Callatya Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 well, he ain't gunna stay petite! This is Jacques, named for the busy little cleaner shrimp in Finding Nemo. Jacques is a macrobrachium ("big arm") shrimp, M. rosenbergii, also known as a cherabin, or giant freshwater shrimp. They aren't kidding about the giant thing, these babies get up to 12" long! Currently the little guy is only about 15cm, so he's got some growing to do. He is TOTALLY AWESOME! I have found the magic again, I'm sitting in front of his tank having a cuppa just staring at him, he is just that fascinating. Now I have to find him some swimming nibblies to keep him busy :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettc777 Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 He is one cool looking guy! Can he be kept in with other fish while he is small? Im assuming when he is larger he cant be kept with fish due to his size! How much did he cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightingfishfancier Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 He's a hansom looking boy! Cheers, Heidi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted September 12, 2007 Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 he's a cool lookin thing :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted September 12, 2007 Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 He looks really cool!! I was happy when Sin said that she was taking him for you. For a prawn he has some personality, i remember feeding him some black worms and he stuck his nippers up and madly started grabbing them lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Elflett Posted September 12, 2007 Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 Even when small they'll eat fish much larger than themselves, especially at night when the fish sleep... they can be fed on snails, if you don't fancy feeding them live tankmates - a couple of macrobrachium can clean a 2 footer of a snail infestation quite successfully, eating them faster than they can breed... if you had a tank for the snails to feed to the shrimp, you'd probably go OK though... I'd expect he'd be quite happy with small pieces of fish, or shrimp, from a fishmonger or supermarket, too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted September 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 He is a real Fingers McGee! I've been giving him shrimp pellets until it heats up enough to grab him some mozzie fish (they have fantastic survival skills) and he manages to drag 4 around at once! So far he's eaten everything I've thrown at him. Little piggie! I'm setting up a feeder breeding tank so he should never be sort of food to play with. I think he really needs the stimulation too, he's quite a cluey little guy and I reckon he could get bored easily. Providing he doesn't obliterate the fish within a few hours, I'm happy for him to work his way through a few over time. If he's well fed and the temperature stays low he should be a bit restrained about it... I think. I've had a slightly different species before, but they ended up with some sort of flesh necrosis that I couldn't ID. They are brilliant hunters. I was expecting them to be like yabbies, but these guys motor along and catch the fish while they are swimming! It is fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted October 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 Chasing his pellets And more pellet eating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 that's so cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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