DaveR11
Well-Known Member
I bought 2 small scarlet skunk cleaner shrimps Lysmata amboinensis and didn't notice that one of them had a strange lump on it until the next day.
I have done a bit of searching the net and I'm assuming this is a Bopyrid Isopod. There seem to be instructions out there on how to remove this parasite but my questions are:
I have done a bit of searching the net and I'm assuming this is a Bopyrid Isopod. There seem to be instructions out there on how to remove this parasite but my questions are:
- Has anyone tried this?
- How easy was it?
- Did it affect the host shrimp?
- Should I leave it on?