New Rhino Shrimp :d

[sammy86]

Just picked these up from Kesgrave tropicals! (he had every kind of shrimp so it was hard to pick!)
but these fellas were too quirky to miss!

After a 5 hour acclimatise their just getting to look around their new tank and meet the neighbours!
I love the fact their "true" swimmers, they glide and steer around like minature helicopters.
The guppies are a bit puzzled that there are now shrimp swimming around, one fry accidentally headbutted it!

 

[CrazyAirborne]

wow that looks awesome!! how big are they?? lets say compared cherry shrimp? or are they big like amano shrimp?

 

[fluttermoth]

I have rhino shrimp too; they are gorgeous! I particularly like their googly eyes Shame they need brackish conditions to breed

CA; they get to about an inch and a half long, bit bigger than cherries, but not as big as Amanos.

 

[Baccus]

Your Rhino shrimp is closely related to my Darwin Red Nosed shrimp, and also anther native (to Australia) long nosed shrimp, but I think I am lucky in the fact that one of the types I am able to get does breed in pure fresh. I think the key to breeding them will not only be the use of green water and the smallest possible micro foods but also the compalition of the salt for a temporary brackish tank for the larva before being transfered/ acclimatised back to fresh water.