Very Ill Algae Shrimp. Please Help!

[AngelPen]

Have posted in the emergency section, but was advised to post in here for some more help! Here is my original post -


One of our fish developed white spot, and we started treatment tonight. We had one algae shrimp in the tank (we did have 6 but 5 escaped/disapeered), so we moved him out tonight as the treatment would of killed him.

We put him in an old small tank which was washed out well with plain water and everything before hand. The guy at the fish shop said to put a plant in for him, so we got a small one. He seemed fine, then a few hours later was led upside down! You can see the inside bits of him moving, so he's still alive.

We quickly took him out and put him in a small jug with some fresh water. I read a similar post on here, it said some plants are treated with snail killer which can kill shrimp.

Just a few minutes ago he swam frantically round the jug, but now is back to lying still on his side.

Could it have been stress that made him ill? Or would it be the plant? What can I do for him? Will he recover now? I feel so bad, hes such a lovely shrimp!

Here is a link to my post, there are some pics on there - Click Here

 

[Bloo]

Stress highly unlikely. I've often isolated shrimp - even in unfiltered tank water (but dechlorinated with normal tank plants) and nothing like this ever happened. Was this plant brand new ? Was the water from the tank or new dechlorinated water ?

Edit: just read the thread in the emergency section - it doesn't look good I'm afraid
I've never seen anything like that

 

[AngelPen]

The water was tank water, and yes the plant was brand new, as we haven't got any plants in our main tank yet, and the guy in the shop said the shrimp would be happier with some plant, so we got him one.

We took him out and put him in new decholrinated water last night after finding him ill, and hes spent the night in a jug, when we went to bed he was still lying on his side not moving, but this morning he seems much improved!

Hes now upright, and moving, climbed up to the top of the jug to try and escape! Do you think he will be ok now?

Should I move him back to the small tank, because life in a jug doesn't seem very nice! Obviously I will clean the ank thouroughly and remove the plant. Could it have been anything else in the tank? We gave him some gravel that was originally used in my goldfish tank, but I washed it before putting it in for the shrimp, would the gravel have had anything to do with it? or would it have most likely been the plant?

I felt so bad last night thinking i'd killed him!