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luigi545
7th Nov 2006, 05:39 PM
got tiger, CRS , cherry , malayan shrimp type in my tank

used to have blue shrimps but all gone to heaven when i m so noob about shrimps

type of this shrimp start to appear in my tank , do not know who the parents is... OMG

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/4506/p1030160tj9.th.jpg (http://img394.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1030160tj9.jpg)

can kindly ID for me and my pelia after tying to wire mesh and started to grow, in one or two spot it started to turn brown though in well lighted condition... strange...
milalic
7th Nov 2006, 06:35 PM
It looks like either a wild cherry red or probably a hybrid. Some of the shrimp you have together will hybridize. Taking pictures of different angles will help better indentifying it.

-Pedro
luigi545
8th Nov 2006, 02:38 AM
Here's another one of the pictures

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/1604/strangeshrimp2yg3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Unlikely the shrimps cross breed as i didn't get to see any shrimps getting eggs while in my tank, must be one of the kind mentioned above when purchased pregnant.

Most of the shrimp' head are all triangular shape but these guy's head is abit roundish.
silane
8th Nov 2006, 10:46 AM
Did you have pregnant blue shrimps before? Possible that they are blue shrimps offspring, often they are colorless for certain species.
ash
8th Nov 2006, 01:15 PM
Still looks like malayan.. maybe a cross of tiger and malayan? You can call it malayan tiger shrimp :joking:
luigi545
8th Nov 2006, 02:45 PM
Still looks like malayan.. maybe a cross of tiger and malayan? u can call it malayan tiger shrimp :joking:


looks like a walking skeleton to me instead :joking:

got one of them reached adulthood size , might be from the pregnant blue shrimp that died due to my inexperience of improper tank cycling.

but now normal grade crs , diamond is living happily in my tank. ( still testing my water parameters ) fingers crossed

cherries started to get pregnant too ( mass orgies suspected )
at least that's a good sign :joking:
ash
8th Nov 2006, 03:59 PM
I feel that the whole issue lies with PH and temperature. My cherries never breed in slightly acidic waters but higher temp like 28°C still ok for them to breed.

Crystal Reds seems different. They prefer acidic waters to breed but the temperature seems to need 24°C or so from what I read. I'm trying to bring down the temperature for my CRS tank... so far I can only get ard 26-27°C with a exhaust fan. :cry: