RAW Shrimp ........... wierd.......... ??????????? - Aquarium Advice

c0mf0rt · 08-18-2004, 03:53 AM

Ok.... I was staring at my tank waiting for something to pop out of the new [acronym:a99c7387b1="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:a99c7387b1] I've put into my week old tank and I noticed that on the raw shrimp I'm using for cycling there seems to be something that looks like bubble coral on it...... now I know there's no chance it's bubble coral.... but what could it be???????

Thanks, Mike

darb2 · 08-18-2004, 06:21 AM

any way for you to post a pic? I could be the shrimp starting to decompose.

BillyZ · 08-18-2004, 10:10 AM

coudl be any number of things. likely a bubble of gas/air trapped in slime from the shrimp. I wouldn't worry about it unless it starts to watch you

crage34 · 08-18-2004, 11:01 AM

im sure that it is just the shrimp decomposing...my raw shrimp got pretty freaky looking after a week or two

soupy11 · 08-19-2004, 05:12 PM

I had this weird kind of transparent force field grow around my shrimp. It looked eerie and my wife refused to put her hands in the tank while the shrimp rotted. I also got a ton of these salt size bugs crawling all throughtout the "placenta". It was a neat biology experiment. The time it took for it to completely disappear floored me. If you ever want to get rid of a body, dump it in 80 degree saltwater.

Nitrate · 08-19-2004, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soupy11

If you ever want to get rid of a body, dump it in 80 degree saltwater.

I'll keep that in mind

08-18-2004, 03:53 AM	#1
c0mf0rt Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 658	RAW Shrimp ........... wierd.......... ??????????? Ok.... I was staring at my tank waiting for something to pop out of the new [acronym:a99c7387b1="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:a99c7387b1] I've put into my week old tank and I noticed that on the raw shrimp I'm using for cycling there seems to be something that looks like bubble coral on it...... now I know there's no chance it's bubble coral.... but what could it be??????? Thanks, Mike

08-18-2004, 06:21 AM	#2
darb2 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Cochranville PA Posts: 689 Images: 1	any way for you to post a pic? I could be the shrimp starting to decompose. __________________ A lot of ripples make a wave

08-18-2004, 10:10 AM	#3
BillyZ Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Western NY Posts: 3,622 Images: 6	coudl be any number of things. likely a bubble of gas/air trapped in slime from the shrimp. I wouldn't worry about it unless it starts to watch you __________________ Acronyms and Abbreviations

08-18-2004, 11:01 AM	#4
crage34 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 295	im sure that it is just the shrimp decomposing...my raw shrimp got pretty freaky looking after a week or two __________________ 30gal / 2: maxijet 600s / 150w heater / CPR Bak Pak2 (maxijet 1200)/[acronym:65c55ef054="Fish only with live rock"]FOWLR[/acronym:65c55ef054] 30lbs base rock 6lbs Brazilian [acronym:65c55ef054="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:65c55ef054] 35lbs sand (20lbs of [acronym:65c55ef054="Local Fish Store"]lfs[/acronym:65c55ef054] [acronym:65c55ef054="Live sand"]ls[/acronym:65c55ef054] i think it cycled my tank faster) 3 blueleg hermits 4 turbo snails royal gramma gold stripped maroon clown

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08-19-2004, 05:12 PM	#5
soupy11 Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Kitchener, Ontario Posts: 34 Images: 1	I had this weird kind of transparent force field grow around my shrimp. It looked eerie and my wife refused to put her hands in the tank while the shrimp rotted. I also got a ton of these salt size bugs crawling all throughtout the "placenta". It was a neat biology experiment. The time it took for it to completely disappear floored me. If you ever want to get rid of a body, dump it in 80 degree saltwater.

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