Green and Black Brine Shrimp?

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#2846

Author: Want to play CONQUEST?
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:23

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I have a colony of brine shrimp that I have been raising for the last month,
in the last week I've noticed that some of the brine shrimp have turned
green or black.  I'm not exactly sure if the shrimp have suddenly turned this 
color, or if they just have grown to a large enough size to notice the 
coloration.  Does anybody know what is going on, or why?  Or if it would be
a good or bad idea to feed them to my fish.  Right now, I'm pretty clueless 
and would appreciate ANY help.

huy phung

Re: Green and Black Brine Shrimp?

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Author: Oleg Kiselev
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:15

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In article <1k2094INNoc0@shelley.u.washington.edu> brucehuy@u.washington.edu writes:
>in the last week I've noticed that some of the brine shrimp have turned
>green or black.  I'm not exactly sure if the shrimp have suddenly turned this 
>color, or if they just have grown to a large enough size to notice the 

Supposedly the colour depends on the diet, but I have also noticed the colour 
differences in the shrimp that can't be just explained away by that.  

I think there is a variation in colour among the specimens in the same
culture that is genetic in nature.  If anyone has a better explanation, I'd
like to hear it -- mine sounds rather doubtful.
-- 
Oleg Kiselev at home			...use the header to find the path

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