My blue bolt became a green bolt

dr.tran · 04-16-2012, 05:18 AM

I have no idea why but my blue bolt became a green hulk. The other ones are still blue. Just this guy. Or at least I think its a green hulk but its definitively turning green.

What gives?

**FreedPenguin** · 04-16-2012, 05:19 AM

Any variations in diet?

dr.tran · 04-16-2012, 05:21 AM

hikari crab cuisine. But if it was diet, then the other blue bolts would be green too. Just this guy.

???

**FreedPenguin** · 04-16-2012, 05:23 AM

Ok I am stumped! but I have no experience in BB or Hulks.
Maybe some just are born one color and change hues as they grow older?
Like Blue rilis?

**sbarbee54** · 04-16-2012, 05:25 AM

I thought a green hulk was like a wine red but green with white bars or bar

**mordalphus** · 04-16-2012, 05:25 AM

Green hulk is clear, so it's not a green hulk. It probably recently molted?

dr.tran · 04-16-2012, 05:29 AM

Ok I have a green bolt?

I haven't noticed it shedding but I guess in a few days I'll know for sure

**Soothing Shrimp** · 04-16-2012, 03:41 PM

There's so many different var of crs, I hesitate to say it's a new color...but I've never seen a reference to this. VERY interesting.

EDIT: If green hulks are transparent, are the green splotches transparent on yours?

dr.tran · 04-17-2012, 05:16 AM

Nah I was wrong. Its not a green hulk. More like a green bolt. Its not transparent. The others are still blue. Its pretty weird. But pretty cool.

Also one of my little black king kongs is starting to have a green tint to it. Kinda like a green hulk. Maybe it is an environmental thing.

jeremyTR · 04-17-2012, 05:22 AM

I want a green shrimp. That's awesome.

FrenchFry · 04-17-2012, 05:28 AM

Interesting. Do you have any photos next to your other blue bolts so we can see how different this one is?

dr.tran · 04-17-2012, 05:33 AM

Yeah I will take a photo. I'll get them tomorrow. Its late in NY and I have to get up early.

ANBU · 04-17-2012, 09:30 AM

Green lantern shrimp!

ElBoltonero · 04-17-2012, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dr.tran

Also one of my little black king kongs is starting to have a green tint to it. Kinda like a green hulk. Maybe it is an environmental thing.

That's what happens when you live next to a gamma ray factory.

**Soothing Shrimp** · 04-17-2012, 03:27 PM

I suppose environmental would be easy enough to figure out by placing one in a separate tank and seeing if the color remains stable.

04-16-2012, 05:18 AM	#1
dr.tran Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (76/98%) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 2,170	My blue bolt became a green bolt I have no idea why but my blue bolt became a green hulk. The other ones are still blue. Just this guy. Or at least I think its a green hulk but its definitively turning green. What gives? __________________ I'm not a doctor in real life but I play one on this forum My 29 gal tank blackworms culture methods Last edited by dr.tran; 04-17-2012 at 04:18 PM..

04-16-2012, 05:19 AM	#2
FreedPenguin Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (65/100%) Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 697	Any variations in diet? __________________ OK copper, you got me! RAOK Club #15

04-16-2012, 05:21 AM	#3
dr.tran Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (76/98%) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 2,170	hikari crab cuisine. But if it was diet, then the other blue bolts would be green too. Just this guy. ??? __________________ I'm not a doctor in real life but I play one on this forum My 29 gal tank blackworms culture methods

04-16-2012, 05:23 AM	#4
FreedPenguin Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (65/100%) Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 697	Ok I am stumped! but I have no experience in BB or Hulks. Maybe some just are born one color and change hues as they grow older? Like Blue rilis? __________________ OK copper, you got me! RAOK Club #15

04-16-2012, 05:25 AM	#5
sbarbee54 The Security Dude (View User Tanks) PTrader: (49/100%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: The Badlands Posts: 2,637	I thought a green hulk was like a wine red but green with white bars or bar __________________ 55 Planted Rummys,2 GBR,8 Corys,4 Discus PFR Culls Many shrimp tanks http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...half-done.html

04-16-2012, 05:25 AM	#6
mordalphus These pants? are fancy. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (263/100%) Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 7,638	Green hulk is clear, so it's not a green hulk. It probably recently molted?

04-16-2012, 05:29 AM	#7
dr.tran Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (76/98%) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 2,170	Ok I have a green bolt? I haven't noticed it shedding but I guess in a few days I'll know for sure __________________ I'm not a doctor in real life but I play one on this forum My 29 gal tank blackworms culture methods

04-16-2012, 03:41 PM	#8
Soothing Shrimp Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (83/100%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 3,627	There's so many different var of crs, I hesitate to say it's a new color...but I've never seen a reference to this. VERY interesting. EDIT: If green hulks are transparent, are the green splotches transparent on yours? __________________ DBP Club! My thinking has been invert-ed!

04-17-2012, 05:16 AM	#9
dr.tran Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (76/98%) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 2,170	Nah I was wrong. Its not a green hulk. More like a green bolt. Its not transparent. The others are still blue. Its pretty weird. But pretty cool. Also one of my little black king kongs is starting to have a green tint to it. Kinda like a green hulk. Maybe it is an environmental thing. __________________ I'm not a doctor in real life but I play one on this forum My 29 gal tank blackworms culture methods

04-17-2012, 05:22 AM	#10
jeremyTR Suspended (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Tacoma Washington Posts: 1,578	I want a green shrimp. That's awesome.

04-17-2012, 05:28 AM	#11
FrenchFry Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (20/100%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 57	Interesting. Do you have any photos next to your other blue bolts so we can see how different this one is?

04-17-2012, 05:33 AM	#12
dr.tran Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (76/98%) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 2,170	Yeah I will take a photo. I'll get them tomorrow. Its late in NY and I have to get up early. __________________ I'm not a doctor in real life but I play one on this forum My 29 gal tank blackworms culture methods

04-17-2012, 09:30 AM	#13
ANBU Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 81	Green lantern shrimp!

04-17-2012, 03:27 PM	#15
Soothing Shrimp Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (83/100%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 3,627	I suppose environmental would be easy enough to figure out by placing one in a separate tank and seeing if the color remains stable. __________________ DBP Club! My thinking has been invert-ed!

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