amanos blue?

[mattyc]

I have just got some what I think are amanos from my lfs (they called them algae shrimp) and they look quite blue. Could they be amanos all the markings are very similar but the blue seems strange. I will put a picture up later

 

[mr. luke]

Sound like Caridina cf. babulti 'blue'
Amanos dont ever go blue unless they are dyed, its likely to be the above mentioned, or cf. malaya

 

[mattyc]

here are some pics,

they wouldnt stay still hence the blury images so i apologise for the quality.

 

[FishBeast]

lovely looking shrimp

 

[chilled84]

I had them this couler when i bought mine, Now they are a clear brown/ white. : (

 

[Anonymous]

They sometimes go a bluey green when eating algae and cynobacteria.

 

[basil]

Sometimes mine take on a blue/green tinge shortly after a moult. Having said that, yours are a definate blue colour - very very nice too!

 

[mr. luke]

I was wrong
They are very atractive shrimps!
Do they stay blue or do they vary?

 

[NeilW]

Find another blue mutant, breed them and make your fortune like the guy who 'created' Crystal Reds!

 

[PM]

One of my amanos went dark brown/black a few days after I bought it, all the rest didn't.

He's still alive months on, but tends to hide a fair bit. But eats well.

Strange.

Those blue shrimps are pretty!