Maybe, but personally I would rather try and make the spots more visible rather than merge them in to one. We already have quite a few green forms, but not many spotted ones.
I too really like the green dots on your shrimp and also think that a darker color will help add contrast to make the dots more visible. Best wishes on your project
The Fisherman wrote:I've just contacted my friend who lives in China. Hopefully i'll get a positive reply
I also know some people that live in Taiwan...I wonder if there are any interesting shrimps there. I shall search and find out.
-John
Don't get your hopes up too much. Having/breeding shrimp is a totally different thing from shipping shrimp, especially across international borders. Most people have never shipped and are very reluctant...rightly so as it takes lots of care and experience to ship shrimp and have them arrive alive...especially if it takes several days for them to arrive.
Your spotted shrimp are very lovely, Ya dont see spotted shrimps arround here very often, most i come across are the red and stipped guys. But when I look close at some ghost shrimp I can see little spots, lol, more like specks. Hopefully you can have more sucess in breeding them.I wish you luck in this endevor.
Thailand probably has some great shrimp, and all the Thai folks I've talked to online over the years are EXTREMELY friendly and helpful. It would be worth it to inquire with some Thai betta keepers, since many are very familiar with shipping to the US.
With your contacts/friends in Thailand, would you know if shrimp keeping is big/growing like it is in other countries? Also, please ask what the difference if there are any between shipping shrimp and bettas.
It's been a long time - I don't have any of their emails. I used to deal mostly with a woman named Vinita. The last time I spoke with her was just after the tsunami. She was always more than happy to ask other fishkeepers about what they were keeping.
Not sure about the status of the invertebrate hobby in Thailand.
One caution - Thai breeders seem to think the streets in the US are paved with gold and will try to get you to buy massive quantities of fish or tell you to come visit - "It can't cost that much!"
lampeye wrote:
One caution - Thai breeders seem to think the streets in the US are paved with gold and will try to get you to buy massive quantities of fish or tell you to come visit - "It can't cost that much!"
I got a reply from my friend in China, his name is John, and he is also the Head Tech on Thepufferforum. here is his reply:
PetPirate wrote:
I've only ever seen species of ghost shrimp for sale here in any regularity. I have about a billion that have bred for years in my 15g freshwater tank.
I do not doubt that there are many locally-occurring shrimp that would be unique to the hobby - but (and this is a big BUT), the hobby here is very under-developed. Many/most families are still rather poor, and so spending big bucks on fishkeepign is rare.
For example, Shanghai is a city of almost 20 million people - far, far bigger than any city in the US. But there are only 2 or 3 decent fish stores. And they are laughably bad compared to Western offerings. Many non-imported things are cheap, but selection is limited and care is sometimes poor.
Shanghai is the most developed of all China's cities.
This is changing and the situation is improving with each passing year. But for now, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan, would be the places to look for unique hobby shrimp.
Perhaps we will have to arrange a forum collection trip to someplace Shoulda seen the look on my parents' faces when I said I wanted to go to Sri Lanka
or tell you to come visit - "It can't cost that much!" 
