maoripho3nix Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 Hey all, Finally have some critters in my tank, first tank setup ever. Its a planted aquarium and im starting off with shrimp. Caught a couple shrimp in the net, then on the last try I pulled up a slightly bigger and BLUE shrimp. Is this normal???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 wheeee! critters rock! Shrimp are totally cute. My ex and I had some, and couldn't tell them apart so we called them Simon. Even to the point of going spotlighting and suddenly saying "ooh there's a Simon!". Then I learned that young shrimp are all boys then they turn into girls. Now big ones are Simones 8) (I have a tank of mosquito larvae beside me as I am just as fascinated as if they were fish. Then again they owe their life to my blood, so I feel a kind of Sigourney-Weaver-like connection....) Awesome seeing blue ones! We had some people on here a little while back find a blue one, but it lost colour before they got photos. No idea what causes it, presumably some environmental variable. Will be interesting to see if yours maintain or lose the colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 That's it. cold water shrimp tank.. here I come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maoripho3nix Posted March 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 (I have a tank of mosquito larvae beside me as I am just as fascinated as if they were fish. Then again they owe their life to my blood, so I feel a kind of Sigourney-Weaver-like connection....) Awesome seeing blue ones! We had some people on here a little while back find a blue one, but it lost colour before they got photos. No idea what causes it, presumably some environmental variable. Will be interesting to see if yours maintain or lose the colour. LOL Aliens!!!! Yeah i think i read that thread on blue ones a few weeks back, was lucky to get some pics, will keep an eye on that shrimp, I hope it stays blue too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heir Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Yup and females go a reddish colour when breeding :bounce: As per the ones that I found last weekend with eggs etc. :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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