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The structure of the body was the sam, but the tail first became WHITE, whole white and than it started to look like flesh. It looked like part by part the boyd of my shrimp is dying because this 'thing' was growing up.
Unfortunately the next day I found the other shrimp dead, lying on the surface ...

Thanx for help. I think I can use a bit of alcohol. Freezing fish or shrimps in the freezer is believed to be one of the worst type of killing those animals, as I hear. I still got another one Macrobrachium lanchesteri, these are really good-lookin' shrimps but unfortunately these are not avialable ...

should I stop shrimp' suffering?

Yes, it's not the best shot, I know, but you kind aget what's happening, shrimps is loosing its back and there's something hanging on this place, looking like flesh.

Now, I have those shrimps for rather long time now and it's first time something is happening to them.

What's going on with my shrimp? I attach the picture, On the back it starts to loose its surface as you can see and the 'white' thing is just hanging there. Shrimp can't move normally.
What should I do and what's happening? Sorry for my English...

here's the picture
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Both of them are females I predict, they claws are transparent and I think males have bigger and black ones. Anyway, grown up are 4,5cm up to 5cm big and very lively. They do not hide, they don't attack fishes. Very interesting to watch.

Hey - I'm new user from Poland.
I keep two shrimps - photos below and I kind specify what type of shrimp is it.

First I thought it could be Palaemonetes paludosus or maybe Macrobrachium cf. assamense but than it must be some kind of different colour type or something. But than I've realized that I ...