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				Atya gabonensis
				Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:47 pm
				by Newjohn
				Just wanted to share a couple of pictures of what I found today at the Local Pet Store
 
John
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Atya gabonensis
				Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:15 am
				by Mustafa
				Nice shrimp! Looks like it's doing great as it's happily filtering. 

 
			 
			
					
				Re: Atya gabonensis
				Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:35 am
				by bpmox
				Haha, my initial reaction was "Holy Shit!" because for a second I thought the leaf in the 2nd picture was a hand and finger pointing at the shrimp.
			 
			
					
				Re: Atya gabonensis
				Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:12 am
				by zapisto
				bpmox wrote:Haha, my initial reaction was "Holy Shit!" because for a second I thought the leaf in the 2nd picture was a hand and finger pointing at the shrimp.
heheh 
would me amazing 

 
			 
			
					
				Re: Atya gabonensis
				Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:24 pm
				by Newjohn
				Hi bpmax
Sorry, it is not a Giant.
Even though one of the Common names is
Giant African Filter Feeder.
And Please watch the language
"Holy Shit!" 
John
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Atya gabonensis
				Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:33 pm
				by southerndesert
				That is a very nice shrimp and thank you for sharing the wonderful pgotos. I like the way its hanging out under the oak leaf...
Nice find at a LFS for sure.
Bill
			 
			
					
				Re: Atya gabonensis
				Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:19 pm
				by Neonshrimp
				I agree it is a nice looking shrimp.  You can also see it is safe to keep with much smaller shrimp, I see the bees/bumblebees in the last picture 
Newjohn is right about the language, we have some younger members and other's who prefer not to be exposed to it.
Thanks.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Atya gabonensis
				Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:39 pm
				by Terran
				bpmox wrote:Haha, my initial reaction was "Holy Shit!" because for a second I thought the leaf in the 2nd picture was a hand and finger pointing at the shrimp.
I thought the exact same thing   
