Just came across another variant of shrimps known as orange shrimp over at Polyart. Pricing roughly costs as much as a CRS.
Size wise they are probably half the size of a cherry red, but they do show intense orange colouration when I viewed them in the tank.
Anyone here with any experience?
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Hi, I just bought 10 in a packet last Saturday, 9 of them is about 2cm in length except for one which is 1cm. I put it in my 2ft cherry tank, they appeared to be fine, I suspect all are female except for one, which I am not sure because it is smaller and does not have the ovary sac over the neck. Though they are similar to cherry, but I think they do not cross breed because so far none got pregnant yet. I really hope to breed them as they are beautiful..
any pictures of those orange shrimps?
I was at Petmart last Sat and the shop lady told me that Orange shrimp belong to Caridina sp. Hence, it will not cross breed with cherry...Originally Posted by crystal
I don't really believe LFS people, they might be correct.
Check it out, is this the one? Hard to determine shrimps species though
http://www.shrimpnow.com/modules.php...warticle&id=57
Sure looks alot like the picture Shadow provided?
But more of an orange tinge...Or it could probably be the lighting conditions over at PolyArt?
Anyone here care to rectify the exact colouration of these shrimps?
it looks like that picture, but is more transparent than the picture reflects...also more orange (think orange highlighter) and less yellowish.
Never create what you can't control
In case some are not really reading the above link properly, cherry shrimps are actually Neocaridina heteropoda var. red, which are linebred for the red colour. The shrimp in the link above is the same species as cherry shrimps but just in yellow form (edit: linebred or not is still debatable).
Colours are not exactly the best methods of determining shrimp species.
These shrimps are "reportedly" to be Caridina sp. originating from Indonesia. I would wait until some of the shrimp experts confirm what exactly these are.
Last edited by Quixotic; 12th Sep 2007 at 14:19. Reason: Corrected information
Seems like they aren't really cross breeding?
Heard from a fellow forum mate that these do not actually cross breed with cherries?
Apparently the size difference between the 2 are also substantial,almost half the size of a cherry!
Will update again after more research...
Never create what you can't control
If these are indeed Caridina sp., it will not cross breed with cherry shrimps, which is Neocaridina sp. However, nothing is for sure yet until someone confirms that it is indeed Caridina sp.
You will probably need a reasonable long observation period in order to "conclude" that it does not cross breed with cherry shrimps, and even then, it is never foolproof.
It is said, from what I have read circulating the forums, this species is placed in closed proximity of C. propinqua. But in another interesting twist, there are supposedly two types of orange shrimps known, although which ones are in the trade currently is unclear.
Hopefully it does indeed Caridina sp. The color is so nice even though they are presumably under start. Color should be even better once it settle in planted tank. Can't wait until comebody confirm it.
One of my orange shrimp just got pregnant yesterday. The eggs are very different from the cherry. They are those very tiny types. Remember reading somewhere the eggs will probably hatch into something like larva? Do I need to do anything or just leave them alone?
Larvae? Interesting...do keep us updated on your orange shrimps crystal!
Dying to get some to introduce to my tank!
Never create what you can't control
It is speculated that they are of low breeding form. So they very likely need brackish water to survive. However, I did read that some larvaes can survive in freshwater.
Unfortunately, there is simply no information around, and you just have to experiment, by trial and error.
OK..I don't have much patient..can't wait to see larvae/shrimplet..
Hee... My orange shrimps from Poly Art are not very orange anymore... Perhaps they are male. They've also grown to be significantly larger than my Cherrys...
You have any pictures to show how it look like?
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I also notice 4 out of 10 of my orange shrimps is no longer orange, they have almost lost all colour, colourless now...Not sure is it due to the ADA soil..3 is pregnant now, but very curious to see the ovary sac is still quite dark in 2 of the pregnant shrimp.
Okay, I've finally got around to take and post some pictures of the Orange Shrimps as requested:
The less colourful specimen. Significantly larger then Cherry Shrimps. I've got 2 of these.
My smaller but more colourful specimen. I've only got 1 of this. Haven't really grow since I got it about 2 weeks ago.
Last edited by Eralf; 29th Sep 2007 at 04:12.
Significantly larger then cherrys?
Then what i saw must've been juveniles!
From crystal's report,colour loss seems to happen maybe due to water conditions?
From eralf's pictures,his less colourful piece seems to resemble some of my cherry offspring that i have. Coincidence?
This orange business still needs alot of experimenting from the various info provided here. Thanks alot for your patience in updating us here and keep the reports coming in guys!
PS: Nice cherry eralf!
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