theres one at my local fish store that ill take a picture of it for you, the thing is a BEAST!!!! i wanna say his claws are about 10-12 inches long. hopefully they still have him, ill keep you posted.
Just snagged a freshwater blue prawn-few questions
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Pics would be awesome. This one is due to shed again in about a week. His latest behavior has been annoying because he is becoming more skittish and he doesn't seem to eat as much now. I don't think it is a water quality issue as all the small shrimp (japonica and cherries) are fine. And he doesn't care about eating those shrimp either. It's odd. *knocks on wood somewhere*
went there yesterday and had no luck, they either sold him or ate him. he was massive though. sorry
I picked up a freshwater blue prawn about6 months ago..
He has molted 5 times so far.
Was about 2 inches when I bought him and probably about 5 inches now.
They grow up to a foot long in length, their claws grown even longer than their body
Here is a pic of mine
He has molted 5 times so far.
Was about 2 inches when I bought him and probably about 5 inches now.
They grow up to a foot long in length, their claws grown even longer than their body
Here is a pic of mine
That's awesome. 
Here's a vid of mine. Little grainy but you get the idea. haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GJzTQub_gA
Here's a vid of mine. Little grainy but you get the idea. haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GJzTQub_gA
The bluish one actually isn't an M. rosenbergii. It looks like an M. tenellum (which is a native of Ecuador, the Pacific-watershed sister to M. acanthurus) or something in that complex. Not likely that M. rosenbergii would be able to hybridize with any New World species. If the smaller one comes from West Africa, then yeah, it's quite possibly M. dux. This genus contains over 230 described species (I'd estimate more than 300 total), many of which look pretty similar, so eyeballing isn't always a good bet ID-wise.
