Reply With QuoteLooks like chocolate or Malayan shrimps the pic too blur so only can reduce shrimp choice to these two
What kind of shrimps are these? Got a slight bluish tint.
Looks like chocolate or Malayan shrimps the pic too blur so only can reduce shrimp choice to these two
Those shrimps are neocaridina maybe heteropoda not 100% sure.
I thought Malayan shrimps can grow quite big? These shrimps are the size of cardinals shrimps. About 1.5 cm Max. Can they be cherry?Originally Posted by xconnect.
That's what I thought. But they are not red. Not even pinkish. In fact they have a slight blueish tint. Don't know if it was because I stressed them while netting them out.
Neocaridina heteropoda var red (red cherry) is a selection of a mutation like cristal red originally they where like this that's why they don't have red.
Oh. So they are cherry but with the original mutation?learn something new everyday !
Yes this is normally what you find in nature. There are also mutation, but they are rare some time they are found more easily by predators because of flashy colours and they are not selected so they are in a really small number.
Or they could be neocaridina mixed between yellow and red. Reverts the colour to something like this somehow
So you mean these shrimps are rare?
So what you mean is they have yellow and red genes, ending up almost transparent?
Not almost transparent. The coloration turns to this. Try breeding a red and a yellow if you don't believe us. And I'm sure Neocaridina meant mutated shrimp in nature with bright colours are rare.
No i mean shrimp with flashy colour are rare in nature because they are easier to find by predators.So you mean these shrimps are rare?
u can verify their breed by selecting a few females and put together with some male cherries. if they get berried, u got the answer to their breed.
OK.I got what you meant.
OK. That makes sense. Thanks. Anyway, these guys are very hardy and not shy. When I put my tweezers down to catch some pests snails, they will swim to my tweezers and cling to it.
Hi huizhong, thanks for the advice. But I am going to let go of this lot. Might do a revamp of tank.
Even if the shrimp are berried with that methode that won't mean anything because neocaridina can cross breed.
These may not be N. heteropoda. They could be something else altogether. Using the shape of the head, and some scientific articles, you can identify these shrimp.
Malayan Shrimp are capable of showing this color as well, along with several other species, so you cannot be 100% certain of the ID. If you can't positively ID them, just call them ?? blue shrimp. Breed for the second generation and see what you get.
Fish.. Simply Irresistable
Back to Killies... slowly.
I don't have many tanks to do this. Want to take some and try?
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