Shrimp ID needed
- Thread starter vampie
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Normally "Algae Eater Shrimp" are Amano shrimp. Looks like it, sounds like it, must be Amano 
, Caridina japonica.
, Caridina japonica.
Wow, really? I must have one of them too. My "Amanos" look a lot like that. I don't just go by the LFS labeling though, I researched too and couldn't find anything specifically different. How can you tell the difference for future reference?
It's probably my poor photos, but they're not Amanos. They have sort of a vertical barring going on, as opposed to the Amanos, which have horizontal rows of reddish dots.
Amanos don't have that topline stripe. They have a more pronounced topline. They don't have the speckling on teh carapace and they don't have that drastic of a difference in gender at that size (those look like 1" or so shrimp). Amanos you cannot really tell the gender until probably about 1.25" and then its because the females have such a drastically larger body mass.
To me, those look like one of the "new" caridina coming out of Hong Kong. I have gotten several in recently labeled as vairous "algae eating shrimp" with color labels. They could also maybe be a babaulti, but their speckling makes me thing not.
To me, those look like one of the "new" caridina coming out of Hong Kong. I have gotten several in recently labeled as vairous "algae eating shrimp" with color labels. They could also maybe be a babaulti, but their speckling makes me thing not.