ID: What shrimp? - Caridina sp. from Sulawesi

[Reginald Ho]

Hi guys, i bought 2 shrimps that is dark maroon/black with blue dots on its body. Can anyone ID what it is please..? Cost about $30 at Aquastar. (Will post pic once i can catch it on camera. It's behind the plants/wood most of the time...) Thanks!!

[Quixotic]

Take some time to read this thread. Do take note that parameters of their natural environment are vastly different from what you may be expecting.
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ad.php?t=36793

[Reginald Ho]

Thanks for the info! Yup, was told by the lfs that the shrimps need a higher temperature than the conventional shrimps. However, as my current crs, cherry shrimp tank is cooled by fan for about 10 hours, and the temperature ranges from 26 to 28 degrees celcius, i reckon that the the new shrimps can be acclimated to the perimeters.

[Quixotic]

Temperature is just one of the parameters. In their natural environment, their pH is between 7.4 to 8.2, so do be aware it is unlike the pH with which you keep cherry shrimp or CRS.

[leeruisheng]

It should be matano blue dots.

[Ariel]

Not too hardy, good luck to you

[Reginald Ho]

Thanks for the info guys. i spotted one dead sulawesi this evening.. haiz...

[joydiv]

It is critical to put them in high PH tank, keeping with CRS.... good luck!

[ranmasatome]

It seems that if your tank is cold and acidic, that the shrimps seems to do well for about a week or 2 then a fewdays after that time frame, they start to drop like flies... i think it is still good to keep them to an environment as close to their natural habitat...i mean...its only logical.

[Reginald Ho]

Yup.. understand that it's good to place crush corals in the tank too.