Reply With QuoteYes there will be berried shrimp in freshwater, but the larva will die in freshwater.
Hello
I read from the forum that orange shrimps are unable to breed in normal freshwater since the shrimplets need brackish water to grow.
Will like to consult the bros here: If that is the case, what will happen to the berried shrimp in freshwater?
Thanks in advance for your help
Yes there will be berried shrimp in freshwater, but the larva will die in freshwater.
Hi, if u mean Sunkist shrimp, then the saying may not be correct. Cos my Sunkist breeds well in my IQ5. The shrimplets are growing too.
Theres a few type of orange shrimps in the market
Orange shrimp - backish water needed for the lavae
Sunkist orange shrimp - neocaridina - just need fresh water
Tangline orange tiger - caridina serrate - water parameter like tiger shrimps.
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Thanks for the replies!
I believe my shrimps belong to the first categoryIs there any way to differentiate the sunkist shrimps from the orange shrimps??
Orange shrimps (caridina propinqua) tends to have a hump on its back, like its back is slightly crooked, and the body is thinner.
Invertebrates_Orange_Shrimp.jpg
http://bubblesaquarium.com/images/Fi...nge_Shrimp.jpg
Sunkist orange shrimps have a relatively straight back and a thicker body.
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http://www.aquashrimps.ru/images/Ora...Sunkist%20.jpg
Originally Posted by lucasjiang
Sorry a bit out topic..will sunkist cross breed with fire red ?
Yes because what you call sunkist is a selection of heteropoda so if you want to keep a nice colour don't breed them together.
sry as this maybe a lil out of topic here, but mind me asking where we can get sunkist's in sg?
I think i saw sunkist shrimps being sold on the GC website.
C328 or GC sells sunkist shrimps from my last couple of visits.
Very nice and clear pictures! Thanks for your clarification
I don't see caridina propinqua in our LFS anymore. Perhaps not popular because it cannot breed in most home breeder's tanks?
I bought a packet of 10 orange shrimps from Seaview a few weeks back. They have quite a few packets, along with Sakura and Crs.
Thanks, I think I will pop by soon to have a look!
Thanks for sharing, lucasjiang!
Hmm they're around still. Saw a packet from C328 last Wednesday. Very Very tempted...
I have also heard rumours that some will lose the orange colour over time, however i dont know how true is this as i have never kept them personally.
two of my orange shrimps lost their colors.. the rest still seem quite 'orange'. no idea what is the reason behind the color change.
Haha look no further. I am one of those who say they will lose their orange over time. Although I kept mine for very long before they changed colour. I had mine in a pH 6.5 GH 5 tank some time back. However, I have no idea what triggers the colour change as some were orange to the day they went and one changed after a week. The rest took a very long time though. There was one that was blueish brown and some were brown. When their colour changes a stripe appears lengthwise, kind of like malayan shrimp. All I remember is, they could grow to 4cm. They were the largest shrimp I kept, I've never kept yamatos before.
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