Malayan Shrimps

[k3nlim]

The shrimps in the link seems to look like malayan shrimps found in our LFS.

http://www.planetinverts.com/Neocari...eteropoda.html

Perhaps our expert bros can help us with the ID. I'm a shrimp noobie

What specics of shrimps that the LFS are selling as as feeder? They look like wood shrimps.

[antitrust]

bro, i don't think they sell wood shrimps as feeders! wood shrimps grow to damn big..

the feeder shrimps are ghost shrimps.

[lucasjiang]

neocaridina heteropoda is not malayan shrimp, it is just the wild form of cherry shrimps.
BTW, the feeder shrimps in LFS are not ghost shrimps, they are a macrobrachium species. you can distinguish them from ghost shrimps from their nice long little pincers.

[Quixotic]

It is still not sure what the exact species Malayan shrimps are, but they are similar to the describe species, Caridina babaulti. Hence, they are often referred to as Caridina cf. babaulti var. "Malayan".

Cherry and yellow shrimps are line bred (selectively bred for their colours) from Neocaridina heteropoda, which in the wild (or naturally occurring) look like the ones shown in the URL you posted.

Wood shrimps (or many other common names, including Bamboo, Rock or Singapore shrimp) are Atyopsis moluccensis, a type of filter feeding shrimps, i.e. they have fan-shape arms used to filter food particles from the water column. As correctly pointed out, wood shrimps aren't considered dwarf shrimps as they grow much larger.

The feeder shrimps, known as ghost shrimps in this part of the world, are supposedly one of the dwarf Macrobrachium species, where they have a pair of strong pincers to grab anything considered as food. In other countries, ghost shrimps may refer to other species of shrimp. For example, in the USA, ghost shrimp (also known as grass shrimp) may refer to one of the Palaemonetes species. The trouble with common names...

[k3nlim]

Thanks for the replies, guys

Antitrust, you might like to see the "malayan" shrimps that i have got. The size,colours are very much similar to Neocaridina heteropoda. One of them berried and was carrying green eggs show no signs of colouration usually displayed by female "malayan" shrimp.

[fishpoo]

hi guys...
I've just got some "malayan shrimp" from NA and they have yellow eyes... and transparent bodies.... they are slightly more slender than CRS... not very sure about the stripe they are supposed to have extending the length of their body though... because i don't really see it...
anyone can confirm if they are indeed malayan shrimps?
Thanks

[aquascaping1982]

Yes, those that you brought from NA are malayan shrimps. For adult malayan than they would show the stripe.