New Shrimps From Sulawesi !!!!

[Macadamian]

Hey Chris,
thx again for these brilliant pictures.
I will hopefully get myself some of these shrimps if available.
My question would be how you are able to hold the water at ph 8 ?
If you do so, of course, I'm interested in the mix you are preparing your water.
Regards
Sven


Rock on...... \m/

[gr81]

They are really amazing, nicest freshwater shirmp I've ever seen. I'm going to prepair some new tanks

[Jose]

WOW!! Very impressive again...

I am a big fan of your site.. Allways curious if you have photo's of a new journey...:

I would die to go on a trip like the ones you discribe on your website..

[wklotz]

Hi Xema!

Really impressive the picture of C. spongicola... I thought can not keep in aquarium due to its special life way into the freshwater sponge....

The shrimp on this pic is not really C. spongiola. It´a closely related species living on rocky substrate. It will be described as a new species by Yixiong Cai in a few weeks.

Cheers
Werner

[FishVu]

Thanks for all the amazing variety of shrimps I've never thought was existed. Now I know there's more to it than just CRS. The future is bright

[Xema]

Hi Xema!



The shrimp on this pic is not really C. spongiola. It´a closely related species living on rocky substrate. It will be described as a new species by Yixiong Cai in a few weeks.

Cheers
Werner

That sounds really interesting...

[wood]

very very cool indeed

I would love to know if they breed ok in freshwater, and if they also breed true in captivity...

[Zapisto]

That sounds really interesting...

more than interesting
werner can you tell us more

[Xema]

By the way, I got reserved 5 of C. cf. spongicola for the next week in a spanish shop.

I wonder what kind of tank will be the best for them...

[Zapisto]

By the way, I got reserved 5 of C. cf. spongicola for the next week in a spanish shop.

I wonder what kind of tank will be the best for them...

Xema are they tank breed or wild.
Werner give some interesting parameter of the water in an other forum :

These parameters seems to be no problem in this species. In the Towuti, Mantoano and Poso lakes you can find pH values between 7,4 and 8,2; the conductivity is at about 224 µS and the total hardness at about 6°DH.
The water temperature is rather stabile at about 26,5°C. Only in shallow water regions near the shore the temperature can rise to 29°C.

Maybe the bigger problem with theese species could be that the bright colored shrimp live rather substrate-specific (C. spongicola for instance, not imported for aquarium puroposes until now, is restricted to a freshwater sponge).

Cheers
Werner