I looked at one of my ghost shrimp last night and he was all white on the inside. He dident look like theat last week. Is he going through some stage of something?
2007-09-18 02:18:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Often sick or dying Ghost Shrimp turn white. Most do not recover from what is killing them.
Check your water for copper contamination. Also check your food for any ingredients with copper. Many of the cheap brands of fish food have copper sulfate, this is bad for shrimp and other inverts and slowly kills them.
2007-09-18 08:47:07 · answer #1 · answered by Palor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ghost shrimps will eat just about anything so be nice and give him some food too. The others in an aquarium might steal or consume all the food if there is too little.
He could be molting too. Provide him with a shelter because he becomes vulnerable at this stage.
2007-09-18 02:30:23 · answer #2 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He could be dying. When my suitemates (I'm in a college dorm) bought ghost shrimp, the turned pink and then died. Check on him every so often just to be sure. Hopefully that doesn't happen to yours!
2007-09-18 02:22:38 · answer #3 · answered by megcapri1107 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had 15 Ghost Shrimp. yet all of them died because of the fact they killed one yet another. For foodstuff because of the fact Ghost Shrimp might kill the fish or snail... for its very own foodstuff. as quickly as my Ghost Shrimp(a million of it) tried to kill my fish. I even observed it with my very own eyes. He/She had left a mark on my fish. yet thank God its nonetheless alive. Its nonetheless residing for 2yrs and a few months
2016-10-18 23:41:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eather hes molting, or thats a shedded skin. he could also be dead, but gently touch the shrimp with a stick (fish, for removing gunk)
If it breaks up but you can see no vitals at all, molt. look around the tank also
2007-09-18 02:28:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From my personal experiences, very high chance it is sick and most probably dying.
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http://www.shrimpnow.com - Forum
http://www.shrimpfanatics.com - Online freshwater shrimps store
2007-09-19 05:21:37 · answer #6 · answered by George L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-09-21 18:40:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋