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I've had them over a year, anyone have an idea of how long they can live?

To go somewhat OT, Like guybrush says, he shrimp is orange. Is color an indicator of health?

This is what I found in the shrimp varieties section "They are a long lived species and live at least 5 years when kept correctly." It also states that the orange-red color plus the line down the back is a sign of good health and the right condtions, as YuccaPatrol stated. I recommend going to the shrimp varieties section for more infomation.

Neonshrimp wrote:

I've had them over a year, anyone have an idea of how long they can live?

To go somewhat OT, Like guybrush says, he shrimp is orange. Is color an indicator of health?

This is what I found in the shrimp varieties section "They are a long lived species and live at least 5 years when kept correctly." It also states that the orange-red color plus the line down the back is a sign of good health and the right condtions, as YuccaPatrol stated. I recommend going to the shrimp varieties section for more infomation.

Ah, apologies. I've read the infos before, guess I skipped some parts.

I'm confused then, I don't know why they'd die...Here's the two of them..

Died a week after this picture, it had just molted.


Started acting strangely, wandering around but not filtering. Died a few days later.

Sorry to read this...

I am not sure if there is a link but how big were the shrimp and did their color/appearance change along with the change in behavior?

The top one was about 3 inches, and the bottom was a little less than 4, he was my biggest. I don't remeber any odd behaviour in the top one but the one that died last night and the one in the bottom photo both did the same aimless walking, out in the open, with no filtering. I noticed it yesterday but didn't think anything of it until I saw it this morning. (the female that died last night was not bright red however).

They are said to prefer soft and acidic water. What type of water do you have in your shrimp tank? Also, your shrimp are on the larger size 3-4 inches but you probably don't know the age of the shrimp before you got them.

No I didn't know the ages. My water used to have a steady ph of 7.2, the city has been doing something to it since jan. (which is horribly screwing up my snail tanks), I tested it and apprently it's currently 6.0ph.. I'm tryin to raise it for the snail sake..

Well best wishes with the snails and hope things stablizes with the water. You can try to use R/O water from LFS or from a drinking water vending machine and add in what you need to it until the city stops doing what ever it is doing. Again I hope it works out.

Neonshrimp wrote:Well best wishes with the snails and hope things stablizes with the water. You can try to use R/O water from LFS or from a drinking water vending machine and add in what you need to it until the city stops doing what ever it is doing. Again I hope it works out.

Thanks...It's been a recurring problem, I'm hoping that with the colder monthes coming they'll stop doing whatever they are so it can go back to normal...Maybe the fluctuations (which I admittdly didn't notice in the shrimp tank, usually thats my stable one) cause problems for the shrimp.