Biggest Freshwater Shrimp

[silane]

I believe this is the biggest freshwater shrimp or prawn species. Anyone want them to be in your planted tanks ? :D

[fatboy]

I believe this is the biggest freshwater shrimp or prawn species. Anyone want them to be in your planted tanks ? :D

Ha! A good way of getting rid of algae as it would eat the entire plant, including the algae. :D

I've got one of those (m. rosenbergii) a little smaller than the one in the photo. It lives in a 70 litre tank on its own as it would kill anything else. I tried a few adult tiger barbs and they were dinner within 2 days.

I do have some java fern in that tank and the shrimp leaves it alone. I tried cabomba and it ate the entire bunch - 5 10-inch strands - within 2 days! It doesn't eat amazon swords, it just lifts them up and throws them round the tank.

These are becoming more common in the UK because they're easy to keep. They don't need special foods or conditions, and are a nice big crustacean in a country that bans all crayfish apart from the redclaw cray (c. quadrincarinatus).

When I get bored of mine I'll eat him. :p

[Shrimper06]

When I get bored of mine I'll eat him. :p
lol :shocked: lol :shocked: :undecided

[Fish Newb]

My LFS has a pair... They are charecters...:rolleyes:

-Andrew

[chang yi]

Is it Macrobrachium rosenbergii?
It is delicious.

[Veneer]

Macrobrachium carcinus (http://www.acampapr.com/gallery/666521527695.jpg), M. americanum (http://www.nicaraguafishing.com/tscrinp1.jpg), and M. lar (http://www.h2.dion.ne.jp/~karo/images/new_pa27.jpg) aren't far behind.

[zebezt]

atya gabonensis is pretty big too.. I want one of those... *sigh