My Orange Opae Ula

[Vorteil]

Just wanted to post pics of my solid orange Opae Ula.

[i<3Opae]

Very cool looking!

[JoanToBa]

Dude, your shrimp are rockin' red!

[Erlina _rusli]

Im wondering why they have redder than mine? Is it depend on the source of the shrimps? Or the tank?

[Super Jess]

Maybe should be Opae Alani So cool looking!

[Vorteil]

The deep red color of opae is has to do with where they are from. Nothing to do with the diet or tank.

[Mustafa]

Nice orange shrimp! I would try to selectively breed that shrimp like I have been doing with my orange shrimp.

But what you just said is not true at all. I have different tanks with shrimp from the same source and in some tanks the shrimp are super red, in others they are less so. Also, wild caught shrimp almost always arrive blood red, but months or years later they are not that red and their offspring are all shades of red. That indicates that diet and/or environment plays a role. So it it looks like it has something to do with their diet and tank conditions.

The ones that are the most red right now are the ones sitting on my kitchen table getting an hour or so of direct sunlight that enables all kinds of algae/biofilm to grow.

There may be slight variations in coloration from population to population, but none that the scientific literature or personal observations can confirm so far. Every population seems to have a wide range of color intensities actually.

The deep red color of opae is has to do with where they are from. Nothing to do with the diet or tank.

[Vorteil]

Thanks for the clarification

[Mustafa]

You're welcome! How's your orange shrimp doing? Can you tell if it's a male or female?

[Vorteil]

Shrimps are doing great. I have 4 of them but not looking to separate them to breed specifically orange. Just leaving them alone with all the others.

[Mustafa]

I see. No problem. They'll most likely stick around for at least the next 25+ years in case you change your mind, so plenty of time.