Help with Shrimp Ids

[milalic]

Recently I got some shrimps and I think they might be a mixed of bumble bees, bee/diamond...any help in identifying them is appreciated. Let me know if I am correct.

1. Bumble bee shrimp

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/milalic/shrimps/bumblebee3.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/milalic/shrimps/bumblebee2.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/milalic/shrimps/bumblebee.jpg

2. Bee shrimp( first band is white)

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/milalic/shrimps/bee_diamond.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/milalic/shrimps/bee.jpg

3. This one is harder to tell. Either is a wild diamond or a bumble bee. I could not get a better shot.

It has a orange tail and rostrum and the tail seems to have some white dots,


http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/milalic/shrimps/bumblebee_or_diamond.jpg

Cheers,
Pedro

[Pconnieae]

Hi,

the last one seems to be a bee shrimp, the others seem to be bumble bee shrimps. Where do you get these shrimps? I hope for you that these shrimps are not hybrids.

[milalic]

Hi,

the last one seems to be a bee shrimp, the others seem to be bumble bee shrimps. Where do you get these shrimps? I hope for you that these shrimps are not hybrids.


I still think the second one is the bred form of the diamond(bee shrimp). It looks like the third picture in under the species, cardina sp bee page.( I can't post the link). The first line is white.

[milalic]

Added one more photo of the second one.

[Robert]

Hi Pedro,
the first shrimp is a new bee (in Singapore bee) shrimp, no real bumblebee shrimp. The second shrimp is a closely related species of the bee shrimp but it is no real bee/diamond shrimp 8it got no name yet). The third shrimp is a genuine bee/diamond shrimp. All these shrimps seem to be wild caught ones. In Hong Kong and southern China they are caught in huge quantities and they are pretty common there. All of them get the name bee shrimp becaue of the wide/beige and brown/black stripes. There are several very similar species and you got three of them.

You can read more about these shrimps in the Species section of this website.

regards
Robert

[milalic]

Hi Pedro,
the first shrimp is a new bee (in Singapore bee) shrimp, no real bumblebee shrimp. The second shrimp is a closely related species of the bee shrimp but it is no real bee/diamond shrimp 8it got no name yet). The third shrimp is a genuine bee/diamond shrimp. All these shrimps seem to be wild caught ones. In Hong Kong and southern China they are caught in huge quantities and they are pretty common there. All of them get the name bee shrimp becaue of the wide/beige and brown/black stripes. There are several very similar species and you got three of them.

You can read more about these shrimps in the Species section of this website.

regards
Robert


The colors on the first one do not look like the ones for the new bee in the species page. Also on the second one it does look like the one that CRS comes from but with more wider white bands. THe divisions of the colors are really marked...Is there any chance that the first one might still be a bumble bee and has that color because it is wild caught?

I bought them at the lfs. When I got home I notice I might have different shrimps....most of them are like the first one. Others have a bluish tint on them but look like the first one.

I guess they will interbreed???

[milalic]

I have read the pages in the species section but still confuse with all the names and variants in color. I guess I will have to separate them and look for common traits.

[GunmetalBlue]

Hi Pedro - shrimp #1 is known as a Bumblebee in the USA. I personally don't see evidence of that one being a hybrid, as far as I can tell. Just watch the color though, if it turns more reddish, it might indicate it's not doing well.

I don't yet know what shrimp #2 is called - am not sure if it is more closely related to the serrata group (Bees) or is a variant of the Bumblebee (what other countries refer to as "New Bee" as stated under same name on this site's species page), or a separate species altogether, but it is a beauty. Do you have more than one? You should definitely keep it separated and try to see if you can breed them.

I'm inclined to agree with everyone that shrimp #3 is a Bee (though, like you say, it's hard to see the shrimp). At any rate, yes, I too would personally keep all three kinds of shrimp separate.

If you didn't mind, hope you'll let us know what happens with the color (blue) as time goes on - I've been trying to take notes about this phenomenon. The blue may very well disappear as the shrimp gets settled in, but could possibly take a couple weeks for the color to return back to normal shrimp color.

-GB

[simcb]

I agree with Robert the third picture is a Bee/diamond "wild" form. I too own some of these beauties. Their blue will become darker when they have settled down. :cool: