Dirty Cleaner Shrimp?

[BassSoLow]

So, I’ve has some trouble with my new tank established back in mid November. Yesterday I lost 2 new fish due to with water parameters or my not rinsing off my corals after dipping them. Lesson learned.

However, today my Cleaner Shrimp is a filthy little mess! He look like every crevice of his body is covered in a brownish black dirt.

Just looking to see if this is normal or am I in for another lost animal?

Thanks!

 

[BassSoLow]

Picture.

 

[lolgranny]

Looks like he’s getting ready to molt

 

[User]

Those are voids underneath his loose exoskeleton trapping dead and dying cells.

He’s about to molt.

 

[BassSoLow]

Well, I wipe up this morning and this guy was floating upside and had passed away. Any ideas what could have happened. I just tested the water and the only thing slightly off was the Nitrates at 5ppm.

 

[reef lover]

Maybe toxins from The dip??

 

[Shawn.B]

Likley an infection of some kind, was his abdomen very dark?

 

[BassSoLow]

Likley an infection of some kind, was his abdomen very dark?

Yeah kind of. He just looked like he was covered in dirt.

 

[DFR]

Being that you lost fish and shrimp in such a short period, I would point the cause at water quality. Before adding anything else I would perform a series of large water changes. Depending on the size of the system, you may also be adding too much livestock too quickly. Also what parameters are you testing?