Jayjhis Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 I bought yellow king kong shrimp online in October. I'm keeping them with some tigers and crystal reds in typical caridina parameters and they're thriving. But I'm suspicious that I actually have yellow neocaridina shrimp instead? When I got them they were very small, around the same size as some crystal reds that were about a month old at the time. They grew very fast, quickly got bigger than the month old crystal reds, after 6 weeks the females were berried and are the largest shrimp I have. They also have way more eggs than I'm used. Last week one brood hatched, a few days earlier than I expected, and the babies are yellow. Is there any way to tell for sure? Did I get bamboozled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Walker Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 In my experience, this looks to be a neocaridina. I have kept this yellow variety myself, and it looks identical. Key standouts are size and translucency of the body. Also clutch size and growth rate. Not that King Kongs can't have semi-translucent bodies, but typically not like this. Again, I am just one humble shrimp enthusiast, but my 2 cents is that you got duped; and perhaps your source got duped as well, I am not here to judge :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayjhis Posted December 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 Kind of a bummer. I'm still holding out hope the next eggs that hatch from them will have little red stripes lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT_Redmist Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 Hi Jayjhis, Whether you got bamboozled or not that's a nice shrimp. 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhKay13 Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 Those look just like my neos. Sorry man. That’s a real bummer. But at least it’s still a gorgeous shrimp. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Walker Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 Agreed, no matter how you spin it this is a good lookin' shrimp. Maybe she'll crank out some yellow beauties to sell for ACTUAL King Kongs. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toanga Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 I think it's a neocaridina A yellow shrimp ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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