Hi Guys,
I'm a newbie I ordered some Marimo balls off of Ebay for my Community tank and to my amazement after I placed the balls in the tank I saw these little guys swimming about. The Marimo balls were in the post for 4 days in a sealed plastic bag so I couldn't believe over 20 of these fry had survived. I emailed the seller telling them and they asked me if I was sure they were shrimp... After a few emails they still couldn't tell me what they were but thought they might be RCS. Can anyone tell me what they are? Amano or maybe even Tiger Shrimp? Luckily I had just purchased a fluval edge to start a shrimp tank so the free shrimp were meant to be. Help would be greatly appreciated
Cheers
Bobajob
What Shrimp are these?
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What Shrimp are these?
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Re: What Shrimp are these?
These are very low quality cherries
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Nah...nothing to do with quality. They are some type of wild-colored Neocaridina sp.jayr232 wrote:These are very low quality cherries
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Hmmm. Well what i'm sure about it is it's not a genuine wild-type but some mixed Neocaridina which makes the offspring muddy color or brown color.Mustafa wrote:Nah...nothing to do with quality. They are some type of wild-colored Neocaridina sp.jayr232 wrote:These are very low quality cherries
Also mustafa, have you tried mixing a rili and a sakura? try not to mix the red ones but the other colors instead like the blue,blacks,green. if you mix the non-red sakura and rili, the offspring shouldnt be brown or muddy color but a mix of the parents and some other neocaridina color patterns
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"Wild color" does not mean "wild shrimp." Having caught and imported wild Neocaridina spp. myself, I can tell you that there is no "genuine wild type" as you say. There is a lot of variation even within a single species. The above shrimp are clearly wild-color...no matter if they are actually wild-shrimp or not. As for mixing various Neocaridina sp. varieties...nowadays *anything* could result from such mixes as multiple species seem to have been bred together to produce the various colors and patterns.
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Im pretty sure that some here in eu actually tries to breed only wild-type neos and they don't seem to look as bad as they say. I will try to get a picture of it and see if I can share it here.Mustafa wrote:"Wild color" does not mean "wild shrimp." Having caught and imported wild Neocaridina spp. myself, I can tell you that there is no "genuine wild type" as you say. There is a lot of variation even within a single species. The above shrimp are clearly wild-color...no matter if they are actually wild-shrimp or not. As for mixing various Neocaridina sp. varieties...nowadays *anything* could result from such mixes as multiple species seem to have been bred together to produce the various colors and patterns.
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Thanks Guys for all you help. Looks like They've caused a bit of a debate. They are a fascinating bunch because some have gone redish, some have a blue tint and some are like this guy... He looks a bit like a Tiger. They are growing so fast and most of the females have eggs already. I love my low quality wild indestructible free Shrimp
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