Oddball feature clips.

[whynitica]

Here's some clips of my shrimp, featuring my cherry red bamboo shrimp. I love this guy. For the first 8 months or so, I never saw him. He hid all the time. Suddenly, he started to explore and be more assertive around the tank. What a character! He'll hang upside down or at times, walk around. He looks like a big bug when he walks. Pretty weird. His colors are intense. (unfortunately the two clips I have of him here don't do him justice in terms of his color.) He eats microscopic food particles and will ignore anything larger. The first clip is of the underside of him eating. Pretty rare shot. Notice also the white spots on his side. They remind of the marking on the cocoon of a monarch butterfly. The last 2 clips are of my ghost shrimp. The male, 2 years old now, has a body alone measuring over 2 inches.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ1gAfyiUbA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IIBoq9_I8s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZtY8aR9zS4&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_FPgvyuxec

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttESfa2GvxI

This next clip is of my horseface loaches (Ding and Dong). They are usually together and often times, side by side; hence their names. They need some acting lessons. They get very stiff in front of the camera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUeQKL1Mzr4

Last but I no way least, my tribute video. This is a video of my plecostomus that died (the only casualty I've had amongst the larger of my tropical fish since I set up this tank in 2007). He was a voracious eater. One day, he figured out how to eat food directly from the top of the water. I'm pretty sure that it was the sudden change of diet that killed him. He was active and healthy one minute and dead the next. He was my favorite of my plecos. He'll be missed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1XdSfI0DZI&feature=channel_page

[E's_Crab_Shack]

I have two regular bamboo shrimp in my tank. They love to hang out in the current catching tiny little stuff. Ive never seen the red ones before, where did you get him?

[cam191919]

i love the bamboo shrimp, im sure a lot of people here will "swoon" over it :D

[whynitica]

thanks,

we'll see

[dixienut]

that isn't a male giant ghost shrimp,.. that has usable claws and could be dangerous to other non clawed shrimp. others here can tell you what exactly they are,. i just know it not a regular shrimp.

[petluvr]

Love the bamboo shrimp:) That is one weird looking "ghost shrimp" you got there.

[whynitica]

that isn't a male giant ghost shrimp,.. that has usable claws and could be dangerous to other non clawed shrimp. others here can tell you what exactly they are,. i just know it not a regular shrimp.

I'm confused. Are you saying that it isn't a ghost shrimp or that it isn't a male:confused:

[dixienut]

I'm confused. Are you saying that it isn't a ghost shrimp or that it isn't a male:confused:
sorry i just googled and there are many different ghosts around i had feeder types and they didn't have long arms,.. but looked up some long arm shrimp and they called them ghosts?? so all i know mine didn't look like that,.. as long arm shrimp are meanish,.. and like to fight and kill if they can,..

[The Zigman]

its not a ghost shrimp.
It may be a redclaw, but I dont think its a ghost.

see this page on redclaws..
http://www.petshrimp.com/redclawmacro.html


Also the red color of bamboo shrimp is normal, most will become a bright red when they are well fed,and happy but they are usually a brownish color..


All very nice lookin shrimp though.

[whynitica]

its not a ghost shrimp.
It may be a redclaw, but I dont think its a ghost.

see this page on redclaws..
http://www.petshrimp.com/redclawmacro.html


Also the red color of bamboo shrimp is normal, most will become a bright red when they are well fed,and happy but they are usually a brownish color..


All very nice lookin shrimp though.

O.K. Wow. Now you got me curious. I always thought this was the male species of ghost shrimp but apparently not. I originally bought about a dozen or so ghost shrimp and maybe 4 had the claws and were larger. His coloring does not have any red like the link you gave me so I think I have a mystery on my hands. I poked around the net but could not find a "ghost-like" shrimp with arms.

O.K. you shrimp experts, need your help here!!!

[mellowvision]

looks like an indian ghost... http://www.franksaquarium.com/longarmshrimp.htm

nice vids. honestly, I didn't realize that there were long arm ghost shrimp, so thanks for that! he pleco vid is cool too.

[whynitica]

looks like an indian ghost... http://www.franksaquarium.com/longarmshrimp.htm

nice vids. honestly, I didn't realize that there were long arm ghost shrimp, so thanks for that! he pleco vid is cool too.

Indian ghost, hmm, doesn't quite look like the pics to me. I think the red claw is a closer match.