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?

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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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.

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.