Green Shrimp

amanda_h · Post by **amanda_h** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:40 pm

Who needs Waldo when you can play "spot the green shrimp"...

Bonus points to whoever can find the baby in one of the above pics.

I believe this is the shrimp that some thought was a ghost in another pic because it wasn't showing its stripe.

This "green" shrimp was showing a red so dark it almost looked black (and yes, this colour is accurate)...

And finally, here's a wee little baby... (note the size of that giant boulder beside it, and compare to the small grains of gravel in the previous pic).

gnatster · Post by **gnatster** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 4:41 am

Spot the Baby....

Picture #2 just above the adult shrimp on the verticle plant stem, darker colored.

Do I win a batch of them

amber2461 · Post by **amber2461** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:27 am

YUp, that was the easy part Amanda ... yeah you could Gnatster ... maybe by next year when she is ready to part with any of them.

amanda_h · Post by **amanda_h** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:56 pm

Oh, sure, easy to see when I point it out to you! Hee!

I didn't see the baby at all until I had the photo on the computer and zoomed in. I had no idea it was there when I took the pic!

amber2461 · Post by **amber2461** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:02 am

amanda_h wrote:Oh, sure, easy to see when I point it out to you! Hee!

Nah, it was a spot on girl !

amanda_h wrote:I didn't see the baby at all until I had the photo on the computer and zoomed in. I had no idea it was there when I took the pic!

Hee hee hee

scrimp · Post by **scrimp** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:56 pm

I love these green shrimp, its amazing to me how all shrimp seem to change colors.

amanda_h · Post by **amanda_h** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 10:48 pm

When I first got my green shrimp, it was only because I couldn't find cherries. Now I think they're my favourites.

scrimp · Post by **scrimp** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 11:30 pm

amanda_h wrote:When I first got my green shrimp, it was only because I couldn't find cherries. Now I think they're my favourites.

Sadly like an idiot when I was buying mine they had a tank of them for about 2 bucks each I was like nah they look ugly lol they looked more yellow then green. Seeing them in your tank makes me regret this. Ive been herassing my LFS (not really local since I visit about 10 every weekend in a 50 mile radious hehehe.

Hanzo · Post by **Hanzo** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 11:31 pm

Thanks for sharing your lovely pictures! Sadly I can't seem to find Green shrimps here in norway, but after looking true this I think I will give it another try

Acsuth · Post by **Acsuth** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 3:19 am

Hanzo wrote:Thanks for sharing your lovely pictures! Sadly I can't seem to find Green shrimps here in norway, but after looking true this I think I will give it another try

Hey -- I know a supplier in Germany...it's a little far away from you, but he ships shrimp and crays through Europe all the time. Let me know if this would help you and I'll give you his contact info.

Amanda

amanda_h · Post by **amanda_h** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:47 pm

Hey all. I'm wondering if anyone here has seen this behaviour before...

I've got some wee little baby green shrimp in the tank right now. I've only ever seen one at a time, always hiding in a plant, so I wasn't sure how many I had. But tonight, suddenly they're all swimming about the aquarium. All the other shrimp are going about their business, and I tested the water and all the parameters are fine, but the little guys keep swimming all over the place. I hadn't seen this happen with any of the previous batches of babies... maybe I just didn't look at the right time?

Any ideas?

scrimp · Post by **scrimp** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 12:41 am

Do green shrimp ever turn a yellow color? I saw a tank full of little yellow shrimp Im trying to figure out what they are.

amanda_h · Post by **amanda_h** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 7:57 am

I've seen a greenish yellow... and one was almost orange one day...

amber2461 · Post by **amber2461** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:33 am

Maybe you have the 'rainbow shrimp' variety??

ming · Post by **ming** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:06 am

Any idea how to sex these guys? or they look look pretty much the same?