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I just picked up 6 "Vietnamesse Glass Shrimp"
At a local pet store.

Sorry, No picture.
The Digital Camera is in for repairs.

Does any have information on these ?

2 of the Shrimp are holding eggs ?

Any information will be helpful
John

Judging from the name I think I know where they come from.

If it's really those shrimp then they look like Macrobrachium lanchesteri or a related species. They should have medium size eggs and you should be able to rear the larvae in complete freshwater.

Good luck!

Mustafa

Thank You , for the information.

Sorry there was not a picture, My digital camera is not working.

I traded a few Cherry Red Shrimp for these Guys, At a Local Pet Store.

2 of them are holding eggs, I could not really tell what size eggs they were. I wanted to make every effort to try and raise the young.

The only picture I could find was on another web-site. There was no information with the picture. Just a guess at the Name.

I will post a picture as soon as I get my camera back

John

Here are a couple of pictures.








John

Sorry for the picture size.

New Camera and Computer. I will try to down size the pictures, for a easy read/look

John

Thanks for the pictures. They are what I thought they were. Either M. lanchesteri or a very closely related species. This is the "other ghost/glass shrimp" that people from outside the US refer to when they talk about "ghost shrimp." They are very interesting shrimp and quite active.

Mustafa
Thank You for the information.

Sorry Again for the size fo the pictures. I thought , I down sized them enough. Thats what happens when I start thinking.

These "Glass / Ghost" Shrimp have alot more color, than the US ones.

They are very active.

Not a bad trade, for a few extra RCS .

John

Here is a better picture of a Female with Eggs.



They can find food faster than any other Shrimp that I keep.
It seems , as soon as it hits the water, they are looking for It.

John

Newjohn wrote: They can find food faster than any other Shrimp that I keep.
It seems , as soon as it hits the water, they are looking for It.

John

Yeah, they are very efficient. Most Macrobrachium shrimp act that way actually. Our native Palaemonetes sp. act in a similar fashion. I love Palaemonid shrimp...they all have personality.

Mustafa
I would have to agree.

The Palaemonetes that I have, were Bred in my tank. They are the first ones to find the food.

I like the way the hover/float in the water.

When I get largers tanks I will be setting up a Palemontes only tank.

10 & 15gal tanks are a little to small to have a good colony.

John

Newjohn,

I know where you got those from

I'm nearly positive it is the same store I go to nearly evert other day lol

I have been observing the "Vietnamese Glass Shrimp" for a week or 2 now, and am debating about picking up a few.

Let me know how breeding them goes for you, if you decide to do that.


-John (AKA: The Puffer Ninja)

John
You must visit the same store I do.
Greg lets me know ,when ever there are Shrimp on his list, to see if I want them.

I will be updating this thread as often as I can.

I picked up 6 of these, 2 were berried females.

They look alot better than they did at the store.
John

Ah yes, that is the same store I frequently visit.

Don't want to go too far off topic, did you get my PM?

viewtopic.php?t=1583&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 is a good post for these shrimp.

badflash
Thank You
For the link. I forgot about that one.
The information should help me in the attemp to breed them.


John