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I purchase these shrimp last week and have never seen a filter feeder
this small before.
There average size is 1.25 inches, they are not much bigger than a large adult RCS.






You can see the black coloration of the "Fans" on the shrimp in the lower left corner of the above picture.

John

this species is Atyoida pilippes, originating from the philippines usually. I cant tell much more as I have ne ver had the opportunity to get hold of some of these.

I had some last year, but their markings were more on the green side.

Just like bamboo shrimps but a little smaller, easy enough to keep. Rather shy I seem to remember too.

Hi masni & JK

When I was searching the Web, the only shrimp that looked close to the ones I have were Atyoida pilipes.

But, with different coloration "Green".

The color difference may be due to a age difference.

I guess only time will tell.

John

hi John ,
these shrimp look like pilipes to me.
i have about 2 dozen adults home and they reach 2 to 2.5 inches
i currently have female with eggs, i try 2 time already raise the larva , with the same protocol i raise my amano larva , as of now i did not have any success, they all died after 4 to 6 days.

John,

One of the main reasons why your shrimp look different is because they are extremely stressed out (notice reddish and milky coloration in the first picture). They are definitely A. pilipes.

Hi Mustafa

Yes,
I did notice the Color of Death

They were the best pictures I had to date.

Since the first pictures were taken, a couple more have died and the rest are more active and in the vegitation and it is hard to get a good picture.

There coloration is more of a Brownish Red now and they have less of the Milky White.
They are still not 100% stress free, So I am crossing my fingers.
And hope by the end of the month I still have a large % of them still alive.

Thank You All
For the useful information

John

I have to say: I WANT.


I am going to assume that these have the same basic story as A. moluccensis and A. gabonensis: They haven't been bred in captivity--yet.