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    Is this really a tiger shrimp?

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    bought both in a bag of tiger shrimps. purposely took this bag because these two look a bit "different". at first glance, i thought they were blue/malayan shrimps mixed up in the bag... ?

    1) shrimp 1 - it has a think stripe from head to tail:


    2) shrimp 2 - it is blue! stripes not very visible.


    what do you think?
    am asking because i'm too used to seeing my normal tigers that look like this :


    thanks!

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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    1st one look like malayan, 2nd one look like tiger.
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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    I will not be too surprised that they're Malayan x Tiger considering that both are in the Caridina family and can hybridise

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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    based on garnelenforum.de, it should not.

    Last edited by Shadow; 29th Mar 2009 at 21:34.
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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    IMO, both of them are not tigers. Tiger used to have irregular stripes.

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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    Pics 1 & 2 look like malayan shrimp.

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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    not tigers? sob sob...

    anyway, here are two other bigger pictures of them. they do have "faint" stripes.

    also based on crustaforum, Malayan and Tigers do NOT crossbreed.

    1) shrimp 1


    2) shrimp 2


    anyone wants to change their vote?

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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    Hi there,

    I think these are tiger shrimp because I have seen other wild caught tiger shrimp with a stripe on the back in real, too. In my opinion, the cross-breeding tables of some internet forums have to be revised in many points. More details can only be assumed by scientists working on shrimp, I guess.

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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    Quote Originally Posted by imke View Post
    Hi there,

    I think these are tiger shrimp because I have seen other wild caught tiger shrimp with a stripe on the back in real, too. In my opinion, the cross-breeding tables of some internet forums have to be revised in many points. More details can only be assumed by scientists working on shrimp, I guess.

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    hi bro that a tiger shrimp i last time also had it before

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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    thanks, guys/gals for your comments.

    think they are tigers. can see some stripes "a bit more visible" now.

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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    saw this thread and thought picture 2 looks similar to my this one and only odd looking shrimp i found in a bag of blue shrimps.

    sorry to ride over this thread.

    just wondering if it's a tiger or malayan shrimp?




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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    yours look like a tiger shrimp.

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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    Quote Originally Posted by surfbuyer View Post
    saw this thread and thought picture 2 looks similar to my this one and only odd looking shrimp i found in a bag of blue shrimps.

    sorry to ride over this thread.

    just wondering if it's a tiger or malayan shrimp?



    confirmed tiger,bro.

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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    Quote Originally Posted by beetroot View Post
    not tigers? sob sob...

    anyway, here are two other bigger pictures of them. they do have "faint" stripes.

    also based on crustaforum, Malayan and Tigers do NOT crossbreed.

    1) shrimp 1


    2) shrimp 2


    anyone wants to change their vote?
    I have one which looks almost identical to your first shrimp! i THINK its malayan...

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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    This is a classic example of why not to mix different species in the same tank.

    Regardless of which species it could be, there is a doubt. It could be a tiger just with bad colors. If it is a "Malayan" than it's color will change again, the tigers color can change but the pattern does not.

    Had a similar problem when I put two different species in the same tank. Had some Indian green shrimp, but the prior occupants were C. babaulti 'blue' a related species which can change color. Very difficult to know for sure if I was able to take the blue shrimp out of the tank before the green shrimp went in...

    Even had some trouble with other shrimp, which do not look similar but can. Ex. Orange/Tangerine shrimp and Yellow shrimp, don't look the same but both species have light/clear color males.
    Very confusing, even if they will not cross.
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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    well i got the shrimp no 1 at my tank.......

    so is it a tiger or malayan for the fact and conclusion is ......?

    btw is tiger can't crossbreed with neocaridina species??

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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    Quote Originally Posted by okta View Post
    well i got the shrimp no 1 at my tank.......

    so is it a tiger or malayan for the fact and conclusion is ......?

    btw is tiger can't crossbreed with neocaridina species??
    It cannot crossbreed with neocaridina but it can crossbreed with caridina(CRS family).

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    Re: Is this really a tiger shrimp?

    i'm betting its a tiger

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