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could you help me to id this shrimp ? it turns blue and red some times but it can be brown or semi transparent, i belive it had supressed larval stage

It looks similar to the Amano shrimp, but the head area looks different. So does the dot pattern on the shrimp's body. Do you have a better picture? More of a side-shot and head shot would help.

Dear Mustafa here are the pics you requested i hope they help to id this shrimp it has supressed larval stage also develops few(80-100) big eggs, i wish i could had a pic of the developed fry in the trransparent egg, they are mixed now with cherrys i hope when they grow i get many of them and perhaps find a new shrimp also its big like 3 cm (bigger than a neocaridina or a tiger shrimp)

Looks like an Amano shrimp to me!

I concur, Amanos

its not amano cause caridina haponica has many eggs also it borns as a zoea and this one had few and big eggs and no zoeas were born

Taheton is right, this isn't Caridina japonica, they don't lay a few big eggs. It's rather something like this. They have a confusing name Mini-Amano...

Allex wrote:Taheton is right, this isn't Caridina japonica, they don't lay a few big eggs. It's rather something like this. They have a confusing name Mini-Amano...

No, it's not that shrimp. That species is different from this one. Well, if it has large eggs with fully developed young that it obviously can't be Caridina japonica. Taheton, make sure you build up a population of these guys if you can. The hobby will thank you as every new shrimp that gets established in the hobby is a plus.

Mustafa wrote: Taheton, make sure you build up a population of these guys if you can. The hobby will thank you as every new shrimp that gets established in the hobby is a plus.

i cannot be more than agree with this statement.
we have to work all together to get the shrimp take their place in the hobby

I wonder if this is that "amano" that people have bred using only fresh water...

can be
i receive report of many people who telling that they breed amano in only freshwater.
we all know that impossible, but if you know how LFS work theese day, i will not be surprise they anything who look like amano closely or not as amano