Can someone help me indentify this shrimp?

[fuzzy188]

Hi everybody,

I got some Red Cherry Shrimp and a BLACK SHRIMP today.
I have no idea what the black shrimp's species is.
It's about the size of a Red Cherry Shrimp, and it's black and has a slightly rusty tint.
It also has these white markings, sort of like disfigured stripes
It's not doing that great in my RCS tank... I really need to know its species so I can take care of it properly.
The pet store guy sold it tome for a dollar fifty, (same as the cherries) but couldn't identify it for me
It looks sort of like a black-er black bee shrimp, or a King Kong shrimp, or a black-er panda shrimp, but I don't think it's one of them because it has that reddish tint.
PLEASE HELP!
Thanks.
fuzzy

 

[joe jaskot]

A picture would help. Does it look similar to this? http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...ov-Tv6nJYLL0QHnn8WZAg&ved=0CC8Q9QEwAQ&dur=354

 

[PIE.]

Pics? It's hard to imagine your shrimp in my mind. Need visuals.

 

[Tropicalfish34]

Is this it.

 

[fuzzy188]

No, it doesn't look like the one from http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...9QEwAQ&dur=354. Thanks anyways. (It's not that compact and has more black-ish rust)
As for pictures, I will try to get one on ASAP

Tropicalfish34, what kind of shrimp is that? It looks like mine but mine has a bit more white. The eye colour and shape is the same though so I'd like to know please.

 

[fuzzy188]

I just went to plant inverts.com and I found the Ninja shrimp.... It looks a lot like my black-ish shrimp and my shrimp DOES change colour, like the ninja. The only problem is, ninjas do better in neutral water (ph 6.5-7.5) but my tank is, like, really alkaline. Over 8. My cherries do well in it, but the ninja shrimp (maybe) is kind of depressed and not eating well. I really don't want to buy those commercial ph decreasers because they don't work so well. Is there any other (safe) way to lower ph without getting a reverse osmosis water thingy?

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

dont worry about that until the shrimp is ID'd

 

[PIE.]

As for lowering the pH, peat moss or wood could help, best not to change it quickly though, as that will have negative consequences on your shrimp.

 

[Tropicalfish34]

The shrimp in the pic I posted was a malaya shrimp.

 

[fuzzy188]

Thanks Tropicalfish34, but I don't think it's a Malaya shrimp... Pretty sure now my shrimp is a Ninja Shrimp

Would some driftwood bring the ph down a little? If so, how do you get a really small one because my tank is 5 gallons. The ones I see at my local pet store are almost as big as my tank.