Are we SURE this is a ghost shrimp?

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BioHazard

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It's probably just in my head, but it seems like the longer I have this shrimp, the less it looks like a ghost shrimp. It may just be because I like him... He is extremely active and will take food right from my hand and feed from the water surface. He seems peaceful, and I have never seen him act aggressively towards any other inhabitant.

Ventral view...
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Side views...
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In my hand to give you an idea of size. He has gotten quite a bit bigger since I bought him.
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Don't know for sure, but I have a very large one like that who is a female, and I wanted to say that both of my remaining ghosts have the pinks bands on their legs and those same dots on their "tail," fan, whatever it's called in back. And same blackish stripes on their bodies.

So if you don't have a ghost then maybe I don't either! Mine look identical to yours.
 
he might be one of those evil ghost shrimp that isnt one and eats fish when it gets bigger :o
maybe the particular species you have just gets slightly bigger than most
his claws are rather small and scavenger like so i dont think he will eat your fish :D
 
it's definitely a ghostie.. i have one a bit bigger than that.. their max size is like 3 inches or so.. i saw one that big at a LFS and i thought it was a crayfish at first.. :D

they will eat that is weak enough to grab.. (they're pincers are not very strong).. shrimplets and fry included..
 
I have had several ghost shrimp get up to 2 inches and maybe even a 'lil bit bigger. I had them for over two years though. Maybe they can just get bigger if they are in good water conditions. The females get bigger than the males. They did eat a guppy now and then.
 
Its possible it could be some other species of macro shrimp that was mixed in with the ghost shrimp. Ghost shrimp are actually several different species so who knows which one you actually got. I will be interested to see if it keeps on growing.
 
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