Mantis illnesses and diseases

[Allen glover]

Walking along the beach in queensland today, I came across this fella above the tide line. It didnt look all that healthy but i put that down to being out of water. Popped it in a quarantine tank and if it isnt panic swimming all it does is sit in the corner like that. Has a chromis in there if it gets hungry and I used sea water to start to avoid shock but im about half transfered over to rodi already . My question is does anyone know what common diseases wild shrimp can get as i certainly dont want to transfer anything over to my other shrimp

 

[dhanking]

Apparently theres a fungal disease found in the mantis shrimps in Japan. Other than that I really had to dig deep for this so I am gonna assume that the diseases aren’t very common even so there are some reef safe chemical treatments you can try just to be safe.

 

[dhanking]

Also there is some kind of shell disease??? And peacock mantis shrimps are prone to get it.

 

[Oscar47f]

Also there is some kind of shell disease??? And peacock mantis shrimps are prone to get it.

He’s not a peacock shrimp is he ? Also idk if you agree but aren’t inverts super sensitive to salinity changes ?

 

[dhanking]

Yeah there is an infectious shell disease among shell creatures but if it appears apparently light is good for the diseases growth so make it dark and get a uv sterilizer and it just goes away after a few molts. very common in large males.

 

[Allen glover]

He’s not a peacock shrimp is he ? Also idk if you agree but aren’t inverts super sensitive to salinity changes ?

No not a peacock pretty sure its a zebra