BM turning brown?

[Soothing Shrimp]

Has anyone else's bloody marys turned chocolate colored?

[ChadO]

Funny you should mention that.  I have one in my tank that I noticed the other day that is almost two tone in color.  The front half is still red, but the back half is a form of a darker brown color.  No illness or anything that I can see, just a very unusual coloring.  As of now, it's not all brown yet, and there was a fair bit of moss in the tank, so can't say if that shrimp has always been like that, or may have started turning.  Just don't know.

 

Is this a trend that you are seeing in your colony, or just some random ones here and there?

[colorfan]

I used to see the same thing in my BMs also.

[Soothing Shrimp]

All turned chocolate.  I just culled them.  Wondering if this is a common occurrence.

 

I know from experience when my diamonds would throw red they'd turn choco after awhile with the occasional red highlight.  Makes sense BM would too since they have diamond in their history.

 

I personally won't do BM again because it looks as though the color is unstable.

 

On the upside, I have an empty tank for more shrimp.

[High5's]

I know nothing about Neo's but..... I was wondering if you took brown BM and crossed it back to an orange neo if it would start to bring the red back out. Because they have BD genes  back crossing to orange might produce purple Neo's. I am a painter and an artist I look at shrimp like paint by mixing primary with its complementary color you get new colors. Just a theory.

I am seeing a similar thing in my blue bee tank, I'm seeing more and more choco/orange I still have nice blues but I am also starting to see purple hues in a few shrimp.

[Soothing Shrimp]

I wish it did work that way.  Unfortunately most neos are created by selective breeding.  So that means modifiers are lined up over time.  By mixing with a different genetic history the modifiers are scattered and you wind up with wild shrimp.

[High5's]

Basically mud shrimp ; [

[Soothing Shrimp]

yup

[Chiumanfu]

You sure it's not the Kanoko gene trying to make a come back?

[Soothing Shrimp]

LOL  Yepper.  Sure about that.

[Fishprinceofca]

Some of my second and third generations turned transparent, almost like a rili. I'm thinking this is how they got the BMs to be clear throughout their bodies.

[Soothing Shrimp]

Well, technically the BM should have red tissue.