New blues Shrimp morphs
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New blues Shrimp morphs
Had a look at one of the biggest online invertebrate shops in germany .
They have two blue morhps of shrimp for sale .One is the same species as white pearl but is a nice clear transparant blue colour.The other one have a similar colour but is another species ,tupfel shrimp,
wich is a Caridina species related to the tiger/be shrimp group I think.
If they do look as nice live as they do on photo they are sure to be a big hit in the future.
They have two blue morhps of shrimp for sale .One is the same species as white pearl but is a nice clear transparant blue colour.The other one have a similar colour but is another species ,tupfel shrimp,
wich is a Caridina species related to the tiger/be shrimp group I think.
If they do look as nice live as they do on photo they are sure to be a big hit in the future.
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I have had the wild form of the snowball shrimp. In my case they exhibited colors that were brown, blue and reddish. They were all in the same tank. I do not think it is something regarding food that is triggering the color. I might be wrong. In my case it was not.badflash wrote:Anyone figured out what they feed them to make them blue yet?
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Looks like some new pictures. I have a few blue ones. Mustaffa assures me this is the same situation as the Neocaridina sp. "blue"Neonshrimp wrote: Mustafa, are the pictures posted in the shrimp varieties for amano shrimp of a blue amano shrimp? it actually does look blue/green
Here is a pic of one of mine in contrast to the normal color:
They keep that color their entire life once they get it.
Especially the mention of the color red makes me a little suspicious here. You might have received a batch of shrimp that might have crossbred with red cherries one way or another at some point in the past. I've seen this before...you receive non-red animals and some of offspring turn out to be red. Although the wild type snowballs can produce some interesting mutations (which they did in my tank), they all tend to be the same dark grayish coloration. Mine have never thrown any red/reddish offspring.milalic wrote: I have had the wild form of the snowball shrimp. In my case they exhibited colors that were brown, blue and reddish.
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Not really. The blueish coloration is more apparent in the picture than in real life. They look like normal amanos.Neonshrimp wrote: Mustafa, are the pictures posted in the shrimp varieties for amano shrimp of a blue amano shrimp? it actually does look blue/green
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