Phil Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 So i got some shrimp! no idea what they are, but i think they are cool Here are some bad photos!!! Cheers Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niko001 Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 They are Amano Shrimps. Here is a link... link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsfree Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Phil Did you buy them or catch them from a local river or stream? There are several freshwater shrimp species in Sth Eastern Australia. Great for catching Callop (Yellow Belly or Golden Perch depending on where you come from). Reference below from CSIRO Paratya australiensis Kemp, 1917 (Decapoda: Atyidae) Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 I don't think they are Amamo shrimp. I had some a couple of years back, remember Phil? Here's the thread. http://ausaqua.net/forum/index.php?showtop...52&hl=prawn Watch them in the warm weather, mine didn't do well when the water got warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niko001 Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Shrimps will thrive best when temperature are between 22 to 24 degrees. Higher then that will create problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Not atyidae shrimp, not with those nippers. Those are young macro shrimp. Unsure on species, possibly Macrobrachium australiense? If they are the same ones that I had a few years back, good luck! I had SO much trouble keeping them. I tried in cold water, I tried in tropical, I tried in buckets with cauldron aeration and I tried in betta type tanks. They ended up with some sort of problem that killed their flesh, so they'd wander around for a few days with cooked-looking nippers before keeling over. It happened to two separate batches, I still have no idea what I was doing wrong or what the problem was. Macro shrimp - I think the same species as above? Atyidae shrimp - I think Paratya australiensis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJ Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 I agree - they look like juvie Macros - you'll have to watch them with your fish if they get some size on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Thanks for the suggestions everyone, they seem to be doing well still, amazing just how much they can eat!! Im mainly feeding them brine shrimp (since they are next to my marine tank and algae wafters, funny how they swim around with them) Neway, i just found these guys randomly mixed in with some feeder gudgeons at work, so spent a lil while netting them all out. I got them for free so it doesnt matter which sort they are, but they are in their own tank so only pose a danger to eachother I want to eventually get some nice shrimp, like CRS so figured i would see how these ones go before spending out the big $$$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleco987 Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 well i think im first but those are great pic none the less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Yeah what's wrong with those photos, Phil? Was that false modesty? Or just fishing for compliments? :giggle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 check the ANGFA database you should be able to click through the photos, however because they are juvenile you may not be able to match them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishie Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 what every theY are they look COOL!! good find! :goodo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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