Amano Shrimp Turning Green/blue?!

[bachina]

I just picked up an amano shrimp from the LFS and during the car ride home, it turned green/blue on the inside! Is that...normal?


Scary...

--Hans

 

[Liam]

Its a sign of stress, when they are settled in the tank they will get back their usual colours.

 

[bachina]

Its a sign of stress, when they are settled in the tank they will get back their usual colours.

thanks! I didnt know that. if only all aquatic life was that easy to tell if they're stressed or not...or what they're sick with...haha

--hans

 

[RESGuy]

Its a sign of stress, when they are settled in the tank they will get back their usual colours.

thanks! I didnt know that. if only all aquatic life was that easy to tell if they're stressed or not...or what they're sick with...haha

--hans

Unfortunately the way shrimp tell you when they are sick or something is wrong is usually by dying

But other signs include: change in color (if they are a milky white color they are dying or stressed), and frantically swimming all over the tank.

Thise blue color is actually common among some Amano Shrimp and may not be a sign of stress. When you say the color is "inside" what do you mean? Could the green be eggs?

 

[noodles]

Its a sign of stress, when they are settled in the tank they will get back their usual colours.

thanks! I didnt know that. if only all aquatic life was that easy to tell if they're stressed or not...or what they're sick with...haha

--hans

Unfortunately the way shrimp tell you when they are sick or something is wrong is usually by dying

But other signs include: change in color (if they are a milky white color they are dying or stressed), and frantically swimming all over the tank.

Thise blue color is actually common among some Amano Shrimp and may not be a sign of stress. When you say the color is "inside" what do you mean? Could the green be eggs?

Since moving my amano shrimp to their new tank with a different light source they appear very colourful, well the males anyway, with blue, purple and reds on them. The females are still very green looking. I would not worry too much unless they die!! Also I have heard that different types of food change their colouration too.