My ghost shrimp turned white!
 

One of my ghost shrimp recently molted, and has turned white. I thought the
color would fade as the shell hardened a bit, but after a couple weeks he's
still white. My other shrimp are just fine, and are their normal clear
color. What gives?

My ghost shrimp turned white!
 

You may need to add some iodine to the tank. I add Kent Marine Iodine,
maybe a teaspoon a week for 40 gallons.

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/shrimp.htm

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Nitesbane wrote:

One of my ghost shrimp recently molted, and has turned white. I thought the
color would fade as the shell hardened a bit, but after a couple weeks he's
still white. My other shrimp are just fine, and are their normal clear
color. What gives?




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My ghost shrimp turned white!
 

Robyn Rhudy wrote in message l.umbc.edu...
You may need to add some iodine to the tank. I add Kent Marine Iodine,
maybe a teaspoon a week for 40 gallons.

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/shrimp.htm

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Nitesbane wrote:

One of my ghost shrimp recently molted, and has turned white. I thought the
color would fade as the shell hardened a bit, but after a couple weeks he's
still white. My other shrimp are just fine, and are their normal clear
color. What gives?




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I don't remember the exact specifics, but quite some time ago (at
least a year) there were numerous topics posted here regarding this.
I think calcium might have been an issue in the color change but
really do not remember. I had ghost shrimp at that time so I watched
the posts. If I am correct, nothing definitive was ever mentioned.
I'm sorry...maybe others here have some additional information.

My ghost shrimp turned white!
 

Robyn Rhudy wrote in message l.umbc.edu...
You may need to add some iodine to the tank. I add Kent Marine Iodine,
maybe a teaspoon a week for 40 gallons.

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/shrimp.htm

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Nitesbane wrote:

One of my ghost shrimp recently molted, and has turned white. I thought the
color would fade as the shell hardened a bit, but after a couple weeks he's
still white. My other shrimp are just fine, and are their normal clear
color. What gives?




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Okay, so I should have done this first. I just typed in "ghost shrimp
white" in the google search for this forum and came back with lots of
info. Our friend Jim Brown responded with a very interesting answer,
saying he thought it was a parasite affliction. I'd do that search
and read through them to see what you can find out.