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Nabilla Anggi
Magister Budidaya Perairan
Shrimp cultivation is known to be difficult and has quite a lot of problems, especially among farmers. Problems include shrimp mortality, decreased appetite, poor water quality, extreme weather and disease.
However, that does not mean shrimp farming is a business that cannot be done. In fact, with proper handling, various shrimp farming problems can be solved easily.
One of the problems often faced by shrimp farmers is limp shrimp. Limp shrimp often makes Farmers worry because of the many factors that could be the cause. So, what causes limp shrimp and how to anticipate it? Check more here!
Why Weak Shrimp?
Healthy shrimp have a habit of moving actively. If the shrimp looks passive, rarely moves, or even just stays at one point, the farmer must be vigilant. It could be, shrimp limp due to disease. However, before diagnosing the cause of limp shrimp, you need to check the shrimp's body again.
Shrimp infected with the disease from the virus have signs/symptoms on their bodies, will swim to the edge near the bunds, have a limp body, and lose their appetite.
Clinical symptoms of virus-infected shrimp are characterized by limp or very passive movement of shrimp, irregular swimming and reduced appetite. In addition, shrimp infected with the virus also have other characteristics, such as changes in body color, spots or spots, and a red tail.
However, this condition certainly needs to be checked first, because apart from being attacked by a disease, the following factors can also cause limp shrimp:
- Changes in the dominance of plankton which causes the color of the water to change.
- Overfeeding or too little.
- Extreme environmental changes.
- Accumulation of manure in ponds.
- Improper supplementation.
- Deteriorating water quality.
- Lack of oxygen.
How to Overcome Limp Shrimp
Limp shrimp that are not handled quickly can cause shrimp to die. Here's how to deal with limp shrimp:
- Provide vitamins and minerals to boost immunity
- Condition the water quality to remain in the optimal range
- Do a siphon, so that the dirt and dead shrimp at the bottom of the pond do not have a negative effect on other shrimp
- If the shrimp are limp due to lack and excess of feed, then do feed management at the next feeding hour
- Turn on the wheel to avoid a lack of oxygen
How to Anticipate Shrimp Death Due to Weak Shrimp
To prevent the death of shrimp due to suffocation, there are several precautions that can be taken, namely:
- Maintain pond water quality.
- Implement good biosecurity to prevent disease transmission.
- Using probiotics to maintain the health of shrimp.
- Ensuring the nutrition given to shrimp is correct and sufficient.
- Controlling the condition of the shrimp (you can use anco).
- Siphoning to remove excess feed and dirt at the bottom of the pond.
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Nabilla Anggi - Magister Budidaya Perairan
Nabilla merupakan lulusan sarjana dan magister budidaya perairan serta memiliki pengalaman di dunia perikanan baik hatchery maupun pembesaran
Questions about Shrimps Weak Until Shrimp Dies
There are several causes for limp shrimp, namely disease attacks, changes in plankton dominance that cause the color of the water to change, excessive or too little feeding, extreme environmental changes, accumulation of dirt in ponds, and improper supplementation.
There are several ways to deal with weak shrimp, namely providing vitamins and minerals to increase immunity, maintaining water quality so that it remains in the optimal range, conducting siphons so that dirt and dead shrimp at the bottom of the pond do not have a negative effect on other shrimp, carry out feed management in the next feed hour, and turn on the waterwheel to avoid the shrimp from lack of oxygen.
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- Kilawati, Y. 2011. Effect of wssv attack on morphology, behavior and survival of spf of Indonesian vannamei shrimp reared in a controlled environment. Journal of Biological Researchers. 105-109.