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Hi,
Can anyone provide me some info about macrobrachium species (shrimps). I think i have Macrobrachium Lar.(according to a german site but they are not sure, but mine look the same as the pic there). I want to know as much as possible about this species....
thanx
B

PS i have experience keeping and breeding redclaw crayfish

here's a pic from the german site (http://www.wirbellose.de)

Hi Ben,

That is *NOT* a Machrobrachium lar. The German website has it wrong on this species. M. lar becomes HUGE with huge pincers and a bad attitude. The shrimp you are showing in the picture above stays much smaller with not so big pincers.

I have no idea yet what their real species name is (and neither does the German website you are talking about...trust me ), but I'll let you know if I ever find out.

Besides, *tons* of young Macrobrachium look like that before they literally become huge monsters, so just a picture will not do it for identification purposes.

Mustafa

i see

can you provide some information about the shrimp? i mean size and stuff like that...

Thanks for the reply, i'm lokking forward to get to know the real species name.