Shrimp Diseases and Diagnosis
With the wealth of knowledge from experienced keepers here in SKF, we should have a repository of Shrimp Diseases where people can come to diagnose and hopefully find a cure to their shrimp's ailment.
Just like in the world of aquatic fish keeping where identification and diagnosis of diseases in fish and known cures are part and parcel of every aquatic forum, so should we have one for shrimp. Vorticella
I'd like to start this database off with the not so uncommon Vorticella parasite which
Parasitic dinoflagellates and ellobiopsids (Ellobiopsidae) or Cladogonium ogishimae
I will refer to both here as there is little studies on these parasites and a general lack of evidence of both types of parasites. Plus a lot of people have been calling this ellobiopsidae for many years.
What we deal with in freshwater shrimp is more likely Cladogonium ogishimae, rather than ellobiopsidae.
The reason Cladogonium ogishimae fits better is because it: Infects freshwater shrimp, foun
