Look At My Shrimp

[fishstick]

Look at the beautiful colour my originally colourless shrimp have gone...

 

[DevUK]

Look at the beautiful colour my originally colourless shrimp have gone...

Nice What sort of shrimp is he? Looks like an Amano, but I'm no expert

 

[Matty P]

yeh looks like an amano to me 2

 

[jakeroberts]

looks like amano to me 2 btw beautiful shrimp

 

[johnnyjtaylor]

Yeah thats an amano mine like to hang out in my vallis all at various diffeterent levels. They're cool little buggers!!
Johnny

 

[kewskills]

never seen one before but thats a wierd but lovely color.

 

[Maximus]

I've got five of these little fellas, and there great!

Good pic btw

 

[Miss Wiggle]

now i may not be right about this so please double check the info, but i've heard before that they go blue when they're getting old and are going to die

 

[cardinal sinner]

now i may not be right about this so please double check the info, but i've heard before that they go blue when they're getting old and are going to die

I was gonna say I hope mine turn that colour, but I think not now lol

 

[Maximus]

No, the colours in the picture are there adult colours,

But I believe when they die, they go pink, due to carratines (spelling ) in the body.

Mine have been this colour for about 18 months now

 

[Miss Wiggle]

No, the colours in the picture are there adult colours,

But I believe when they die, they go pink, due to carratines (spelling ) in the body.

Mine have been this colour for about 18 months now

ah ok, i knew they changed colour around the time of death (wasn't sure if it was before/during/after) wasn't exactly sure though!

 

[severum boy]

ah ok, i knew they changed colour around the time of death (wasn't sure if it was before/during/after) wasn't exactly sure though!

This may have come about because as shrimp get closer to shedding their exo-skeleton, they get darker colours. So, it may be possible that someone noitised that his shrimp was getting darker (in other words closer to moulting), then it either died or shed its skin and was eated whilst still soft, leading the shrimp keeper to think that when shrimp get darker, they are close to death.
Just a theory.

 

[cane76]

nice looking shrimp and nice pic too

 

[lilfishie]

saw some mini ones at the LFS now gonna go back tomorrow and get some, didn't know they were so beautiful

 

[fishstick]

saw some mini ones at the LFS now gonna go back tomorrow and get some, didn't know they were so beautiful

Thanks everyone, my shrimp are about 9 months old, I don't know what their lifespan is but they look very good at the moment and have grown to just on 2 inches, nose to tail fin tip.