anything like shrimp, and if they aren't than what are they? Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilchard Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 babies should look like exact copies of the parents thats all the help i can give sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connor Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 I would have to say they could be a parasite of some sorts i would be able to give you a more detailed answer if you could get a photo of them. Cherry shrimp females carry the eggs underneath there tail and are protected by a sheath and when they hatch they are a exact replica of there parents just smaller. HTH , Connor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxtail Posted October 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 ok well i think they are a parisite. They are to small for my camera to photograph. They look like small white flea like things. Anyone know what they are and are they bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilchard Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 they could indeed be just that, a water flea, connor knows the mane of them, we were talking about them recently cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyarlla Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Moina or daphnia? If the look more like white dust like particles that when observed on glass appear to glide across it could be planaria or some sort of protozoa? They often explode in numbers when excess food is in the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxtail Posted October 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 (edited) Ok after some initial research and help from you nice forum people i have come to an early conclusion that they are Daphnia pullex. They are a tiny flea like crustaion that people breed for fry food. I am going to do more research to confirm this so keep the ideas coming if you think it could be something else. Has anyone had these before and can they course any harm to fish(from my research i dont think they do apart from overfeeding coursing digestive problems) Thanx Aaron Also they crawl all over the bottom of the tank. I think crawling is a better description of them than wiggling. Edited October 27, 2009 by foxtail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyarlla Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 QUICK! Put fry in there!!! They will eat them! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Do the cherry shrimp eat them at all? If not the culture would be good for when you get any betta fry - if you get too many of them perhaps you could strain them and freeze them like leftover bbs.... (not sure if that would work but I've bought frozen daphnia before) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghengis Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Ummm...not to be a Thread Nazi or anything...but would it be a good idea to discuss this topic in just the one thread rather than two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxtail Posted October 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 yer sorry bout that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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