Maroon Sakura Shrimp??

**kaen130** · 22nd Dec 2011, 23:05

Hi,

Bought some Sakura tdy. There is this one which is very dark maroon color...

Is this normal? or is it a different species?

**Neondagger** · 22nd Dec 2011, 23:09

It's look a bit like chocolate shrimp but seems different. Looks more brown reddish. Chocolate shrimp more black. Never see before this color. I also wonder what is this.

**AlexHcp** · 22nd Dec 2011, 23:13

Bro, from my experience, I have this coloration whenever that shrimp is about to die... I notice a few pieces of my fire red and Sakura was changing into this color, and after that the shrimp will myteriously die within a week...

**Navanod** · 23rd Dec 2011, 08:43

Originally Posted by AlexHcp

Bro, from my experience, I have this coloration whenever that shrimp is about to die... I notice a few pieces of my fire red and Sakura was changing into this color, and after that the shrimp will myteriously die within a week...

Same. I used to pick these when I buy thinking they're darker...
but if they are like this in a shop, they normally don't live very long after that.

I do have a few that turned into this color after being in my tank a long time. They didn't die but I noticed they stopped becoming berried and are generally less active.

**kaen130** · 23rd Dec 2011, 09:25

wah sianz....so is sign of old age...I still thought I had gotten a new species=P

**hyun007** · 23rd Dec 2011, 10:25

Originally Posted by Navanod

I do have a few that turned into this color after being in my tank a long time. They didn't die but I noticed they stopped becoming berried and are generally less active.

+1, I think it is a sign of turning infertile or conversing to a "nun" shrimp, I can basically hear her singing "I will follow Him, Follow Him wherever He may go, There isn't an ocean too deep,
A mountain so high it can keep, Keep me away, away from His love...."

**Navanod** · 23rd Dec 2011, 10:31

Could just be stress too. Some parts are abit transparent right?

**hyun007** · 27th Dec 2011, 18:42

Kaen, do keep posting for update on any changes. =)

**kaen130** · 27th Dec 2011, 21:30

Haha, still same color and doing fine.

a friend of mine bought with me together, he also got a few maroon sakura. He's also doing fine=P

**hyun007** · 27th Dec 2011, 23:03

Originally Posted by kaen130

Haha, still same color and doing fine.

a friend of mine bought with me together, he also got a few maroon sakura. He's also doing fine=P

You mean his shrimp is also doing fine.
Usually they are female in that colour.
Let me know if yours or his can get berried, it will be interesting if they could.

**tranzy** · 2nd Jan 2012, 12:26

Colourful uncle sells the "maroon" shrimps, when i saw them in his shop back then, many of them were berried and some had shrimplets swimming around in the same bag. All seemed to be doing fine...

**hyun007** · 2nd Jan 2012, 12:34

Originally Posted by tranzy

Colourful uncle sells the "maroon" shrimps, when i saw them in his shop back then, many of them were berried and some had shrimplets swimming around in the same bag. All seemed to be doing fine...

Do you mean by thick maroon color berried female, or transparent maroon color female?
Sometime it can be stress color because it is in a bag.

**tranzy** · 2nd Jan 2012, 14:09

its like the ones shown in the pic above. not sure if their colour is due to stress or water parameters...i find the interesting too, but still prefer the brighter red or orangey ones...