Firedove Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 I bought 3 shrimp from my LFS, owner confirms they were sold to him as Amano shrimp and plans to confront his supplier. They are definitely not and while two are most likely plain wild type Neocaridina there is one that is different. It is darker brown, some times nearly black and sometimes more red but it has what I'm told is a fish bone pattern. Is this a Neo with an odd phenotype or something else? I also included pics of the others just to confirm they are simply wild Neos and not young something else (one has an actual Amano in the background). Thank you for any help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShrimpP Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 No idea, just throwing a random guess out there, but, Malaya shrimp (Caridina)? Mr. F, Firedove and Vshrimp 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedove Posted June 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 Looking them up you may have nailed it. And all 3 could be just that. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmiko Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 :OOO!!! I have these too!!! I bought them for $1 each as "Colorless amano" but they gained colors soon after i put them in my tank. I thought i was just lucky to get amanos that had a different color variation! Interesting and good to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wslam Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 The last two photos are definitely Malaya shrimps, I have one. They change colors depending on lighting and mood, pretty cool! Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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