identification of a stranger shrimp

laura_5013 · Post by **laura_5013** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:04 am

In with my last batch of ghost shrimp I have noticed a stranger.
So far he is almost 2" translucent dusky green with dk brown streaks running back from head area. He has long front tiny claws.
Is there a good site to use for identification besides this one? I'm concerned about what he considers optimal food, as he is in a large breeder tank for Splendens.

YuccaPatrol · Post by **YuccaPatrol** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:06 am

Sounds like a macrobrachium species. See the Shrimp Varieties on this site.

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:23 am

Could be an M. Rosenbergii juvie. Here is a pic of one of mine:

laura_5013 · Post by **laura_5013** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:15 pm

Wow, they do look like the M. Rosenbergii.
I just pulled up information on them and first thing tomorrow I'm moving them out of the tank. Don't know where to - but I'll find a spot.
5" is a large shrimp.

Thanks for the help with ID.

zlguo · Post by **zlguo** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:21 am

No problem, it is the young individual of M. rosenbergii.

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:10 am

5" would be a small female. The adult males can get to be 12"+

laura_5013 · Post by **laura_5013** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:27 am

Yee gads! Okay they are going in the goldfish pond. Lots of cover and they will have lots of room to growwwwwwwww.

Thanks ya'll.

BM · Post by BM » Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:04 pm

Here's a picture of mine, I've had him since he was 2", now he's about 15" stretched out. Had him for about a year now.
I miss how they use to look when they're small, you can see the food in their stomach.