Sakura shrimp

[CK Yeo]

First shrimp pictures from me. Anyone knows the valid scientific name for these beauties?


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[CK Yeo]

Are they just a redder morph of cherry shrimp? Wiki lists Cherry shrimp as Neocaridina heteropoda. Valid/Correct?

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[d2sign]

I think so. They just like the grade S cherry shrimp
I have both cherry and sakura, some of my cherry are as red as my sakura and most of them are female.

[benny]

Woah!! What a beautiful picture!! Has a very artistic/zen feel to it!

Cheers,

[route]

very nice shot

[Quixotic]

Wiki lists Cherry shrimp as Neocaridina heteropoda. Valid/Correct?

Yes. However, it is still unsure what species the Sakura is. Some say just a very red cherry shrimp, some say it is a different species.

[CK Yeo]

One more. Soft due to bad post-processing. Composed like this to catch the feelers in frame and maybe use this as a wallpaper.



Well, actually the shrimp people tell me this is a cherry shrimp.
What do we need to do to properly ID them? An extreme closeup of the head? *hint to Benny*

Uncle Choy, you know any shrimp taxonomist?

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[CK Yeo]

~30min old shrimplet. But no colour. Soooo cute!
The adult dropped them while in the bag. I think the journey home must have stressed it too much.



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p.s. pic is cropped a lot.

[branong]

wow... your camera settings in macro mode is really fantastic...
very clear photo!!!

care to show the original picture before cropping for comparison sake?
thanks.

[CK Yeo]

One more cropped picture.


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[d2sign]

This picture make your cherry look like a lobster.

[4 Season]

One more cropped picture.


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Hi ck,

Nice shot! What camera are you using? Care to share?

Cheers!

[CK Yeo]

Thanks. It is a canon dSLR. Camera data is in the EXIF. It is actually the lens that is incredible.

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[d2sign]

It is actually the lens that is incredible.

ck

Is the one who carry the weapon

[antitrust]

i'm curious.. what plant is it grazing on? marimo ball?

[CK Yeo]

Yes. Marimo ball.

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[Salphur]

Great photography! Thanks for sharing.

Cheers!