Freshwater Shrimp of Borneo

Veneer · Post by **Veneer** » Mon May 09, 2005 3:05 pm

An assortment of western Bornean freshwater shrimp (mostly Macrobrachium spp.) may be viewed here.

TKD · Post by **TKD** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:20 pm

Cool Shrimp and crabs!!

TKD

GunmetalBlue · Post by **GunmetalBlue** » Wed May 11, 2005 12:04 pm

Hi Veneer, thanks for the link! There seems to be an endless variety of interesting shrimp.

What Macrobrachium species do you currently keep, if any? Can you make some general behavior comments about them such as whether some species need to live alone? I especially ask this because I've had to provide lots of cover for my two female M.lanchesteri. Every time they encounter each other, they seem to be in attack or defense mode. And what about the sexes? Generally speaking, would opposite sexes tend to tolerate each other better, or are other factors more important (like size)?

-GunmetalBlue

antoinette · Post by **antoinette** » Wed May 11, 2005 12:23 pm

Is the colloration in the green and yellowheart caused by a parasite like with the caridina palmata?

Veneer · Post by **Veneer** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:20 pm

antoinette wrote:Is the colloration in the green and yellowheart caused by a parasite like with the caridina palmata?

It's likely that those colored patches reflect stomach content.