Is my shrimp OK?

[mel_20_20]

When I was doing a water change I felt my finger brush against or bump something. I looked and saw a ghost shrimp swimming away. I was hoping I didn't cause any damage.

Later in the day I noticed that he has a tiny red blob inside on the left side of his head. Only on one side. Not the area where you see the food go, but ahead of that, towards the front of the head and more to the side.. There's an anatomical blob in the same area on the other side, but it doesn't look red.

Also, all along the sides of his thoracic area and in some places on his legs, it's like you peppered him, lightly, with cayenne pepper. I don't know how else to describe it. Also, there is a rosy coloring internally, where he usually is clear.

I"m afraid I injured him. Can anyone tell me if this sounds like that is the case.

Thanks for any input.

 

[jbradt]

It sounds like he may be having some issues, but I think it's unlikely that you caused it by bumping him.

 

[thebrandon]

how old is he roughly? Might be getting old in shrimp years

 

[jackiomy]

Mine change color sometimes. I have some that are reddish and some that are greenish and some that are totally clear. Did you feed them something different? How old are they. I shoo mine with my fingers all the time, they are pretty resilient.

 

[mel_20_20]

I hadn't fed anything pink or red. Some snail jello (greenish) and some algae wafer. A shrimp pellet a couple of days ago.

I think she's probably almost a year old. She kept having eggs while her, obviously, mate was alive, but he died recently, about a month ago. He just got stiff and fell over. I thought he was about to molt, but no... he died. I don't know why. I monitor water quality really well.

I hope it's just a color change or something. Thanks for the help. We'll see how things go.

 

[Wycco]

It probably wasn't anything you did- but I think their "scars" or "bruises" do turn red.

When I first got all mine there was one with a red stripe like a "scratch" on her skin- looked like a scar of some kind. Unfortunately she was one of the ones that died (I had two or three die in the first few weeks).