Blue Shrimp

**CoCoNut3** · 24th Jun 2005, 09:57

went to c328 yesterday and saw this blue color shrimp... ask the autie wat is the name of the shrimp but she told me is "blue shrimp"

so is the shrimp really in blue or will fade some time later?

**rocketshrimp** · 24th Jun 2005, 21:19

Yes....it is blue shrimp. I bought a pack too.

It is a rare find....enjoy.

**stormydax** · 24th Jun 2005, 21:50

hi guys,
some of theses blue shrimps are actually blue malayan variants. Therefore, it may fade away after sometime.

Thanks

Yours sincerely,
Storm

**rocketshrimp** · 24th Jun 2005, 22:11

It did cross my mind too....malayans have this brown stripe running down the body. I have kept some 2 years back, it had a little craze a while back at Eco..(tho at that time, newbie, shrimps all die.). The bluish coloration if I remembered was quite constant and does not fade. I now think that Blues are a stable variant of the malayan shrimps (hence the cheap price). If you look carefully, they look like malayans too. Nevertheless, they are an interesting addition to my tank.

**baranne** · 27th Jun 2005, 16:58

I bought the same blue shrimps from C328 as well more than a week back. Unfortunately some of them have since turned to having a brown stripe down the back of the body.

**CoCoNut3** · 27th Jun 2005, 17:55

i bought a pack of 10 blue shrimp with some fries.. quite a lot of them..hope they hide well

one pc is brown color which suspected is malayan as the bro mentioned. the rest seems like turning red

**rocketshrimp** · 27th Jun 2005, 18:09

Interesting...now I am watching my blues closely....yesterday, I took some pics, still blue at that time.

Maybe they undergo color change when stressed...like normal shrimps.

**benny** · 27th Jun 2005, 19:01

Malayan shrimps are known to have quite a few color variants, including red, blue, green and black. Also with or without the centre white stripe.

Choice of diet will definitely influence the coloration of the shrimp.

Cheers,

**bclee** · 27th Jun 2005, 19:21

I have a lone Malayan shrimp in my tank.

Most of the time I don't get to see it. But when I see it, onmost days, it appear brown. Some days, it appears blue...

BC

**A|X** · 27th Jun 2005, 20:23

same here, last nite when 1 of my Yamato came out from hiding, saw it's BLUE in color

then today turn back to normal again. haizz

**rocketshrimp** · 27th Jun 2005, 21:07

Guys,
This is the pic of my blue shrimp that I took yesterday...got to admit that today when I looked, it don't look so blue....must be that time of the month...

**baranne** · 28th Jun 2005, 09:34

Originally Posted by benny

Malayan shrimps are known to have quite a few color variants, including red, blue, green and black. Also with or without the centre white stripe.

Choice of diet will definitely influence the coloration of the shrimp.

Cheers,

I noted that mine have different colours including blue and black. Not sure about red as I also have cherries in my tank.

Benny, any idea what kind of food would make it change what type of colour? Would be nice to try and see the colour variations...

**benny** · 28th Jun 2005, 10:10

Not too sure... From my experience, if they are feeding off wood and normal stuff, they become brown.

If they are eating JBL Novo Bits, Tetrabits or Tetra color enhance flake, they turn reddish.

You guys can experiment to see if it works. Keep us posted!!

Cheers,

**michael lai** · 28th Jun 2005, 18:51

hi baranne,
For the malayan shrimp, the dominant male in the colony will turn reddish in colour. You will observe there is usually only 1 or 2 of them in your tank that is red.

**rocketshrimp** · 28th Jun 2005, 20:12

My blue shrimp today....this fellow is quite consistent....caught him floraging near the top of the tank.

**andrewtyr** · 28th Jun 2005, 22:25

I also have blue shrimps, or at least they were blue.

Now into F2, F3 probably,and the offspring do not look blue any more. They look more greyish than anything else. If they are Malayans, I wouldn't have any shrimplets.

So just what are they?

**dogbert** · 29th Jun 2005, 10:19

Bought a packet of blue shrimps in HK along the "goldfish lane" early in Feb this year. Rememeber it was cheap, close to 30cents a piece. HK$30 for 15 or 20 in a pack.

Very blue throughout the time I had then. Very long lasting.

However, did a minor re-scape last month. all sayonara ... including some of the fishes ..... lesson learnt ....

**benny** · 29th Jun 2005, 10:44

In Hong Kong, you can buy tiger shrimps with blue stripes instead of red stripes. Not commonly seen here.

Cheers,

**baranne** · 29th Jun 2005, 11:17

some of mine still remained blue but quite a few turned brown as well.

Originally Posted by michael lai

hi baranne,
For the malayan shrimp, the dominant male in the colony will turn reddish in colour. You will observe there is usually only 1 or 2 of them in your tank that is red.

For the dominant male, would it turn as red as the cherry?