What Type Of Shrimp Is This?

[LucyB]

Hi guys, I have just got these two shrimp from my LFS But it didn't have a sign saying the proper name so could you tell me what type they are please, and possibly what sex you think they are, I need to name them

1st shrimp:
http/i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l492/LucyB97/132.jpg
http/i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l492/LucyB97/127.jpg

2nd shrimp:
http/i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l492/LucyB97/125.jpg
http/i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l492/LucyB97/120.jpg


Both Together:
http/i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l492/LucyB97/116.jpg

Thanks guys!!

 

[LucyB]

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[Blubble37]

guessing by the banding and the colour differential... they are a male and female of the same species, so prepare to find bazillions of babies sometime soon

 

[Liquid skills]

Im no expert so my best answer is ghost shrimp?

 

[Baccus]

I think you definantly have two types of shrimp there

The first I would hazard a guess is one of the Macrobrachium species (most likely the smaller type) and the other one looks similar but the yellow banding in its forearms makes and more pronounced spots on its sides makes me think its a different type but possibly still in the Macrobrachium family.

Oh and if I am right from memory these guys need brackish conditons for any young to survive ( the parents are fresh the young are brackish) also the young have larval stages lilke prawns and are nearly impossible to raise.

 

[beechey]

amamo shrimp

 

[LucyB]

Okay thanks, The bigger more colourful one looks as is its carrying eggs underneath it They are are a kind of creamy/yellowy colour, and if i look really closely they have black dots in them. Any ideas on whether they are eggs or not?

Thanks

amamo shrimp

I thought the little clear one was an amano shrimp aswell

 

[beechey]

i bought my first bamboo shrimps today love watching shrimps

 

[Baccus]

I think the front legs are wrong for being Amano shrimp, check out macrobrachium as well as amano and compare the differances

Amano

Macrobrachium

 

[Theplayboy]

100% not Amano due to their long front arms. If the eggs have black dots in them this tends to be a sign they are going to be released soon, probably tomorrow or the day after. Black dots= eyes.

And as Baccus said I believe they need brackish water for the young, so probably unlikely you will have baby shrimp.

 

[snowflake311]

How big are they? They look big like almost 2?

I thought one kind of looks like a tigger but my guess is they are some wild type of shrimp that got caught by mistake. They don't look like any common shrimp I have seen for sail.

Maybe sunkist shrimp they have the spots and are tan or orange.

 

[soybean]

Not tigers, not with those wee pincers.

Sunkist shrimp are basically just orange cherry shrimp - not those either.

 

[LucyB]

How big are they? They look big like almost 2?

Yes they are about 2"

 

[soybean]

2"? Eep. Do you have any small fish? I'd keep an eye on them.

 

[Prime Ordeal]

I think it's what's generically known as a mountain shrimp. See the pic on this page: http/www.tropicalaquatica.co.uk/shrimp.htm (click on the picture not the text).