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Hi folks,

I have added another very exciting and promising new shrimp to the shrimp varieties pages that will hopefully find wide distribution in the hobby in the future:

http://www.petshrimp.com/darkgreenshrimp.html

It's a very nice dark green shrimp from India. The second green shrimp in the hobby! It's quite different from the normal green shrimp in color and body shape. Also, its young are larger initially and grow up much faster than the green shrimp young (rivaling or even exceeding red cherry shrimp young in growth!).

I, for one, am very, very excited about this shrimp.

Wow, very nice new green shrimp . Interesting how the young can be red. I take it they should be kept in alkaline water over the long run like the other indian shrimp? I hope to see them available soon

Those are going to be a great addition to the hobby, especially if they reproduce so well.

Wow this is truly awesome, if they can breed/ grow faster than RCS then that is very good I hope to start seeing these "pop-up" in the shrimp market very soon Thank you for keeping us updated on new species Mustafa!

I'll be eagerly awaiting an update to the Petshrimp Store!

badflash wrote:I'll be eagerly awaiting an update to the Petshrimp Store!

ho shoot
was thinking i was the only one

Neonshrimp wrote: Wow, very nice new green shrimp . Interesting how the young can be red. I take it they should be kept in alkaline water over the long run like the other indian shrimp? I hope to see them available soon

I too would be interested in knowing the pH that they need.

Thanks,

TKD

Sweet, another green Cardinia, this one with a faster growth/reproduction rate. That makes it a better subject for selective breeding to enhance the green coloration as well.

Glad you guys like this shrimp almost as much as I do. As some of you know I am moving to San Diego very, very soon (end of April) and it's not going to be an easy move. I will try to get at least some of these guys in other hobbyists hands before I move, though, as it would be a shame for my population to accidentally die off during the move. I'm trying my best to minimize all problems, but you never know. At this point I don't have enough breeders, yet, but since the last batch of young should reach adult size in a few weeks and I have a few ovigerous females again, I will distribute the next batch of young if they reach the right size before I move. Otherwise, it'll happen after I move and get settled.

As for ph, it's not that important. You should be able to keep these shrimp in your tap water, no matter where you are, just like red cherry shrimp. That seems to be the case for most, if not all, other species, by the way. I am going to get rid of the "water parameters" section in my shrimp species description shortly to avoid any confusion. My experience and research shows that factors other than ph are responsible for the majority of shrimp deaths and mishaps. Research is ongoing though and I will finally write an article about water parameters. In the meantime, don't worry too much about ph issues. Worry about other things, like overfeeding and not having a cycled tank, too many fast growing plants, using fertilizer, too many (and too large) water changes etc...etc...etc. The only thing I am worried about when I move to San Diego is cycling the new tanks...not the ph or hardness of the water there (both are a whole lot higher than in NYC). Bad or no cycle = dead shrimp.

Research is ongoing though and I will finally write an article about water parameters. In the meantime, don't worry too much about ph issues.

It will be great to see results of the research when you are finished

Worry about other things, like overfeeding and not having a cycled tank, too many fast growing plants, using fertilizer, too many (and too large) water changes etc...etc...etc.

Thanks for the reminder

The only thing I am worried about when I move to San Diego is cycling the new tanks...not the ph or hardness of the water there (both are a whole lot higher than in NYC).

That's the case but the shrimp still seem to thrive here

Love the dark green shrimp!

Wow Mustafa, how are you going to do the transfer of your tanks from NYC to SD? I am curious as I am under the impression that you have a huge number of tanks, though I've never known how many or how large they are.

It seems a daunting task!

Not moving the tanks, just the shrimp. I'm setting up everything completely new there. Moving tanks would cost more than actually buying new tanks.

I don't want to go off-topic, though. Let's talk about these awesome green shrimp. I'll post some updates on these shrimp here once in a while. I'll also update their species description as more information (and pictures!) becomes available.

Let's talk about these awesome green shrimp. I'll post some updates on these shrimp here once in a while. I'll also update their species description as more information (and pictures!) becomes available.

That sounds great, these green shrimp are the it topic now !

What percentage (roughly) of the offspring are red? If it's a fairly even split, there could be something very interesting in the ontogeny that would be worth looking at.

Perhaps you know some shrimp or fish keepers in San Diego that would be willing to donate some "used" filter sponges to help cycle the tanks faster?