Amano Shrimp - mysterious death

[charley]

Hi Guys
I found one of my amano shrimp dead yesterday which was v sad, but what was v disturbing was that it had turned pink and was no longer translucent (it seriously looked like it had been 'cooked'). I am completely freaked out. All the rest of the fish seem fine, but my other shrimp are now looking abit poorly. Any ideas?

Thanks for your help

 

[wetwetwet]

How long have you had them? Can you do a head count? - not easy especially in a planted tank

Are you sure its not a normal shedding of the skin? - quite disconcerting the first time you find sheds....




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[charley]

Hi
No its definately NOT a shed. I've had them for about 6 months now; I had 4 and now I have 3 Any ideas as to why it looked cooked? I can't bear the thought of my poor shrimp suffering or being 'heated' somehow...

 

[fuzzyferret]

One of mine died recently - and that turned a delicate shade of pink.
Did look cooked, but it obviously wasn't.
Strange!

 

[Phantom Thief]

From my experience, when ghost shrimp die, they also turn an opaque pink. Nothing to be worried about, as long as your water isnt boiling

P.T.

 

[charley]

Thanks you guys! My water definitely isn't boiling, but now one of my other shrimps is turning slightly pink - but still moving around. I think they might have some sort of Shrimp disease......
Pooor ickle things...

 

[STEVIE]

I noticed a tankfull of pink shrimps for sale in Cardiff and they seemed ok.Perhaps you have one of these and not a disease.

 

[Discomafia]

It's well documented that amano shrimp turn that shade when they die...

 

[Toerag]

Hi

It may be worth checking your ammonia levels as a spike can be fatal to shrimp.