Health & Troubleshooting
When something looks wrong: diagnosis first, panic never. Moulting problems, diseases and the checklist that finds the real cause.
Why Are My Cherry Shrimp Dying? The Diagnostic Checklist
Why are my cherry shrimp dying? A UK breeder's ordered diagnostic checklist: test the water first, and read one-by-one deaths differently from an all-at-once crash.
Quarantining New Shrimp: Worth It?
Should you quarantine new shrimp before adding them to a colony? An honest breeder's verdict on what quarantine screens for, and when it's fine to skip it.
Shrimp-Safe Medications & What Never to Dose
Shrimp-safe medications are few, and some fish meds wipe a colony. A UK breeder on copper, snail and parasite actives, reading labels and dosing fish elsewhere.
Planaria & Hydra: Shrimp-Safe Pest Control
Planaria and hydra in a shrimp tank, handled safely: telling real planaria from harmless detritus worms, the actives that clear them, and the overfeeding cause.
The Post-Mortem: What Killed Your Shrimp
What killed my shrimp? Read the body and the timeline — pink means dead a while, a white ring is a failed moult, a slow trickle is not a sudden crash.
Moulting Problems & the White Ring of Death
The white ring of death, explained by a UK breeder: what the fatal moulting band is, why GH and sudden swings cause it, and the stability that prevents failed moults.
Cherry Shrimp Diseases: Photo ID Guide
A UK breeder's photo ID guide to cherry shrimp diseases: vorticella, scutariella, muscular necrosis and ellobiopsidae — how to tell them apart safely.
Vorticella on Shrimp: Identification & Treatment
Vorticella on shrimp looks like white fuzz but it's a stalked ciliate, not a fungus. How we identify it and clear it safely with a salt dip, no copper needed.
Scutariella Japonica: The Rostrum Worms
Scutariella japonica shows as tiny white worms on a shrimp's rostrum. A UK breeder's guide to this commensal flatworm and the salt dip that clears it safely.
Bacterial Infections & Muscular Necrosis
Opaque, milky tissue in a cherry shrimp usually means muscular necrosis or a bacterial infection — rarely curable, so how to contain it and protect the rest.
Shrimp Not Moving? Lethargy Explained
Cherry shrimp not moving? A UK breeder's triage: normal reasons shrimp sit still, telling a dead shrimp from a moult, and when stillness means test the water.
Failed Moults & the GH Connection
Failed moults in cherry shrimp almost always trace to GH, the calcium and magnesium a shell is built from. A UK breeder on holding GH 6–12 and moulting cleanly.
Why Is My Shrimp Losing Colour? Stress & Genetics
Cherry shrimp losing colour is usually stress or genetics, not illness. A UK breeder ranks the real causes: stress, diet, age, substrate and reversion.
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