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I have a little pale Bluebolt that is about 5 months old and overnight it's colur has started to intensify -not much by other peoples standards but there is no escaping that it is a Bluebolt now. Is that unusual for them to colour up all of a sudden? It seems happy enough wandering around as usual scavenging food etc , the WP's are all fine but it worries me that it is happening so suddenly. Only change has been I am slowly lowering the TDS as it was a bit high but it has been a slow process over a couple of weeks. The other shrimp are all looking really good, colour has improved on them all and molts are appearing so it may be a response to better water conditions but i'm still a bit worried:worried:.

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The colour in mine have intensified with age and sometimes quickly soon after water changes! But I have had a couple that have done the overnight change and the new colour has stayed from there! I wouldn't worry but that's easier said than done!

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Thanks guys . I was impressed and worried at the same time. It's not very blue but I'm happy to have a couple in the tank.

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Love to see pics......the BB's colour intensity is certainly affected by WP and age...as a hi mentioned, if they're cruising around and eating, then that's always a great sign :-)

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It's very pale by your standards BB. But I will try and get a picture tomorrow :)

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That's ok ineke....I'll get a tad drunk then, my standards always drop after a few....lol

BTW, love ALL BB's ..... You'll find by getting the right Mg:Ca ratio, and with age, their colour will intensify.

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I will need to do calcium tests again , last time I did them it was all ok but now I have the new tanks things might be different. The mother was a Snow White Mischling who had a BB Dad - she is one of Ninja's girls I bought last year and snowy white I can't believe she is a Mischling. Pretty sure dad was my Panda. There are a few little white ones starting to show colour this week - must be the lowering of the TDS and extra water changes that is setting them off.

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What tds are you aiming for? If I can ask?

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I'm bringing it down to 150 it was 180 but my TDS pen is reading lower than it actually is apparently. Eshrimp brought his super EC/TDS wand here and mine read about 40 ppm difference ie mine was 40 lower so my TDS was even higher. Then I bought another pen still not high end but better than I had but it reads the same as my cheap one so I'm a bit at a loss. However today I measured BB's water - before anyone says anything the water the shrimp came in- it was 153 by my pen and BB had said his EC was 330 I think.

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Thanks for sharing this, may have to look into reducing mine too! At 167 at present, hmmm. Thanks for planting this seed Ineke!

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Just back from a spot of shrimp staring. I'm amazed that I have more Pandas than I thought - I think they have come out to see the new kids on the block- but also I have thought I had a blue shadow Panda from when it first hatched but I hadn't noticed a shadow panda for a while. Tonight it was there and it's in the same tank as the BB so something good is happening in that tank perhaps the lowering of the TDS plus the extra water changes have something to do with it.

the GH has come down a bit now too and more moults are happening.

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good sign ineke :) and congratulations. i visit friend house and check his tank water for CRS TDS was 675, GH 11. but he says its breed allright and no deaths? how ever the tank 1 year old. wonder how they can survive? although the crs grade either low grade or because the wp the colour was lose white abit

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CRS are a bit hardier than the TB's especially the lower grades but a lot of people have success at higher TDS. I had deliberately increased mine but had poor results so now I'm bringing all my tanks down again except the cherry tanks which sit around 200 .

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