CAN YOU ID THIS SHRIMP ??

addicted2fish

addicted2fish

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I GOT A BATCH of these in the mail on a trade, they were told to be black/blue shrimp, well they are def NOT . I have asked a few invert gurus, and I havent found the answer yet ... can ANYONE help ID this shrimp, it looks to be white, or clear, but not as clear as a snowball, and doesnt have the vertical lines to be a white bee, can anyone ID this shrimp for me ?? any & all help very appreciated !!! ~

here is the best shot I could get so far, I will continue to get better pics of these shrimps, I have about 10 .

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I will post more pics tonight .
 
Looks like mine did before they settled, and took on a greyish-blue colour with a white stripe from their nose to their center tail spine branching to the other tail spines like a cheap skeleton costume. How long have you had them? If you just got them recently, calm down and let them settle. Fish and inverts are usually pale and nervous for a few days, heck, even a couple weeks after shipping.
 
My blue pearls are light like that when I first got them. Let them ajust. Also if you dont have black or dark gravel, that helps as they like to match the color of their surroundings.
 
The species of 'blue' dwarf shrimp that I'm familiar with are all very pale. The shrimp that tend to have the most color are the adult female shrimp. You'll need to wait a few days, to a few weeks for your new shrimp to relax to display their natural color.

Make sure that their home is adequately designed, with plenty of cover and no harassing fish or predators, so that the shrimp will not continue to be stressed.
 
looks like yellow to me i have a few pale yellow and some very dark ones, but who knows let them settle in a few weeks,..
 
They could be wild neocaridina shrimp, they can vary in coloration. My blue/blacks came to be a bluish at first they've gone from a brownish to a blackish back to bluish and so on. The F carrying eggs have black to brown eggs. It seems they are forever changing colors. I think it's pretty cool. I'd wait at least a week for them to color up for you.
 
docsoldlady said:
They could be wild neocaridina shrimp, they can vary in coloration. My blue/blacks came to be a bluish at first they've gone from a brownish to a blackish back to bluish and so on. The F carrying eggs have black to brown eggs. It seems they are forever changing colors. I think it's pretty cool. I'd wait at least a week for them to color up for you.
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YES, THis is what they are . I had them in a 1 gallon with black gravel, NOW they are in the other 1 gallon with sand . light sand . they were with me abotu a mth when I took this pic, so they are NOT stressed, this is thier color, BUT I am starting to see a few that look like minami shrimp, and IF this is the case, WHY are they not called minami shrimp ???
 
probably because a majority of the shrimp imported come under generic descriptive names. Many are not positively identified by species and are simply called "neocaridina" or "caridina" on the import lists. Also alot of times transhippers/wholesalers will just agree on a name to call the shrimp without science backing it up. It makes it very difficult to determine what you have when importing.
 
addicted2fish said:
YES, THis is what they are . I had them in a 1 gallon with black gravel, NOW they are in the other 1 gallon with sand . light sand . they were with me abotu a mth when I took this pic, so they are NOT stressed, this is thier color, BUT I am starting to see a few that look like minami shrimp, and IF this is the case, WHY are they not called minami shrimp ???
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Hmm IDK it's possible in that persons tank they appeared blue/black. I have some wild types some appear clear, some brown, some reddish. I have not had any that look blue or black but that doesn't mean it cannot happen, I would assume it depends if they are actually wild sp or if they were cross bred and went back to their wild coloration. Who knows I could be totally wrong :lipssealedsmilie:
 
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