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New here with an ID question
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 11:00 am
by Ibn
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:03 pm
by fishgeek
i'm new too any maybe wrobg
here is my guess Neocaridina zhangjiajiensis
just based on eye colour and small dark spots on body
andrew
nice photography by the way
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:50 pm
by TKD
Is it me or do I see blue on it... just a bit.
Maybe some remenance of a dye?
TKD
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 4:18 pm
by Ibn
Thanks for the replies, guys.
Yeah, that looks like remnants of some blue on that one there. I'll try snapping some pictures of them once they've settled in. They were a bit more brownish coming from the tank that they were in, but that might have to do with the limited amount of lighting that was over that tank.
Shrimp ID
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:46 pm
by badflash
If these are new they may not be colored up yet. My amano shrimp (Caridina japonica) looked just like this when they first came. After a week or so they became a light green, then the dots on their sides showed up. I have a few that never showed dots at all and just are light green. A few are a deep blue.
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:32 pm
by Mustafa
Although it's hard to say without having the shrimp in front of me I would say it looks like a Paratya species from Japan. Probably Paratya compressa or one of its subspecies.
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 8:03 pm
by Ibn
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 10:51 pm
by BlueEL
Its looks like a male cherry from the last 2 pics. Hmm maybe its a wild female cherry from the first one.
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:18 pm
by Mustafa
Looks like it's the same species as the first pictures you posted in this thread, except that they have settled in and regained their coloration. Are these the same shrimp? If so, look above for my take on their id.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:44 am
by Ibn
Yup, same species as the first set of pictures. Just finally settled in and picked up their colors.
I actually took a look over at Frank's Aquarium and he has what looks like the same shrimp. It's on the list as Red Dragon Shrimp, a Caridinia sp. from Indonesia.
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:42 pm
by Mustafa
Ibn wrote:Yup, same species as the first set of pictures. Just finally settled in and picked up their colors.
I actually took a look over at Frank's Aquarium and he has what looks like the same shrimp. It's on the list as Red Dragon Shrimp, a Caridinia sp. from Indonesia.
Yes, it could be that shrimp. But then, there are tons of species in the indopacific that have the general body shape and coloration of these shrimp. Some are closely related and others are not. Hard to tell what species you have without an indication of where exactly they were caught.
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:33 am
by Ibn
Agreed and unfortunately something that I can't track down at the moment.
