Ghost Shrimp:Odd Occurance?

UgLy_eLf · 03-16-2005, 03:18 AM

I dont know much about these guys, but I'd like to know if this sounds strange to the rest of you:

I looked in my Dwarf Puffer tank, and found a ghost shrimp dead, I looked closer, he was bright pink/orange as if he had been cooked! I took him out, he even smelled cooked, do they always die like this? I've had a couple of others die the other week but I only found their skeletons.

UgLy_eLf · 03-16-2005, 03:23 AM

Come to think of it, he was in 80 degree water for a while, maybe he got naturally cooked in the water? TURTLE TREAT! Hahaha.

UgLy_eLf · 03-16-2005, 03:27 AM

Boy dont I feel like an a--

"when a ghost shrimp dies, you will be able to tell because the carcass turns pinkish or orangish. thats because they contain carotenes.

when they shed, they are vulnerable and will hide, and they will be more clear. their shedding should look like a mangles mess."

Lexus · 03-17-2005, 11:35 PM

Its ok... a lot of us post questions we know the answer to just to reassure ourselves.

Tanuke · 04-11-2005, 09:48 PM

Sick shrimp or shrimp who are getting ready to die often turn cloudy and pinkish too.

shev · 04-11-2005, 09:53 PM

well I feel special

03-16-2005, 03:18 AM	#1
UgLy_eLf Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 124	Ghost Shrimp:Odd Occurance? I dont know much about these guys, but I'd like to know if this sounds strange to the rest of you: I looked in my Dwarf Puffer tank, and found a ghost shrimp dead, I looked closer, he was bright pink/orange as if he had been cooked! I took him out, he even smelled cooked, do they always die like this? I've had a couple of others die the other week but I only found their skeletons.

03-16-2005, 03:23 AM	#2
UgLy_eLf Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 124	Re: Ghost Shrimp:Odd Occurance? Come to think of it, he was in 80 degree water for a while, maybe he got naturally cooked in the water? TURTLE TREAT! Hahaha.

03-16-2005, 03:27 AM	#3
UgLy_eLf Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 124	Re: Ghost Shrimp:Odd Occurance? Boy dont I feel like an a-- "when a ghost shrimp dies, you will be able to tell because the carcass turns pinkish or orangish. thats because they contain carotenes. when they shed, they are vulnerable and will hide, and they will be more clear. their shedding should look like a mangles mess."

03-17-2005, 11:35 PM	#4
Lexus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 2,407	Re: Ghost Shrimp:Odd Occurance? Its ok... a lot of us post questions we know the answer to just to reassure ourselves. __________________ 55 Gallon 1 Fantail Goldfish 1 Albino Bristlenose 4 African Dwarf Frogs 4 Black Skirt Tetras 4 Angelfish 3 Zebra Danios 14? Assorted Corys 46 Gallon 8 Tiger Barbs 8 Pulcher/Brichardi Cichlids 29 Gallon 1 Snail 1 Betta 8 Pulcher/Brichardi Fry

04-11-2005, 09:48 PM	#5
Tanuke Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7	Re: Ghost Shrimp:Odd Occurance? Sick shrimp or shrimp who are getting ready to die often turn cloudy and pinkish too.

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04-11-2005, 09:53 PM	#6
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