amano colours

[FishBubs]

hi all,

i have two amano shrimps at the moment both were small, greyish / translucent when i got them. now they are a good size, gone through numerous moults however this time i have noticed one of my amanos is going a yellow colour on its upper back. Do i need to be concerned about this or is natural?

[FishBubs]

as you can see it is only topside that is yellow

[fr499y]

its a female and thats the 'saddle' you can see. Perfectly fine

[FishBubs]

ooh nice. i have read its hard to breed them though

[Martinspuddle]

Usually when Amano Shrimp (Caridina multidentata) exoskeleton colour changes it can means one of three things. Stress, type of food consumed or the shrimp is about to moult, I would suggest a mixture of the latter. You'll should find it's original colour will reappear after it's next moult, so I would worry to much.



If the shrimp going about their business, (my wife says they look like their knitting ) this is also a good indication of water quality, the shrimp are happy, then nout wrong with the water parameters.

i have read its hard to breed them though

Not really, breeding is the easy part, salt water. Problem lays with feeding the newly hatched larvae.

[fr499y]

ooh nice. i have read its hard to breed them though

yeah, its a entire cluster'f' thats not worth getting into.

[Martinspuddle]

Further reading, link: Breeding Amano Shrimp (Caridina multidentata)