Rodan76 Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Hey yall- So i feel like i have seent his in another post somewhere, but i cant seem to find anything on it...but i hope you all can help. In my Oebt tank i have a few shrimp that have a spot on top of their shell towards the middle of their back closer to the tail where there is a gap in the shell. I'll try and get photos later but i want to say i read somewhere that it is a genetic deformity from inbreeding? Or is it something missing in my tank that their molts are causing it? Anyone have any ideas based off my crappy description? EDIT: Here's a photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Sounds like you are seeing a saddle? A pic may help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodan76 Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 no much lower than where the saddle would be. but think how the head starts to seperate from the body before a molt, but closer to the tail than head (about 3/4 down the body) and it's always there...like it looks like they broke their back...pics will definitely come but after work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Weird. I must admit I can't picture it, so yeah. Pics would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodan76 Posted October 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 I added a photo..... Bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Never seen that before. Offhand I'd guess the body is growing faster than the shell. What percentage of protein are you feeding, do you know? If it is genetics, the juvies would display this too- and shrimp researchers would be interested to see what DNA is responsible for this. Better to rule out food first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodan76 Posted October 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 probably more protein than anything else... i rotate shirakura ebi dama special and bw multipara once a week, bw barley twice a week, sl aqua more meat once a week... i'll cut back on feeding..maybe just do snowflake and barley for a while with a treat every other week... but now im thinking about that here's the rub. i feed the same food to my TBs and they all seem fine. this is only showing in the OEBT. Basically i have 2 daily medicine dispensers that i have the food sorted out in and i rotate them between tanks each week. i feed on M, W, F, Sat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 You can also try dropping the Sat depending on how many shrimp you have. Perhaps the TB have a slightly different metabolism. (?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodan76 Posted October 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 yeah i try lowering their feeding schedule and see if it helps...it definitely is weird...and i hate the thought of having to cull these guys if its genetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Before you start thinking that, let's have the members try to get everything back on track again. Rodan76 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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