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HELP! Fuzzy black mass on amano shrimp's swimmerettes.

Came home after a week away. Found my 50 gallon extremely cloudy, (all parameters still fine, even got surprised with baby Bristlenose plecos!) but this little dude/dudette was near the glass and I noticed fuzzy black growth on the abdomen. It's isolated in a breeder box, but still in the tank for now. Bad pictures but it looks like little black hairs and it's thick. The other shrimp I saw had no such growth.

Just want advice and thoughts on the shrimp. what this could be and what I should do. I already did what I could for the cloudy water for today, That'll be a work in progress.

Thank you

Edit: I feel so dumb. I fell into the eternal trap of mistaking eggs for illness. She finally calmed down enough for me to get a closer look and it's definitely eggs 🙃🫠

u/Kitten_Queen280 — 3 days ago