I just recently bought to ghost/glass shrimps. Im sure that one is a male and the other is a female due to the dramatic size difference. I always thought that they would be a clear color but is it normal for them to sport black/green spots on their bodies? with red spots on their claws? Thank you 8)
I bought a ghost shrimp a little over a month ago. He always had a few black spots on him. Although now, I can still see through him, but he has a yellow tint to him, and now he's easier to spot. I didn't know if this was natural or not at the time, but apparently it is.
once they get big they will all have red spots on their claws. lol and yeah, their bellies will be the color of whatever they ate. they also will sometimes turn yellowish on the inside all over their bodies. im not sure what causes this but its nothing bad, just a natural thing. (not to be confused with the white color they turn when they die)
All the one's that have survived in my tanks have had all of the above plus red markings on the top of thier antenae. I was worried that they had some kind of mite or somthing when I saw that lol.
I've had my ghost shrimp for a few months now, and he's been every colour under the rainbow. For the most part, he stays a slight tint of green. I have never seen him white though.
white or translucent? when i said white i meant it looks like they're filled with milk or sumthing and its completely opaque... if its whitish or cloudy its fine, but if its completly white and its still alive... then i dunno... thats wierd...
Well i have a shrimp too and generally if they're sick, such as being exposed to copper sulfate, they will turn white slowly, then die, and turn completly white
well i dont know what level is it acceptable but i did seve food to my betta once that ahd copper sulfate in it and the one time he left a pelelt out and it sank, all ym shrimp died from eating a bit of it
I wonder what my shrimps are eating... now another shrimp is turning white. It almost seems as if when they eat the corpse of another white shrimp, they become infected as well. I wonder if its some form of invert virus?
I wonder what my shrimps are eating... now another shrimp is turning white. It almost seems as if when they eat the corpse of another white shrimp, they become infected as well. I wonder if its some form of invert virus?
im unsure, but ghost shrimp arnt usually kept in the best of conditions as they usually are harvested by the thousands because they are meant to be used as feeder shrimp but do make great pets.
there are also both fresh and saltwater shrimp that i'd be willing to bet get mixed up frequently, so when keeping them as pets they tend to die within a few days to a few weeks.
Hmm well, if one shrimp ate some copper and died, then the other shrimp eat that one's corpse, I wouldn't be surprised if they ingested some copper, too.
but Ive had these shrimps for months! now it seems that when one dies, another turns white, becomes lethargic then dies. I think all my malaysian trumpet snails are dead too! NOne are moving and i havent seen in baby running around. When i clean the tank with a syphon, i suck up a bunch of babies but there so small i cant tell if there live or not. I think it may have something to do with the copper. Im guessing i should change ferts. Something safe for inverts. ANy suggestions?
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