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fishys_cant_fly Hobbyist Posts: 138 Kudos: 114 Votes: 2 Registered: 22-Dec-2005	i have seen some with a little bit of orange? is this really a ghost shrimp? its a tiny bit of orange butr it still looks kewl
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
Veneer Enthusiast Posts: 174 Kudos: 146 Votes: 0 Registered: 17-Oct-2004	Where, exactly, is the orange located on the shrimp?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	Orange? They could be dyed.. But probably not.. I think this might just be their natural colour, mine werent exactly chrystal clear.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
poisonwaffle Mega Fish Posts: 1397 Kudos: 591 Registered: 11-Feb-2003	Mine have turned orange at their joints an' antennae, etc... they shouldn't turn orange all over, but a little twinge of orange isn't anything bad that I know of...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
fishys_cant_fly Hobbyist Posts: 138 Kudos: 114 Votes: 2 Registered: 22-Dec-2005	exactly where waffle said
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
poisonwaffle Mega Fish Posts: 1397 Kudos: 591 Registered: 11-Feb-2003	Yay! I'm not a retard Yea, my breeding pair of ghost shrimp has the red tinges an' stuff...so I don't think it's bad, otherwise they'd probably be too stressed to breed ALL THE TIME
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
Veneer Enthusiast Posts: 174 Kudos: 146 Votes: 0 Registered: 17-Oct-2004	"Orange? They could be dyed.. But probably not.. I think this might just be their natural colour, mine werent exactly chrystal clear. " Dyeing has never, to my knowledge, ever been performed on ghost shrimp (Palaemonetes in N. America and Paratya in Australia). In fact, such procedures are probably functionally impracticable. Opaque tissue, especially when coupled with carapace-wide pink or reddish tones, are overwhelmingly indicative of moribund specimens.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28


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