Tail Hangers

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:02 pm

Hello
I traded a few RCS, for what were called Rainbow Shrimp.

One of the Females is a transparent Orange, and the other Female is just clear,like the Snowballs.

The problem I have, Is that I now have several Tail Hangers floating around my tank.
They seem to float, but, they can also stop, and move on there own.

If they are different species, I need to take the Female out , that is producing the Tail Hangers. and put her in another tank.

The Tail Hangers, make it very difficult to do water changes.

Here are a couple pictures, I posted them in a different Thread.

After looking at the pictures, they both look like they both carry, A large number of smaller eggs.

Can anyone help with a Species Name ?

John

JK · Post by JK » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:33 pm

Sorry can't help with a name, but it does look very similar to this one that came in with my Indian zebra's. Does yours have the white stripe down the back?

Part of another assortment perhaps.

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:09 pm

The Orange one, has a orangish stripe on it back.
The Clear one, likes to hide alot and I rarely see her.

One thing I forgot to mention about these Shrimp. They are the fasting swimming Shrimp I have see.
They will swim the entire length of my 125 gal in a straight line.
All of my other Shrimp, will kind of bounce around the tank.

JK
Did you just get one of the red/orange Shrimp in with the Zebra's ?

John

JK · Post by JK » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:31 pm

Yes there were actually two red/orange ones, but the other is a white banded one.

My one is also very active, particularly late in the day.

Post by **Mustafa** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:32 pm

There are by-catches of various shrimp with small eggs that hail from India. I've had a few of them myself. I have no idea what they exactly they are. India is one of the hotspots of shrimp diversity, so who knows what they might be. As far as I know there are over 100 species of Caridina to choose from and probably many more undiscovered.

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:23 am

Mustafa
Thank You, for the information.
100 Species or more

I will have to set up a few more tanks.

Here is a better picture of the line on her back. She finaly came out of hidding.

John

Post by **Mustafa** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:16 am

Newjohn wrote:Mustafa
Thank You, for the information.
100 Species or more
I will have to set up a few more tanks.

Yes, and that's only in India. China is another hotspot with many, many more species...again many undescribed ones among them. Then there is southeast asia, New Guinea and Australia. If we actually get our hands on *all* of these species, you might need a few hundred tanks at least to keep and breed them all.

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:28 am

I believe there are enough members here in this Forum
that would keep at least a couple of the species.

Than we could pass the Shrimp and information around.

First we have to get them into this country Alive.

Mustafa
From the pictures I posted,
Do the Orange and clear Shrimp look to be the same species ?
1 difference is that the Clear has 4 white markings "Dots" on her tail and the Orange one does not.

They do not stay still long enough, for me to study them.

John

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:25 am

Mustafa wrote:
Newjohn wrote:Mustafa
Thank You, for the information.
100 Species or more
I will have to set up a few more tanks.
Yes, and that's only in India. China is another hotspot with many, many more species...again many undescribed ones among them. Then there is southeast asia, New Guinea and Australia. If we actually get our hands on *all* of these species, you might need a few hundred tanks at least to keep and breed them all.

Wow, so we only scatched the surface! We always here from members in Europe about their new and different shrimp. I guess these shrimp just haven't made there way to the US yet

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They do not stay still long enough, for me to study them.

John

We need to come up with "shrimp leashes"

Post by **Mustafa** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:17 pm

Newjohn wrote:I believe there are enough members here in this Forum
that would keep at least a couple of the species.

Than we could pass the Shrimp and information around.

First we have to get them into this country Alive.

Yes, that's the idea.

Do the Orange and clear Shrimp look to be the same species ?

Hard to tell. It looks like the white shrimp has a much shorter and differently shaped rostrum. The body looks slightly different, too. I bet it's a different species.
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Post by **Mustafa** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:19 pm

Neonshrimp wrote:We always here from members in Europe about their new and different shrimp. I guess these shrimp just haven't made there way to the US yet

Actually, I don't know of any regularly traded shrimp that has not made it to the US yet at one point or another. The problem is that that they arrive dead and half-dead. The best long term solution will be personal collection trips.

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:51 pm

Newjohn wrote:I believe there are enough members here in this Forum
that would keep at least a couple of the species.

Yep, i'd be willing to keep a few(hundred)

As for shrimp in China...I do have at least 2 friends living in China currently...I don't know that a shrimp could make it from China to my house alive, without lots of speacial equipment etc. I'll at least check it out.

-John

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:59 pm

Mustafa Wrote

The best long term solution will be personal collection trips.

Sign Me Up
Which Travel Agent do you use.
Maybe we can get a group discount.

Maybe in the near furture, we could have a Forum collection Trip.

John

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 1:21 pm

Newjohn wrote:Mustafa Wrote
The best long term solution will be personal collection trips.

Maybe in the near furture, we could have a Forum collection Trip.

John

That would be awsome...!

Who needs a vacation, we could all go shrimp collecting! It'd be cool to go risking life and limb through some foreign jungle, in search of shrimp. Of course i'd be looking for puffers too

-John

Cableguy · Post by **Cableguy** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:40 am

i think we should go to brazil and look for amazonian shrimp... and plecos >_<