A warning about one LFS in Chicago city

[Pszemol]

I visited "Ocean Design" store today - it is in Chicago,
at Irving Park Rd. I have seen $24 cleaner shrimps with
common black spot disease - all were infested with it!
The same symptoms mine shrimp died from a couple weeks ago.
Also, in the corals tank: thousands of quite big flatworms
crawling on glass, rocks, corals, sand - everywhere. Nasty
stuff. Be very careful buying anything live from this store!

[Mort]

Thanks for the heads up.

Can this "Black Spot Disease" effect fish?
Is there another name for it?

TIA

~Mort

"Pszemol" > wrote in message
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> I visited "Ocean Design" store today - it is in Chicago,
> at Irving Park Rd. I have seen $24 cleaner shrimps with
> common black spot disease - all were infested with it!
> The same symptoms mine shrimp died from a couple weeks ago.
> Also, in the corals tank: thousands of quite big flatworms
> crawling on glass, rocks, corals, sand - everywhere. Nasty
> stuff. Be very careful buying anything live from this store!

[Pszemol]

No idea... but there were many pictures on Reefcentral...
Dr Ron Shimek says this is some form of fungus infesting
many ornamental/commercial shrimps with no cure at the moment.

It is not clear why my other shrimps did not catch the
disease - probably there are similar symptoms for many
different stuff out there... Anyway - I purchased from this
store tuxedo urchin before my shrimp died - not sure if the
fungus on my shrimp is from this one store or not, maybe totaly
unrealted, but I saw many sick shrimps there plus flatworms and
I will think twice before I buy anything live from them again...

"Mort" > wrote in message . com...
> Thanks for the heads up.
>
> Can this "Black Spot Disease" effect fish?
> Is there another name for it?
>
> TIA
>
> ~Mort
>
> "Pszemol" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I visited "Ocean Design" store today - it is in Chicago,
> > at Irving Park Rd. I have seen $24 cleaner shrimps with
> > common black spot disease - all were infested with it!
> > The same symptoms mine shrimp died from a couple weeks ago.
> > Also, in the corals tank: thousands of quite big flatworms
> > crawling on glass, rocks, corals, sand - everywhere. Nasty
> > stuff. Be very careful buying anything live from this store!