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	ehh, my dead ghost shrimp glows in dark....
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	i am just curious, why does it glow in dark?? i dont have black lights or anything. but the dead body at the bottom of the gravel glows, and it caught my eye across the room.... kinda strange, anybody seen anything like it?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
fishyhelper288 Fish Guru Posts: 2161 Kudos: 1951 Votes: 137 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	hmm wierd..i when mine die, i never see them
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	You haven't been dumping toxic waste in your tank have you? I've never seen a dead ghost shrimp in my tank but I have such a big cleanup crew I never saw that 7" farlowella when it died. Things just dissapear.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	no toxic here the fish and plants are all healthy. but lastnight when my room was dark, and the white glowing stuff just caught my eye, i turned the lights on and it was that ghost shrimp dead... i rarely see ghost shrimps bodies, because they are usually eaten... i dont know why either....
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	Is it gone? Can you takea pic of it? Maybe it wasnt a ghost shrimp
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	yeah i thought about taking pic of it, this morning its already gone.... maybe its a real "ghost" shrimp if i see one next time, definately pictures
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
switchbladeclownloach Hobbyist Posts: 96 Kudos: 114 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Dec-2004	just of thought did it have eggs ghost shimps eggs are green maybe they could glow in the dark?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
bensaf Fish Master Posts: 1978 Kudos: 1315 Registered: 08-Apr-2004	By glow in the dark do you mean pink ? Shrimp will turn bright pink/orange when they die. I think this is caused by an enzyme they release upon death. Some days you're the pigeon and some days you're the statue. Remember that age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	I suppose it could glow somewhat... what colour was it glowing? green? white? pink? For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005	thats a mutant ghost shrimp..hehehe
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	ehhh it was white, like a neon white kinda. kinda like something glows in black light... eck
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	Thats pretty weird for it to occur after death.There are marine shrimp and lobsters, not to mention some species of terrestrial scorpion that will glow under uv light. Maybe some remineralisation or breakdown caused by bacteria increased the light refractive potential of the the surface of, or layers within the exoskeleton. Sometimes oils and amino acids can change during decomposition to create refractive surfaces that could potentially reflect uv light.Any oily surface will reflect at least part of the blue-purple uv spectrum usually invisible in part of the blue spectrum, rather like it does in pearlescent shells when sandwiched between calcites and keratin, and certainlty the exoskeleton of a shrimp contains much of the same material, but ive never heard of it happening after death though. Weird.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
wish-ga Mega Fish Dial 1800-Positive-Posts Posts: 1198 Kudos: 640 Registered: 07-Aug-2001	why does it glow in dark?? Well, 'cause it's a ghost. Ghosts always glow in the dark. Eeeeeek there goes one now! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	its not reflecting any lights, the room was completely dark, and i walked in, shut the door, and saw something glowing in my tank, so i got closer, and saw something on the gravel glowing white, so i turn on the lights, and there it was, the ghost
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27


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