if it was a true shrimp, losses would have never happened in the first place. They were labeled as non-aggresive.
Beware PETCO false advertising "blue shrimp" = crawfish
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Shrimp gumbo, shrimp salad etc...
Not all shrimp are harmful...for instance ghost shrimp, lol.
As far as the blue shrimp go....well the actual juvenille blue shrimp looked quite pretty, but I could see it posing problems, that thing got huge. I've never seen blue shrimp carried at any of the Petsmarts or Petcos in my areas. However, they do carry the blue lobster (or crawdad) and charge about $25 for them.
I have never seen these mislabeled either. Maybe I just got lucky and have a half decent Petsmart and Petco.
As far as the blue shrimp go....well the actual juvenille blue shrimp looked quite pretty, but I could see it posing problems, that thing got huge. I've never seen blue shrimp carried at any of the Petsmarts or Petcos in my areas. However, they do carry the blue lobster (or crawdad) and charge about $25 for them.
I have never seen these mislabeled either. Maybe I just got lucky and have a half decent Petsmart and Petco.
Bobdolemite said:
It might be imprudent to assume all Petco labels to be accurate. As I posted before, others have found Macrobrachium rosenbergii, most certainly a true shrimp, to be perhaps more aggressive than blue crayfish:
i was the proud owner of "Louie" i had to give him to a friend of mine because he more than outgrew my 30 gallon tank. i would recommend keeping it alone unless you want it to kill everything. i had a 10" florida gar in the tank momentarily until i got my 55 gallon setup. it was for a very short time. two days later the gar was prawn food.he also ate a pleco, two snails, and my rafael cat. his normal diet was feeders and he loved shrimp pellets. Louie was definitely an awsome shrimp though. i gave him to my buddy to put in his 75g, and on my birthday Louie died. he was about 14" of body and about 8" of claw, by far the coolest aquatic pet that i have ever owned.
I picked up a nice "blue shrimp" at the LFS tonight. It was a contaminant in a shipment of Singapore/Wood shrimp. A nice chunky Atyid, which genus & species I have no idea. Living in luxury in a 10 of its own, already harvesting Cyclop-eeze.
Also a highly atypical Singapore, unless it it another contaminant - instead of the usual dorsal white stripe, a series of distinct white oval ellipses down the mid-dorsal line, and a solid white tail fan. It is housed with the other Singapores.
Also a highly atypical Singapore, unless it it another contaminant - instead of the usual dorsal white stripe, a series of distinct white oval ellipses down the mid-dorsal line, and a solid white tail fan. It is housed with the other Singapores.
Immature, so too small/young to tell. It is less than an inch and half, but the good blue seen on the Gaboon shrimp at times, a bit stronger on the thorax than the abdomen. The "fans" are larger relative to body size than similarly sized Singapore shrimp, and the body appears much chunkier than those relatives.
I'll have to boost the current a tad for the beast, tank previously used for rednose/redtailed shrimp and has quite mild water movement.
I'll have to boost the current a tad for the beast, tank previously used for rednose/redtailed shrimp and has quite mild water movement.
yeah I certainly will do my research first now, went to petco to look the other day and they had several tanks mislabeled.
They had the bluelobsters too, those things were friggin huge, they had them in a box where they could barely turn around. Dont think these things are one in the same.
He seems to have calmed down considerably in the bigger tank, he burrowed under a rock (almost to the point where its collasped on him) and only comes out rarely to snack on the plants and brine shrimp. No hostile actions now, odd.
(Just checked that link, the shrimp that I have is less bulky in general and lacks hair on the claws, general shape is the same)
They had the bluelobsters too, those things were friggin huge, they had them in a box where they could barely turn around. Dont think these things are one in the same.
He seems to have calmed down considerably in the bigger tank, he burrowed under a rock (almost to the point where its collasped on him) and only comes out rarely to snack on the plants and brine shrimp. No hostile actions now, odd.
(Just checked that link, the shrimp that I have is less bulky in general and lacks hair on the claws, general shape is the same)
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Be CAREFUL with the term FALSE ADVERTISING!!!!!
PetCO get their animal inventory terms and classifications from the breeders, hatcheries, etc, that they get their merchendise from, as does any pet store..... including my most hated store PetSMART.
Not intending to sound too harsh, but did you check these out prior to your purchasing the "blue shrimp"?
I have purchased 7 of the blue shrimp from PetCO, and was told, straight up front that they were unaware of the origin of these crustaceans
I did not research These, but I knew from past experience with both lobsters and crawfish, that these all will nip fins and eat anything they can get their claws on. They look like crawfish, and I knew they probably were crawfish. No BIG surprise to me.
Just because they say "BLUE SHRIMP" does not mean they are actually shrimp at all............. Today, when I purchased my 2nd batch (4 more), they looked them up on their shipping information, and they even ring up now as "Asian Blue Shrimp" now. PetCo has very little information on them, so I decided to search the web to see what I could find.... That is how I found this post.
The "blue shrimp" are scavengers, as I well knew before I purchased them. They will eat anything and everything that gets in their path.
The blue lobsters they sold me about a year and a half ago are not lobsters either. But, I knew that before I purchased it. If the purchaser does not research the creature, that does not mean PetCo is false advertising.
You must remember, just because it says "shrimp" does not mean it is what is truly considered "SHRIMP". These titles come from breeders, hatcheries, scientists, etc, and are classifications, therefore, this would not be false advertising on PetCo's part!
There is a term used infamously over the years "Carpe Diem".... "buyer be ware." As with any purchase, you need to research, and NOT just buy something, because it looks good. This was the reason why there were so many Dalmations in dog pounds after the movie "101 Dalmations" originally debuted... people went out in search of Dalmation puppies for their children, not having a clue what they were in for. after several months, all animal holding areas, dog pounds, etc, were flooded with dalmations.... Never, EVER, purchase anything without checking it out first.....
Sorry you lost your other fish, but just because it was beheaded, does not mean that the crawfish killed it either..... fish die....... a fact of life.
My "blue shrimp" are in my 75 gallon acqaurium with my pond goldfish, and I havent seen one nipped fin, because the "blue shrimp" have plenty of hiding spaces that the goldfish rarely go to.
Well, that's my 2 cents worth..... that and $1.50 MIGHT buy you a cup of coffee somewhere
sincerely,
John
PetCO get their animal inventory terms and classifications from the breeders, hatcheries, etc, that they get their merchendise from, as does any pet store..... including my most hated store PetSMART.
Not intending to sound too harsh, but did you check these out prior to your purchasing the "blue shrimp"?
I have purchased 7 of the blue shrimp from PetCO, and was told, straight up front that they were unaware of the origin of these crustaceans
I did not research These, but I knew from past experience with both lobsters and crawfish, that these all will nip fins and eat anything they can get their claws on. They look like crawfish, and I knew they probably were crawfish. No BIG surprise to me.
Just because they say "BLUE SHRIMP" does not mean they are actually shrimp at all............. Today, when I purchased my 2nd batch (4 more), they looked them up on their shipping information, and they even ring up now as "Asian Blue Shrimp" now. PetCo has very little information on them, so I decided to search the web to see what I could find.... That is how I found this post.
The "blue shrimp" are scavengers, as I well knew before I purchased them. They will eat anything and everything that gets in their path.
The blue lobsters they sold me about a year and a half ago are not lobsters either. But, I knew that before I purchased it. If the purchaser does not research the creature, that does not mean PetCo is false advertising.
You must remember, just because it says "shrimp" does not mean it is what is truly considered "SHRIMP". These titles come from breeders, hatcheries, scientists, etc, and are classifications, therefore, this would not be false advertising on PetCo's part!
There is a term used infamously over the years "Carpe Diem".... "buyer be ware." As with any purchase, you need to research, and NOT just buy something, because it looks good. This was the reason why there were so many Dalmations in dog pounds after the movie "101 Dalmations" originally debuted... people went out in search of Dalmation puppies for their children, not having a clue what they were in for. after several months, all animal holding areas, dog pounds, etc, were flooded with dalmations.... Never, EVER, purchase anything without checking it out first.....
Sorry you lost your other fish, but just because it was beheaded, does not mean that the crawfish killed it either..... fish die....... a fact of life.
My "blue shrimp" are in my 75 gallon acqaurium with my pond goldfish, and I havent seen one nipped fin, because the "blue shrimp" have plenty of hiding spaces that the goldfish rarely go to.
Well, that's my 2 cents worth..... that and $1.50 MIGHT buy you a cup of coffee somewhere
sincerely,
John
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