A black mountain shrimp?

Endacy · Post by **Endacy** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:10 am

I saw some mountain / rock shrimp in an LFS the other day, but instead of being an unhappy brown, or happy red with white stripe, they were black, with a slightly dull white stripe - are they rare? I am tempted to buy them because i've never seen any like it before, assuming they are still there!!

Cheers

James

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:52 pm

Hi James

The name you listed, is probably a name the store owner or Importer gave them.

Check out the Shrimp Varieties page. You might see the Shrimp Listed there, with the proper name.

If you find them there, Check out the water paramiters first, before you buy them.

I Hope This Helps
John

ShrimpFan · Post by **ShrimpFan** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:14 pm

I think he's talking about bamboo shrimp here. I've never seen any black ones, but they seem to be quite variable in color so I wouldn't be surprised if they could turn themselves black. It might also have to do with what they are being fed or the substrate they live on. Then again, there are many undocumented shrimp species, so who knows?

Endacy · Post by **Endacy** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:42 pm

Yes you are right, I should have said 'Asian Filter Shrimp'. They'd gone anyway when I went there, never mind! If I see anymore i'll get them and try and post a photo.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:56 pm

I guess they are hard to come by

. Hope your LFS get them in agian, keep us updated.

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:59 pm

Endacy wrote:Yes you are right, I should have said 'Asian Filter Shrimp'. They'd gone anyway when I went there, never mind! If I see anymore i'll get them and try and post a photo.

Hmmm, so they were Asian filter shrimp? Just a different color variety?

If so, thats pretty cool. The ones at my LFS are brown.

-John (AKA: The Puffer Ninja)

milalic · Post by **milalic** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:30 pm

I have seen blusih and redish ones as well.

-Pedro

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:32 pm

milalic wrote:I have seen blusih and redish ones as well.

-Pedro

Wow, thats really cool. The bluish ones sound nice, but i'm a little biased since blue is my favorite color.

Got any pics of the red or blue ones?

-John (AKA: The Puffer Ninja)

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:07 am

I have one or two females that have the slightest blue/green tint to them. I feed them alot of spirulina powder, and I keep them in a tank with black substrate (Eco-Complete).

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:32 am

I think this may be an example of how food (alot of spirulina powder) plays a role in shrimp coloration. The substrate may also be helping to bring out the blue/green tint