Jadenlea Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 My tank is rescaped from being badly neglected all summer. I thought it was empty but in the process of rescaping found last hold outs of what I believe are my Malawa Shrimp (I had a thriving colony before I moved ) I let them stay in the tank because...,well... why not? But now that I have added Carbon Rili I need to make sure that these are indeed malawa and not some gone wild neos that I didn't know I had. I don't want to ruin my rili. Today I noticed one of the "malawa" is berried up and before I let her have those babies I need to know Im not letting a bunch of wilds loose in the tank. LOL. Here is a picture of the Berried one and one other. Sorry for the quality. I left some algae on the walls for the Ottocat and he happens to be sitting right infront of it . One of them looks like he has stripes. Thanks in advance for the help. Btw if there are any questions, I do have a fish tank with tons of moss that I could add them to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Looks like a malawa to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 The one on the right looks to be Malawa. The one on the left, I'm unsure. All my Malawa seem to have brown eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 The one on the right looks to be Malawa. The one on the left, I'm unsure. All my Malawa seem to have brown eggs. thats what threw me off.. But its body does look like a malawa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted October 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Seeing the green eggs is what made me second guess and post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted October 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Grrr do I need to go buy a tiny tank and put her in to see what she has for babies now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasshalffull Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 If it was me I would probably move it just to be sure Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted October 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 I did see yesterday on elite Inverts that malawa can have green eggs. Decisions decisions. I am leaning toward setting up another tank but hoping to buy a home and move within the next year and who wants to break down multiple tanks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Tupperware works pretty well in a pinch, and cheaper too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Dang, did a tiny water change last night and today 2 more of the mystery shrimp are berried. I better get that tank up and running. I have mixed feelings. they are so plain and ugly. Mostly just clear. I don't really care for them but on the other hand, I can't just drop them in the fish tank. It feels like murder lol. When I had the thriving colony of malawa, I had some really pretty brown and bluish ones but all of these are blah. Why cant the carbons and crystals berry up like the Malawa/mystery shrimp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 My suggestion if you don't like them, is to continue the circle of life by feeding the fish. Shrimp are prolific and you'll have more than you can count soon, so why waste time, space and money on what are essentially culls to you? Go ahead and cull them out and focus on the shrimp you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 And once they are in the planted tank, Id never get them out would I? It could never be used for any other neos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 If they are wild cherries, then just one would mess up a colony pretty well if it hides well enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Is there any way to know for sure Soothing? I know you have kept malawa,... how can you tell the difference between mals and wild neos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Here's a wild cherry shrimp from theshrimpfarm, and a Malawa pic taken by Chris Lukhap: As you can see, it is extremely difficult to tell when they are wild what type they are even in person. My female Malawa are smaller than my cherries, and look male all the time, except when carrying eggs. My personal malawa tend to lean more towards beige brown, but I do have some clearish, bluish, and smokey, as well as tiger stripes or specks of white. They won't breed with cherries though. On the downside, wild cherries will readily breed with other neos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 thanks Soothing. I just did an image search too and mine look more like this. http://s805.photobucket.com/user/nick11380/media/IMG_0042.jpg.html LOL Maybe Ill take a page from your book and keep the pregnant moms and the few that have the tiger stripes on them and see if I can make some decent looking mals in that tank. OR I could put one carbon boy and one Mystery girl in the tank and see if they breed. If they breed then we know they cant be mals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Those are pretty. I dig the white stripes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 One of the boys on the mulberry leaf. I Noticed he has a bright orange dot o the back of his head though. Definitely saving him! Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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