so, a couple weeks ago, I saw an ostracod that I thought must be diseased. it was red. so red that it stood out like a sore thumb among the tens of thousands of other ostracods in the tank. so over the past couple weeks, I have been watching the tank and every time I find a red one, I pull it out and put it in one of my decorative lightbulb jars. I have about 15 so far. I have already seen them start to lay eggs.
I pulled four of them out and trapped them in a drop of water with some normal ones to show the difference in color. I think they may be albino? not sure. they all seem healthy and only get more red as they get older.
I think this may be the first captive bred ostracod color morph?
https://imgur.com/gallery/bH93jZl
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Posted 27 July 2024 - 12:12 AM
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