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haha he looks like his pincers are too heavy.
nice camo outfit though.
with the pincers and its size it might prove to be a danger to small fish that hang out at the bottom.
E38 in Lorong 4. But I think i bought the last good looking one. The rest look more like feeder shrimp
haha he looks like his pincers are too heavy.
nice camo outfit though.
with the pincers and its size it might prove to be a danger to small fish that hang out at the bottom.
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No, it's a shy critter that doesn't disturb or attack other inhabitants in my tank. See pic for the comparison in size with an adult cherry.
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Noted, thanks for the advice. Anyway, it's strictly a shrimp tank, no fish. So no problem.
I'd hate to break it to you but judging from the size of the eggs, your shrimplets will need brackish water to survive. Much like yamatos
but what's size got to do with it?Originally Posted by XnSdVd
Smaller eggs come from more "primitive" species of shrimp. Their young first go through a larval stage before they turn into miniature versions of the adults. Most of these larvae(except malayans and a few japanese shrimp from what i know) require brackish or even full strength salt water to survive and mature. It's because there's less development and a lower survival rate that they have many many(several hundred) small eggs.
Larger eggs are often seen in shrimp that don't require the larval stage. The shrimplets are born as erm... shrimplets! Examples are cherries, crystals, Macrobrachium malayanum and the like. These do not require access to the sea to survive.
Nice observation XnSdVd. However, there maybe exceptions to that theory as I caught that species of shrimp before in a land lock pond near my house about a year ago.
And it is true that it is very aggressive. I hate being the party spoiler but the last time that shrimp was in my tank, it killed my yamato shrimps, ate one of my Glofish and left its species mates hiding. At the end of it all if I would predict is a wipe out of the other shrimps if your tank is not big enough. I don’t want to be a meanie, I just want shrimpers to take precautions.
Maybe i can suggest putting it into a tank that has bigger inhabitants. Not big enough to have it as a meal of course.
Yes... do provide lots of hiding spaces for your shrimp. I've managed to keep several macrobrachium with much smaller cherries in the same tank with no problems. All you need is lots of moss or, rocks placed in /\ this shape with one end in the ground. Basically, very very small caves
thanks for all the feedback. Yes, I do have sufficient mosses and drift wood with lots of crevices & hiding places. You were right, it seem aggressive when it's approached from the front, displaying a fighting stance with it's pair of pincers, but that's all it does, without attacking any other shrimps. When approached further, it scurried back to it's hole
oh, by the way, it has produced lots of shrimplets, wish me luck : )
And in case you are wondering, yes, all natural predators removed and all possble death-traps have been made safe
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