So I watch my ghost shrimp eat almost every time I feed them. I love it. I have a 10 gal, and all it has is a bunch of java moss and java fern, 2 cory cats, 5-6 ghost shrimp, and a few rams horn snails. While watching them today, I noticed one had literally turned a deep cobalt blue. I would take a picture if I had a camera to do it with, but I am certain it isn't it's stomach just turning from the food. It looks like its exo-skeleton has blue veins in it almost. One has it very vividly, and another has it a bit more faintly. They are completely transparent otherwise, and are acting normally. I have searched and cannot find anything about this. I am also certain that it isn't developing eggs, as I know what that looks like, and this is throughout the body, tail and all. Ideas?
Blue ghost shrimp!
- Thread starter LGyure85
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FYI, the remaining 4 are perfectly normally colored still. All are acting normal, and eating fine.
I need to be certain that the sudden color change isn't caused by some sort of toxin. When humans ingest certain silver compounds they turn blue, so I need to be sure that this is, in fact, a genetic blue, and not an environmental one.
How would they breed into blue ghost shrimp if they initially started out as regulars and the color change is obviously attributed to another reason?
Calm down, too!
PS. I have black sand in my tank and one of my ghost shrimp became transparant black.
Do you have blue background or anything?
Do you have blue background or anything?
The Blue is a Normal Color Variation of the American Glass Shrimp as is Rust, Dark Grey, Greens and Browns.
There isn't anything that color in the tank, so that"s out, but would the color have taken this long to come out? I've had them a few months already, and I am certain they were plain when I got them