breeding indian whiteband?

Sannie · Post by **Sannie** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:42 pm

Hello there, I'm new here. Please don't mind the bad typing and/or grammar cause I'm Dutch... Reading skills are quite good, but writing...

Yesterday I bought some new species of shrimp. Now I identified them as the Indian Whiteband Shrimp.

Two of the twenty little lads (or lady's actually

) are carrying eggs... That made me think if someone here on this forum already has some experience breeding this good looking shrimp

I'm already breeding the crystal red shrimp, bee shrimp, ghost shrimp, and red-cherry with succes

Greetings Sannie

Post by **Mustafa** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:16 pm

Hi Sannie,

Welcome to the forum! There are many different shrimp species out there with similar patterning on their backs, which are not the Indian Algae Shrimp. I am the only one that I am aware of who is breeding this shrimp right now. I don't know anyone in Germany or Japan or anywhere in Asia either who has them, so you won't be getting much feedback on this shrimp anywhere.

Would it be possible to provide a picture of the shrimp you have? I could probably tell you if you have this species or not. If so, then great! The more the better since this species, like many, is extremely rare and who knows when it will die out in nature. If not, then you might just have another interesting shrimp species with similar patterning. Either way, a picture would be great!

Sannie · Post by **Sannie** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:40 am

I'll try to capture these guys on the cam

If it's not the Indian Whiteband, what kind of shrimp could it be? The marks on the back are similar to the indians and the colors are now the same as in the picture in the description of the Indian Whiteband. But in the store they were almost black

Can you give me some names from shrimp that look a lot like the Indians, so I can compare pics and search for info?

Post by **Mustafa** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:29 am

Sannie wrote:If it's not the Indian Whiteband, what kind of shrimp could it be?

There is not much info on the shrimp I am talking about. Here is a link to one of the species I have right now that superficially looks similar to the Indian Whitebanded Shrimp but is a completely different species:

http://www.wirbellose.de/arten.cgi?acti ... &artNo=275

I supplied some of the information in that species description. Unfortunately, the info is in German so it's not of much use to non-German speakers (except for the pics) since online translators don't really do all that great of a job at translating.

Hope to see some pictures of your shrimp soon.

Peggy · Post by **Peggy** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:35 am

Hi Mustafa,

Finally a picture of the shrimp.

It isn't a great one, but I hope that it is clear enough.
It also looks like the caridina fernandoi.
http://www.wirbellose.de/arten.cgi?acti ... &artNo=226

regards, Peggy

Post by **Mustafa** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:58 am

Hmmm....interesting. They do look almost identical to my Indian Whitebanded Shrimp, although the coloration is slightly different. Do they carry large or small eggs? What color are the eggs?

They are definitely not Caridina fernandoi, I can tell you that much. Either way, try to breed these shrimp and build up a captive population. Many of these shrimp are so rare that they only get imported every few years as bycatches and who knows how big their natural populations are.

Thanks for the photo! Feel free to post more if you happen to shoot some.

Sannie · Post by **Sannie** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:18 pm

Three lady's bought these shrimp so breeding is on its way

I wil try to get some more information about the heritage if possible.

The colours are quite different in different lighting conditions, I noticed. Under a bright white/yellow lamp, the shrimp are more light brownish. And under a more blue lamp they become darker.

Post by **Mustafa** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:54 pm

Thanks for the additional info.

Yes, knowing where they are from would definitely help in identifying them. Let me know.

Sannie · Post by **Sannie** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:16 pm

It's quite a while when I posted this topic, but there is some more information about the shrimp...
They are breeding quite well! I gave my population to a friend, cause she has more space to breed the shrimp.
Still not sure about the specie, but practically all dutch shrimp&crayfish (http://www.kreeftengarnalen.nl for people who understand Dutch

)forummers are saying that they actually are fernandois...
Well, I'm still not sure of the species, but I can tell you something about the breeding.
The eggs are quite small. Something between the eggs of the caridina japocia (salt water stage larves) and a regular caridina denticulata (like the red cherry or redtail). The newborn shrimp are also a bit smaller than the newborns of a denticulata.
But they grow very fast

I still like to get in tough with the firm who importet these nice looking shrimp to ask where they are from. I asked some people to look out in LFS in the Netherlands for these species, but I've got only one respons, so they seem rare here.
If the breeding go's as well as it now does, maybe we will learn something more about the shrimp (it's a possibility to send some male species to a man who can determine shrimp species in Switserland)

Post by **Mustafa** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:53 pm

Sannie wrote:forummers are saying that they actually are fernandois...

Thanks for the update. They are not C. fernandoi. I've seen C. fernandoi and while they also have similar patterning on their backs, they are very different still. It is most likely an undescribed species.