Shrimp death with discoloration

[fishbuger]

Came back to work today and saw two fully matured and berried cherry shrimps dead in my old tank. Shrimplets are fine thankfully. I've seen many dead shrimps before and about the only physical feature I noticed was their eyes were white. This time round the victims were fully berried and they had blackish purple colored discoloration on them.Big patches about the body. Can anybody advice me on what they might have died from? Are the purple patches an indicator of something?Thankyou very much

[eviltrain]

are they very old?

[fishbuger]

are they very old?

old yes,very old not so sure..

[eviltrain]

Usually shrimps can live up to 1.5 years. If the shrimps are around 1.5 cm when you bough them, they are like around 6-7 months old already. Plus, bellied shrimps are usually very weak. How long have you been owning them?

[fishbuger]

Usually shrimps can live up to 1.5 years. If the shrimps are around 1.5 cm when you bough them, they are like around 6-7 months old already. Plus, bellied shrimps are usually very weak. How long have you been owning them?

This batch i think about a year. so the discoloration is old age?

[Eightfold]

i have an orange shrimp that is starting to get black stains discolorisation,

is it going to die?

[bluebubbles]

i have an orange shrimp that is starting to get black stains discolorisation,

is it going to die?

LFS will tell you is a normal process. Orange shrimp tend to darken very fast and hard to maintain their original orange color after you grab them from LFS. They will look quite "ugly" but you need to bear with it.