I was in a store the other day buying feeders and I noticed something I've never seen before.A tank full of large, freshwater shrimp.These had long blue front arms with small pincers at the ends of them and the shrimp were about three to four inches in length.I was almost tempted to purchase one of them but the employees of the store could'nt tell me anything about the shrimp.
Large freshwater shrimp ID?
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Look like this guy? I'm quite interested in them myself. Very aggressive to each other... One is fine, but need a square meter each to raise in number.
Macrobrachium rosenbergii- Commonly farmed food Prawn-
Macrobrachium rosenbergii- Commonly farmed food Prawn-
Yes,I think this is the one.The shrimp that were at the store looked to be juveniles so they did'nt have much color in the body area..I've been looking them up on google and wiki and learned a little about them.I have a tank where one would be able to co exist with the curent residents so I just might go and get one...Do you currently have one?Clearwater guy;4275763; said:Look like this guy? I'm quite interested in them myself. Very aggressive to each other... One is fine, but need a square meter each to raise in number.
Macrobrachium rosenbergii- Commonly farmed food Prawn-
i just saw a vid on youtube maybe these are what youre thinking of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CTQBgq0Y2A&feature=channel
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CTQBgq0Y2A&feature=channel
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That one looks like a different species,there are about three different speciesof this type of prawn...The giant river prawn.DavidSoleimani;4275843; said:
The store out here has them for twenty bucks each.They can grow up to twelve inches not including the front arms.Toxic Fish 9999;4275845; said: