Something on side of shrimp???
- Thread starter eveningstar15
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Aquarian
Reef pro
That looks like a parasite or a tumor IDK I would not put it in my tank
Sakura2282
Reef lover!!!
It looks like a parasite to me, but IDK either.
ErinCahir
Sausage Wrangler
Is that a ghost shrimp? Can you try and pull it off?
eveningstar15
Reefing newb
I pulled it off.....but he ended up dying afterwards.....it was just labeled as a marine feeder shrimp
RockStacker
Reefing newb
It looks like one of those parasitic isopods.
Nasty little buggers, they get inside the exoskeleton and during molting they migrate under the new layer of soft exoskeleton so they don't get shed off when the host molts.
Nasty little buggers, they get inside the exoskeleton and during molting they migrate under the new layer of soft exoskeleton so they don't get shed off when the host molts.
