Blueberry shrimp question

[Shrimpinmn]

I just bought shrimp labeled as blueberry from my lfs. the shop owner has no idea what kind of shrimp they are. I have also spent several hours combimg the internet and although I can find references to them, I can not find a real answer as to what species they may be. I can't post pics yet but they are dark blue. The younger one is very blue like an indigo blue. After they have settled in now there is also some red showimg on the tail. I guess my question is, can a neocaridina be very dark blue?

[shrimp addict]

Well i heard that blueberry shrimps are a blue Red cherry shrimp someone please correct me if i am wrong




Cheers Jake

[Deep6]

Blueberries are usually Neo's. A LFS near me has had them in, and some were quite dark, while others were very light. They also don't tend to breed true.

[imke_j]

Blueberry Bee Shrimp come from Sulawesi, the biggest Indonesian exporters calls them like this. The look similar to Black and White Bee (CB).

[Deep6]

If it helps, the Neo's labelled Blueberries were solid color. No white.

They looked like this:


One of the larger North American fish importers just decided to get into shrimp, and now I've been seeing all sorts of shrimp showing up at stores that never carried shrimp before. Often with names that don't match the typical "common names" given to the shrimp and at least per one owner I talked to the names came from the distributor. He had some nice Rili's, but they were sold under another name. Can't remember it right now, but it was really strange. (Edit: They were marketed as "Glazed Shrimp" and the owner sword that was the name from his distributor, and he wouldn't change the name on the sign to Rili since he didn't believe me)

The same LFS with the Blueberries also got in "Blue Rili's", where most are 100% blue, only a small percentage had "red paint" on them. Supposedly they breed true, and you can differentiate from Blue Pearls by the color of the saddle. The color was more translucent than the Blueberries, which were more solid.

[imke_j]

If it helps, the Neo's labelled Blueberries were solid color. No white.

Your statement is valid for the US, I assume, and shows the confusion we have with common names. For sure, the name 'Blueberry' shrimp is also used for the species I mentioned above; even when I did not link a picture. Thanks.

[Deep6]

NP. I wasn't trying to argue with you. Just help provide clarity for the OP so he could see if his "blueberry" shrimp matched the Neo Blueberries I've seen, or the Blueberry Bee you described.

I think the shrimp you described is what I've seen called "Blue Bees" around here. They're simliar to CRS, but primarily blue with small white stripes. Full grown they are noticeably smaller than CRS. I believe they are a Paracaridina (There's also apparently a Caridina call Blue Bee as well). If that's not what you're thinking of, would you mind posting up the scientific name or link to a photo? I'd love to learn about a new shrimp and add it to my mental database so I can recognize them if I ever encounter them.

[imke_j]

We have them all in the species list.

Blueberry Bee:
http://www.shrimpnow.com/content.php...e%C2%B4-Shrimp
caridina_blueberry_2.jpg

Blue Bee (paracaridina):
http://www.shrimpnow.com/content.php...ue-Bee-Shrimp)
paracaridina_blue_bee.jpg
this one is also called Chocolate Bee and can show colorations from blue to brown and nearly black.

[Shrimpinmn]

Thanks for the responses. My shrimp look like the one in Deep6's picture. 3 are ery dark blue and one is lighter,brighter blue. They also have the same lighter color on the end of the tail. I am wondering if these should be called by another name as I really did not find any info under "blueberry"? just to clarify, these are definitly a neo? I am also curious about the rili shrimp you saw with the red on them. If the body is all blue, how do you tell them apart from the blueberry? Thanks for all your help.

[Fento]

I've read that most of "Blueberry shrimp" are N. palmata. Some breeders reported that their intense blue-reddish colour shows up just in wildcaught strains, so their offspring use to be brownish/transparet.