Algae Shrimp

Themuleous

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Hi all,

I don't really know if this is the right forum, but it is plant related. I was wondering if anyone has had any experince with keeping blue shrimp (Caridina sp.)? And if so how they found their algae eating abilities?

Think they would show off my small fish really well.

He's a pic so you know what I mean



Cheers

Sam

Sorry can't seem to work out adding a pic yet, here you go.

Sam
 
wow a blue shrimp !!is that the blue shrimp i keep reading around the net ? ive been reading around that the blue shrimp is actually a sorta like blue lobster thing, its rare but it isn't yet known if the cause is food, habitat or anything else... but i read that the blue shrimps did not produce blue offspring ? not sure yet ... who knows
 
There is a blue lobster Cherax tenuimanus, but that looks more like a lobster if you see what I mean! Has big front claws.

This shrimp is almost the same as the Amano but its blue! I think it may be related to the cherry shrimp but I'm not 100% sure.

S
 
no im not talking about the blue lobster itself.. err you know the lobster lobster !! in lobster dinners :p hehe anyway wait ... i cant link to another forum but the forums where shrimps are pets the moderator of that forums ordered a few of these blue shrimps in an attempt to breed em, but the offspring came out as ordinary neocardinia sp. the wild kind, brownish color... anyway do you have the shrimp ? its still cool ! blue a good deviance from the red kind!
 
Kenneth

I don’t have any as yet probably won’t get them for a while, there are lots of things above them on my shopping list. What research I have done suggests they are adequate algae eaters so I might try a few.

Fishy Mad,

Thanx I have a gander. Would be a shame if the offspring didn’t turn blue that’s the whole point of getting them! I guess it could be a defence thing for the babies so they don’t show up to predators, with the adult blue a mating sign by males to females. Who knows! Anyway this isn't really a plant topic, but thanx for your advice and the link.
 
i cant link to another forum but the forums where shrimps are pets the moderator of that forums ordered a few of these blue shrimps in an attempt to breed em, but the offspring came out as ordinary neocardinia sp. the wild kind, brownish color.
i know what happened!
i ahd a regular crayfish from the creek in my back yard and it turned blue!
it was because i fed it well and it was happy, but it was only a crayfish from a creek(i live in north carolina)
to get em to be blue you gotta get a small one (like 3\4") keep in in a 30 gal and feed it meat! then it will turn blue eventualy dont know if this helps anyone but thot i would share
 

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