Orange Amano shrimp?

[Keri]

My LFS has these for sale, they are much smaller than the regular amanos (but might just be younger) are they really an Amano variety?

[neven]

are they actual amano shrimp? or are they a lot smaller (cherry shrimp size)

[jmo526]

Does anyone have Amano shrimp that are red? the biggest one in my tank has eaten dead fish before ( a few months ago) was wondering if that could be a cause of redness

[CRS Fan]

My really small Amanos are bluish in colour. I'm sure they can be dyed or colour fed like other aquatic pets. OR it might actually be a newer colour morph . Odder shrimp have shown up in the hobby !

Respectfully,

Stuart

[bamboo]

mine turned reddish at some point and them they died =(
mine are greenish now

[Keri]

They are smaller like cherry shrimp, but they also have cherry shrimp listed properly in a different tank. I'm not sure if they have more of an amano or cherry look to them, I will have to look closer. They are definitely orange though.

[tang daddy]

Haven't seen orange amanos, maybe they were fed something like colourbits of red flakes... As most have said amanos are grey to green/blue!

[Keri]

I'm afraid to buy one in case they were artificially dyed. I don't mind colour-fed so much but I *hate* it when animals are "dipped" or injected with colour, it's a sick, sick practice.

[target]

I had an amano go red in color, but only after it ate a large number of Cherry shrimp babies.

[tang daddy]

Keri try to get a picture, but if you're saying they're small like cherries then they are most likely sunkist shrimp, or orange shrimp and they can live in both brackish water aswell as soft water.