Wow! That would be great! Thanks also for this advice AquaticAustin. Will update you all re this shrimp.
Pls. help ID my Green Shrimp
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As it is a wild caught shrimp, there is a chance of probability that t he species has not been scientifically described and named. There are also many species of shrimp that have been incorrectly labeled, needless to say confusion abounds. I think that you have a female shrimp, based on size, but I need a better profile picture to confirm. You could see if it successfully mates with any of your other shrimp, that would confirm species.
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I forgot to mention, that it has a similar body shape as Palaemonetes species, but the legs look like those of a dwarf shrimp, and are too short for any Palaemonetes species that I've ever seen.
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I forgot to mention, that it has a similar body shape as Palaemonetes species, but the legs look like those of a dwarf shrimp, and are too short for any Palaemonetes species that I've ever seen.
OK, there's one more thing that I forgot to say 
I would not keep wild caught shrimp in a community tank with other captive bred shrimp. You should quarantine them for a while (say a month) and check for illness or parasites. It would be a shame to add something that ends up killing off a thriving colony. Once you're confident that the shrimp is healthy, and just as important, it has adjusted to a home aquarium, then you can move it to another tank.
I would not keep wild caught shrimp in a community tank with other captive bred shrimp. You should quarantine them for a while (say a month) and check for illness or parasites. It would be a shame to add something that ends up killing off a thriving colony. Once you're confident that the shrimp is healthy, and just as important, it has adjusted to a home aquarium, then you can move it to another tank.
Congratulations on the beautiful shrimp...but the breeding project may be even more complicated than already described. There are a number of types of dwarf shrimp (the Amano is probably the best known but also the ninja, propinqua and several others) which live and breed in fresh water, but whose eggs must travel downstream to hatch in salt water. The offspring then grow in the saltwater and when nearing adulthood migrate back up the streams from which they came to live out the rest of their lives in fresh water.
North American salmon have the reverse pattern, living their adult lives in the ocean then coming inland to breed in freshwater. The subject and various terms for it is discussed in this article although the examples they use are fish rather than shrimp. If you search here on AC you will find from user James0816 a thread called "Project Orange" detailing the difficulties involved. This has been going on for many months now and while he has gotten hatches he has not yet raised any to adulthood.
North American salmon have the reverse pattern, living their adult lives in the ocean then coming inland to breed in freshwater. The subject and various terms for it is discussed in this article although the examples they use are fish rather than shrimp. If you search here on AC you will find from user James0816 a thread called "Project Orange" detailing the difficulties involved. This has been going on for many months now and while he has gotten hatches he has not yet raised any to adulthood.
OK, there's one more thing that I forgot to say
I would not keep wild caught shrimp in a community tank with other captive bred shrimp. You should quarantine them for a while (say a month) and check for illness or parasites. It would be a shame to add something that ends up killing off a thriving colony. Once you're confident that the shrimp is healthy, and just as important, it has adjusted to a home aquarium, then you can move it to another tank.
Except for the red cherry shrimps, all my shrimps and nerites in this tank (click for the link) are actually wild caught sir.
Congratulations on the beautiful shrimp...but the breeding project may be even more complicated than already described. There are a number of types of dwarf shrimp (the Amano is probably the best known but also the ninja, propinqua and several others) which live and breed in fresh water, but whose eggs must travel downstream to hatch in salt water. The offspring then grow in the saltwater and when nearing adulthood migrate back up the streams from which they came to live out the rest of their lives in fresh water.
North American salmon have the reverse pattern, living their adult lives in the ocean then coming inland to breed in freshwater. The subject and various terms for it is discussed in this article although the examples they use are fish rather than shrimp. If you search here on AC you will find from user James0816 a thread called "Project Orange" detailing the difficulties involved. This has been going on for many months now and while he has gotten hatches he has not yet raised any to adulthood.
I also have friends here in the Philippines who are trying to breed ninja bees and white line bees. They also had several hatches but in two weeks their larvae die.
Except for the red cherry shrimps, all my shrimps and nerites in this tank (click for the link) are actually wild caught sir.
I understand, however, you still run the risk with each un-QT'd addition. It's essentially Russian roulette.
Sorry guys. It's been 3 days now since I last saw the shrimp. I still couldn't find the body. Very sad.
I still couldn't find the body. Very sad. 