hehe my new shrimp

Mordaki · Post by **Mordaki** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:29 am

just went down to a garden center's pet department and saw a tank with some shrimp and i wanted it so i got one not too shure on what kind of shrimp it is, think it is some type of Macrobrachium not too shure its my first long arm shrimpie it is cool ot too shure on how to sex it think it is female not too shure as it is different to te pics on shrimp verieties pages
http://img249.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... 034mm6.jpg
wont let me do the pic on forums so linky (large pic lol click it again to go to the proper size of pic )

not too bad of a pic with my phone cam

(ofcource its in a different tank to my other shrimp incase you wonderd)

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:11 am

That is a very nice looking shrimp! How big is it?

Thanks again for the picture.

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 8:20 am

This looks to be a young M. Rosenbergii or related species. They need about 10 gallons per shrimp. Females get along pretty well together as long as there are good hides. There can only be 1 alpha male per tank. Until they go blueclaw, they are very hard to sex.

This one could be a female, but it may also be an orange claw sub dominant male.

They like warm water, hard and basic. They eat anything, including most tank mates. I found endlers can out breed the losses.

Here is a blueclaw male:

This is a female:

Mordaki · Post by **Mordaki** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:10 am

hehe if it helps the markings on it have gone slightly blue and the "nose" is reddy orange same as its claws its about 3-4 inches excluding claws

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:56 pm

Yes, it does sound like you have the Malaysian Blue Prawn.

Mordaki · Post by **Mordaki** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:41 pm

hehe he got a new home and seems more happy will need to get some more stuff for the tank tho