Need help to ID a shrimp

**meister1981** · 01-04-2012, 2:14 PM

I thought since they are both neocaridina they would interbreed

**vwill279** · 01-04-2012, 2:19 PM

Originally Posted by meister1981

I thought since they are both neocaridina they would interbreed

Any species in the same genus presents a possibility that there will be interbreeding, so you're right to wonder about housing them with yellows.

**meister1981** · 01-04-2012, 2:39 PM

I'm a little pissed at the store for not knowing what they had. They are a great fish store but I figured as a newbie that they should know more than I do on this. i've been at this for only 2 months and I'm the one who told them they were selling the wrong stuff. I don't have a second tank to seperate the shrimp. Kind of sucks but they are still nice shrimp to look at.

I just hope my berried yellow female will have yellow shrimplets which might give me time to start another tank in the near futur.

**msjinkzd** · 01-04-2012, 2:55 PM

They will likely hybridize, being as they are both neocaridina.

**Jody** · 01-04-2012, 6:59 PM

If they are both neocaridina and well breed

**dysphoria** · 01-08-2012, 2:13 PM

It's hard to tell from the picture, but the less prominent rostrum makes me think that it looks more like a C. baubalti sp.
They can be very variable in color, and are often mixed in with other batches of shrimp due to this variance.