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Hi all,

A friend's wife brought back these shrimp from Hawaii. She bought them from a local shop and hoped he would like them. Could you please help with a positive ID of the shrimp. After calling the shop, they said these were "freshwater feeder shrimp". Here are a few pictures, please let me know what you think. Thanks for looking.

Neocaridina denticulata sinensis. They are all over Oahu.

Thanks Mustafa. I hope to see them in there native habitat on Oahu soon

Hi!

Mustafa wrote:Neocaridina denticulata sinensis. They are all over Oahu.

Full ACK Mustafa

Neonshrimp wrote:Thanks Mustafa. I hope to see them in there native habitat on Oahu soon

There is no "native" habitat of this pecies on Hawai. Theese shrimp were introduced to the rivers of this islands by aquarists!
See: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pdf/englund&cai99.pdf

Cheers
Werner

So they were first spotted in 1991. That is interesting, thanks for the article.

there Awesome You will definatly enjoy them . May i pm youy as to the Location your friend got them from ?
was it the seahorse breeder there ? Oceanrider ?

they have been around much longer than the 90's. they have been sold as feeders since the early 80's at least. i still have a colony at my parents house from 1984. they are an invasive species here. Westwood, you can get them at any LFS in Hawaii as feeders.

Really these are the red hawaiians ??
Awesome i cant wait ill do a google for them now Thank you Westwood

Westwood wrote:Really these are the red hawaiians ??
Awesome i cant wait ill do a google for them now Thank you Westwood

These are not the red hawaiians (Halocaridina rubra). They are wild tye Cherry shrimp (Neocaridina denticulata sinensis ) and they were bought from a local shop as dhavoc mentioned.