Newjohn wrote:Do the Females of " New sulawesi " keep their color ?
or
Do they change with substrate color or Mood ?
Do the Males have any Color / Marking Variations ?
--Pretty much all shrimp change coloration with mood and/or substrate. These guys are no exception. The best color in shrimp actually seems to come out when they are literally scared for their lives and do the utmost best to try to "blend in" with the dark substrate. Egg carrying females seem to do that automatically without an immediate threat to their lives (like fish swimming around). On the pictures I showed above they weren't scared, though. That's just their normal coloration and normal variation in color.
Well, I do have plans for a Rack System them will hold 10gal & possibly a few 5gal Tanks.
--There we go, that's the serious aquarist speaking!
How fast do the " New sulawesi " reproduce ?
Compared to RCS.
--Theoretically Sulawesi shrimp from the lakes (as opposed to the rivers) should reproduce much faster than your usual river shrimp (like the red cherries) as they produce eggs constantly and only need about 14-15 days for the eggs to hatch (at about 82-83 degrees Fahrenheit). However, they are more sensitive to bad water quality and the survival rate of the young may not be as great. Having said that, I am looking at a few hundred young of this species in one of my tanks right now. If the right conditions are given you will get a population explosion even with the most difficult shrimp. The difficult part is providing an established, biologically balanced tank.
Sorry for so many questions.
--No problem at all. That's why I posted this topic. How else would you know more about this shrimp if you don't ask questions?
But, I have not seen a NEW Wild Type Shrimp brought into the Hobby for some time now.
And when you try to do a Google Search with " New sulawesi Shrimp "
Not a lot of information pops up.
--Not much information is going to pop up. Even the known species of lake shrimp from Sulawesi are very difficult to import (and establish) so most people don't even get to import and establish new stuff. All the shrimp from sulawesi (river or lake) arrive in the US (and Europe) in absolutely terrible condition. It's a miracle any of them survive actually...after all these years the exporters still have not learned how to package them properly. The more important it is to spread the captive-bred animals in the hobby. Not everyone has the resources and patience that I have (tons of tanks and thousands of dollars spent on just receiving half-dead shrimp to get a species established), so it's just best to wait for captive-bred specimen instead of going through the frustration of buying half-dead and about to die wild-caught animals. I'm sure you've experienced this kind of frustration a few times in the past when you bought wild-caught, imported animals.
Looking forward to seeing this Shrimp in the
Shrimp Species Description Page.
--Yes, they'll show up there soon...along with the long overdue updates and additions of quite a few more species.
