Aura Blue Shrimps

**Ecalyte** · 20th Dec 2011, 02:41 PM

Sharing some videos and pictures of my newly acquired Aura Blue (AB) shrimps..

As always.. watch in HD!

Trio

Side by side with my CRS Flowerhead mama

Note: I'm not sure what species shrimp these are as their scientific name has never been released, so I posted in this section, please move it to the relevant section..

**Jasper** · 20th Dec 2011, 03:15 PM

These shrimps are really beautiful!
Thanks for sharing!

**Fento** · 20th Dec 2011, 06:20 PM

Very nice! as you do, I wonder wich specie this shrimps belongs to... does anybody know?
BTW great videos

**Kazuya** · 20th Dec 2011, 06:46 PM

It's a caridina.

Mordalphus has said that they can interbreed with cantonensis.

Water parameters are similiar to that of a CRS/CBS.

**Ecalyte** · 20th Dec 2011, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by Kazuya

It's a caridina.

Mordalphus has said that they can interbreed with cantonensis.

Water parameters are similiar to that of a CRS/CBS.

Are you sure? I've been told that they cannot cross breed with CRS (Caridina cf. Cantonensis).

Could you point me to the post in which he made the claim? I did a quick forum search and couldn't find the said-post..

If it's true, then I need to remove them as they're currently in the same partition as the CRS.

**Kazuya** · 20th Dec 2011, 07:05 PM

Ecalyte:
Hopefully Imke let's me post the link if not I will email you it.

First page. Post 2 (He states it's a caridina) Post 7 (He stated they can interbreed but it is not be recorded)
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...blue-oebt.html

**gourmettea** · 20th Dec 2011, 08:16 PM

Very nice blue on these shrimps.

**imke_j** · 21st Dec 2011, 04:36 AM

Originally Posted by Ecalyte

If it's true, then I need to remove them as they're currently in the same partition as the CRS.

Yes, better take them out. The Aura Blue shrimp is suspected to be caridina serrata (variant blue tuepfel) and can crossbreed with all caridina cantonensis.

**mordalphus** · 21st Dec 2011, 06:18 AM

Yes, remove them, because the males are especially vigorous when it comes to breeding, with so few CRS in there, they may impregnate your female CRS. I have confirmed serrata mating with cantonensis.

Also, your aura blues are very beautiful

**Ecalyte** · 27th Dec 2011, 03:54 AM

Originally Posted by mordalphus

Yes, remove them, because the males are especially vigorous when it comes to breeding, with so few CRS in there, they may impregnate your female CRS. I have confirmed serrata mating with cantonensis.

Also, your aura blues are very beautiful

You have confirmed cross breeds of the tiger and CRS.. A few in Singapore have already started playing with these crosses.

But this will only be true if the Aura Blue really is a Serrata.. Any confirmed cross breeds of an Aura Blue with CRS? And if so, pictures of the offsprings.. ?