Blue amano shrimp

[Fishguy2727]

I found this guy in the amano shrimp tank at work. At first I thought it was the light, but after seeing it a few times I decided to grab it. I have never seen one before. I just added it to the filterless 20long with the other shrimps. I almost thought it was dyed or too much quick cure, but it is small spots that are denser toward the top. What do you guys think?
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c207/reptileguy2727/blueamanoa.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c207/reptileguy2727/blueamanof.jpg

[richberstler]

It's for real, I have seen it one one of my shrimp sites, I'll see if I can find it.

[richberstler]

From the same site here is where I saw blue shrimp. I was wrong about the amano part, but there are a few blue ones on both...

http://www.franksaquarium.com/freshwatershrimpfarm.htm

http://www.franksaquarium.com/indonesia.htm

Unfortunately none of these explain origins. Good pics tho!

[Fishalicious]

Caridina babaulti come in all kinds of lovely colors including different shades of blue...

[shockshockshad]

I thought that they can be all sorts of colors, including blue. Like a greenish, a greyish, and a blueish. That shrimp of yours is very pretty!

[Fishalicious]

Yeah the Caridina babaulti comes in all colors like I said - also Yellow - bright green - orange you name it the color is possible