Robert, I have bought some shrimp online and they arrived alive and in good condition so that’s an option.
Yeah Veil these shrimp are something else the photos don’t even do them justice the antennae on the maroon shrimp is very white and they have cool orange circles on their tails.
Thanks Invader the harlequins are stunning little critters,
Yeah three-fingers these shrimp are very WOW, I am a shrimp addict but these are simply beautiful little guys. Crusta.de has good pics of these and other fantastic looking shrimp from the same lakes, the cool thing is that there are lots of different species from these connected lakes none of whom would hybridise so they can all live together. I got them in Wholesale Tropicals in Bethnal Green, my favourite London shop, they carry lots of nano fish and critters. Thanks for the compliment on the photos, the funny thing about taking pics of these is that as soon as you come close they crouch down and stay motionless for defence as in the first harlequin pic, so they are sitting targets for the camera. They seem quite wild in that way but if you move slowly they continue about their business.
Hi Shrimper. I think they should work in your tank you would just have to feed them a few times a week, very small amounts of shrimp pellets or crab food soft and wet dropped straight into the fans keep mine going. The crystal reds and snails would eat up any that gets blown around the tank, it’s a good way to get food to the babies I think. The Sulawesi look from what I have read to be fairly easy to keep so as they breed in aquariums they should become cheap, they babies seem to be doing well in peoples tanks already from forum reports. They should be easier to keep than CRS as there is no weakness caused by selective breeding. Hopefully the wild populations can be left alone soon.
Yeah lilfishie stunning is the word. Thanks.
Thanks iSnaill, the fish have moved into their more spacious summer accommodation in the garden, so the shrimp have a 30 gallon, I had to take out the wood as it was still leaching acids, plus I put some nitrate eating weeds and some volcanic rock for hiding and more surface for micro food. Yeah that’s the same species it doesn’t need the sponge to live it seems, anywhere with diatoms and micro food seem fine for them. They were eating nettles today so I don’t think feeding them is a problem.
When I got the orange shrimp I thought I would get three orange and three darker looking ones for mixed sexes in case they breed in fresh water. The next day I had four dark ones another day they were all orange. It seems they are from Sulawesi after all but not from the lakes. From a French website they say they are called Caridina cf. propinqua that they breed like amanos. They swim very like ghost shrimp or the rednoses. All mine are female in the first photo the saddle is very clear and all of them seem to have saddles. I have them in with the new shrimp but the temperature is too warm for them so I will move them out and put them with the cherries. They are very nice looking shrimp either way. The plant is Hydrilla Verticiliata, its smaller than E. Densa/Elodea and can grow well at 27C that these shrimp need. As I still cant get p.m. send me an email if you want any, it grows like a weed.
Night colours, the tank light was off so I used a flash to see them in their pyjamas.
Do you think the Harlequin is the same shrimp mentioned on PFK website a couple of years ago??
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The little pincers look like mini boxing gloves 
I want to give it a try too.
