blue33's Malayan Shrimp

[blue33]

Just to share my Malayan shrimp which i just took it, getting most of them in red colour now. When young the colour is like cherry, when they get to adult they become more towards this colour. Quite no. of them are like this. It was purchase from C328, mostly in white when i got it.



Previously Malayan shrimp i had,

[Fuzzy]

weird those don't look like Malayans.

[goody992828]

Well I am not sure if it is Malayan shrimp. Looks like FR Sakura to me.... correct me if I am wrong.... as I don't really see any shrimp so red beside the FR sakura...

[blue33]

lol... i dont have to buy sakura anymore, lucky only bought one time.

[Fuzzy]

Yeah those shrimp look like Neocaridina (Cherry Red / Sakura) and not Caridina sp.

Don't think I've ever heard of a red morph for Malayans, I have about 100 of them breeding in one of my tanks, there are dark brown (almost black) and there are dark blue ones in that tank also, but very very few.

[blue33]

When i bought it, the colour just like yours, brown, white, colourful colour. Later on it change colour to this, but those very brown or dark colour remain the same. After few breeding all becomes this colour. This is the 2nd batch of Malayan shrimp i bought from C328, gives the same result. Btw i dont feed my shrimp, they eat from the moss micro-organism, sometime they get the remaining left over that i feed the fish. I move some of them to the high tech tank, the colour is even more stunning. Below 2 pictures are the first batch i bought from C328.

[Shadow]

I have red Malayan as well, the different is Malayan have thick bright strip on its back from head to tail.

[jtan0916]

Nice photography. My Malayan don't look so nice.

[David Moses Heng]

Malayan shrimps are also known as rainbow shrimps. So it is not surprising to see such red malayan. Nice shrimps you have there Adrian.

[blue33]

Most of them in red colour which is good. I'm setting up the moss wall for this tank with different kind of moss, today i just put and they start to attack.

[beetroot]

my malayans are also very red like yours . they could be mistaken for sakuras... haha.

[blue33]

hahaha.. so is proven they are so RED... glad to hear that beetroot. at least i've got you to prove is malayan, since nobody believe that. lol...

[blue33]

btw beetroot, i've cultivate "super mini xmas moss" successfully, i will post them when i have time and it grow on woods. they are really fine and cute moss.

[Shadow]

you can try post at shrimps Now, they are more expert on shrimp. They can probably ID it better.

http://www.shrimpnow.com/forums/

[beetroot]

Hehehe... Well, i also got mine from c328. Just like yours, initially they were kinda white in the bag, but they turned either brown or red in the tank. Was also surprised some turned so red. I guess we're not alone, as Shadow has them too . I think sometimes it's quite hard to ID them just based on colours and pictures. Initially, also thought - could they have accidentally mixed some sakuras into the bag? Don't know... but doubt so too, since quite many turned out this way, and don't think it's only your bag and my bag... haha!

Wow... super mini xmas moss! Your shrimps would love them . Unfortunately, the last batch of xmas moss i tried turned brown, so i'm thinking of replacing them with other "easier" moss, ha!

[vernonlcm]

Sorry side track a bit... Is the fish beside the shrimp in one of your picture rasbora borara? You got it from Biotope is it? Otherwise please advice. I wanna keep it with my shrimps too.

[blue33]

That is a endler, guppy. Below picture is also an endler.

[Shadow]

I guess we're not alone, as Shadow has them too . I think sometimes it's quite hard to ID them just based on colours and pictures. Initially, also thought - could they have accidentally mixed some sakuras into the bag?

I won't be surprise if they do, since all juvenile shrimp look a like no complain though $4 for bag of 50

[felix_fx2]

I have red Malayan as well, the different is Malayan have thick bright strip on its back from head to tail.

Their like the cherries i bought from C328 before, they all turned super red.
Sadly, they passed on when i "over fert" my tank.

Currently i only dare to keep malayans, and a few are black or reddish.
I call the black ones "Ninja Trained" cause their always hiding in my bogwood