Improving shrimp color

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Dodgeylauren
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Improving shrimp color

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I’ve made adjustments to my set up based on your recommendations but my shrimp are still translucent. Is there anything I can do to improve their red color?
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Re: Improving shrimp color

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Shrimp from different islands have different colors and varying degrees of red. Could have to do with the coloration on yours or, because there are so many people keeping them now and so many collecting from different locations, the results of mixing could also have something to do with it.
Here's a pic of the Population chart of the Islands from the book "Hawaiian Anchialine Pools: Windows to a Hidden World" by by Mike N. Yamamoto, Jr. Iwai, Thomas Y. and Annette W. Tagawa

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Here's a video of Dr. Santos giving a lecture regarding the different populations and their colors. IT's a bit long so I recommend watching it at 2x speed :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QkcL2_aYzo
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