Ghost Shrimp full of Loops of white worm-like thing.. What is it?

[NoDeltaH2O]

I bought several ghost shrimp a few days ago and after I got home I noticed that one of them has several long loops of bright white stuff inside of him. It seems to be one long worm-like strand as it loops along his tail section and two or three times around his "torso". Is this internal worms or parasites? I have separated him and put him in the QT. I guess it is a good thing I got that honey gourami outta there a while back, huh?... But I will not beat a dead horse, so back to the ghost shrimp. I'd really like to cure him of his apparent malady, but he only cost 26 cents at Wal-Mart (no Wal-Mart hating comments please), so I don;t think it is worth it to spent a lot of money curing a 26 cent shrimp. However, I do want to know how to cure him as I have over $50 worth of shrimp in my 20 gallon tank between the dozen or so Amanos and the 2 Bamboo Shrimp I just acquired recently.

I have only dealt with one outbreak of ich almost 2 years ago and curing the ich wiped out my plants, so I am a definite noobie when it comes to diseases. I'll post a pic of the shrimp with his bright white internal loops in a few minutes.

What could it be?
What is the standard cure?
Does the standard cure work on shrimp?
Could it spread to my other shrimp? fish?

 

[Lotus]

I've never read anything that has any good info on shrimp/crustacean diseases. I would say that you should leave him in the Q tank for a while and see what happens, or euthanize him/her. A pic might help.

By the way, I hear Pepso food is lethal to shrimp, so that route probably isn't an option. Perhaps feeding some garlic???? *shrugs*

 

[NoDeltaH2O]

Well, the shost shrimp went into QT which is full of algae and various semi-unidentifiable rotifers. i fed him some medicated flake food from who knows when. Main ingredient is tetracycline hydrochloride, and 2 days later worms are gone and he looks normal.

I cannot believe i medicated a 23 cent shrimp. I never would have spent money on meds for a 23cent ghost shrimp, so it is a good thing I got a free can of medicated flakes a while back when I bought a used tank.

I will keep him in the QT for another week or so and then maybe I'll put him back in the shrimp tank. Now I just need to keep an eye on the 2nd Bamboo shrimp which is in the QT as well...

 

[svetlana]

The madication of the poor ghost schrimp is a very humane action. It supports our opinion of you as being good and kind person especially after your gourami The Killer execution that was done to save many fish-souls and avenge innocently mudered. *twirlysmi

 

[phOOey]

glad to here all is well , but the shrimp when down 3 cents while he was in QT?

p.s walmart sucks*crazysmil

 

[NoDeltaH2O]

yeah, I guess he depreciated a bit in there... Very astute, PhOOey, very astute.