Help can anyone ID my shrimp please

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jcpfarler

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Thanks SnakeIce that is definitely my shrimp, and it turns out its a female as she was carrying eggs today but she has already dropped them. Just wish I had more info on her as I can't seem to find any....ho hum :)

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I can't find much about M. dux. It has a common name of Congo River Prawn. Many of the other Macrobrachium species larva require drifting into brackish or marine to develop into the shrimp form. So unless this one is unusual it would be a challenge to raise any.
 

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Well she is on her own so thought it would not come to anything, thanks again for looking just wish there was a care sheet for them :thumbup:

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