Is it possible to get an ID from thes pics ? (56k warning)

glod · Post by **glod** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:34 pm

Hi all, sorry for making this my first post. I'm somewhat new to shrimp in aquariums so I don't have much advice to offer really. I've been lurking for a while trying to identify what kind of shrimp I have in one of my tanks. I managed to get a picture or two, maybe you guys can advise me.

I bought 5 shrimp labelled as "freshwater shrimp" after checking they did not have long claws so they wouldn't attack my fish. Over time they've grown a bit and are now about an inch long.

One of them is this colour now.

At least 3 of the others are more transparent like this.

There was one that had a brown tint to it but I haven't seen it in a while.

To me they don't look quite like any of the ones listed in "Shrimp Varieties", but they may just be a variant of one ? I don't know that much about them. That is why I am here to learn.

If there is any further information I can provide to help with the ID, please ask and I shall endeavour to do so.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Glod.

TKD · Post by **TKD** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:06 am

Hi glod,

The first one looks like one of these:
http://www.petshrimp.com/snowballshrimpwild.html

The other pic looks like a Caridina sp. I have no idea as to witch species though.

TKD

glod · Post by **glod** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:50 am

I did have some kind of wrigglies which I thought were shrimp offspring, but they dissappeared after a few days so I guessed they need brackish to grow ?

I assume if I treat them like the snowballs I won't be far off the mark re: feeding and general care ?

Kenshin · Post by **Kenshin** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:58 am

The 2nd picture looks more like a Caridina sp., possibly a Caridina cf. babaulti (Green shrimp) or the "Rainbow" shrimp. The 1st picture is hard to tell but if you can take it at a different angle, it would be easier to identify.

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:20 am

I would agree with Kenshin.

They both look like, what I have received as "Green", "Rainbow", "Black Midget".

The Great Generic Name for imported Shrimp.

John

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:29 am

I did have some kind of wrigglies which I thought were shrimp offspring, but they dissappeared after a few days so I guessed they need brackish to grow ?

Did you see your shrimp berried (carrying eggs)? If not then the wrigglies most likely were copepods, harmless organisms that appear when overfeeding.

glod · Post by **glod** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:48 pm

I'll see if I can get another pic of the grey one. Haven't actually seen it in a couple of days tho. The tank is heavily planted, it's easy to not see them for a week or more at a time. There are only 5 shrimp in there, I often wonder if I should have got a few more at the time but I wanted to leave stocking for some fish too.

As for seeing them carrying eggs, I did not see that, so can't be sure that's what the wrigglies were

It may take a few days to get a decent picture, but I shall try. thanks for the help so far.

glod · Post by **glod** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:37 pm

Ok, sorry it took so long. The pics are not as good as some I have seen on here but I can't seem to get them any clearer. Appologies for all these pics but I thought it best to provide as much data as possible.

These were all bought at the same time from the same tank so should be the same species ? These are the ones I would like to Identify.

And this is a pic of what I think an Amano should look like (from my community tank)

Thanks again for any help with the ID.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:42 pm

It looks like a lot of people are trying to id this shrimp

. The following link is a thred started by zapisto:

viewtopic.php?t=2344

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:57 pm

I came across another site that basically called this shrimp a green red tail shrimp (which is a shrimp that I thought I was getting). Don't ask me why they call it this, I'm guessing it's just a name. I'm looking for where I saw this, but so far, no good.

DatDamWuf · Post by **DatDamWuf** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:02 pm

dam, shrimp ID is tough, they look like greens that I had some time ago but of course I don't what the hell they really were either! got them from the aquarium center in baltimore MD, those guys have a lot of shrimp varities but don't like us don't always know what they have

Post by **Mustafa** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:35 am

You have (at least) two different species in your pictures. One of them could very well be a whitebanded shrimp (see shrimp varieties page), although there are other shrimp with a similar back pattern. The other species could be a related shrimp, but I am not sure. There are quite a few shrimp from India with similar patterns and many of them might actually be closely related.