I Finally found it!! - Aquarium Advice

hsherman1986 · 01-18-2007, 09:54 PM

I recently purchased what was labeled as a blue wood shrimp. I have talked to some people on here about him, and just thought I would share what I found a few minutes ago.

http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_atyopsis.php

I finally found some more information. And in reading this information (along with some other profiles I found when I found its scientific name) have decided to pull him out of my 55g American Cichlid tank and move him into my 20g GBR tank. I figure he probably has a better shot of not being eaten in there until I upgrade the 55g. Then, he will go back in the 55g with fish that are more suitable to house with him.

Here is the shrimp that I have

evercl92 · 01-18-2007, 10:45 PM

sweet looking wood shrimp

zenkatydid · 01-18-2007, 11:06 PM

are you saure those guys don't eat fish? look at those claws!

hsherman1986 · 01-18-2007, 11:21 PM

they are not claws. they are fan filters. Completly harmless to other fish. This is a different creature that the commonly sold blue lobsters/crayfish.

SeanMurphy · 01-19-2007, 07:34 AM

Is that pool filter sand? It looks much finer than mine.

MyCatsDrool · 01-19-2007, 10:08 AM

Nice shrimp!

hsherman1986 · 01-19-2007, 01:42 PM

no its not, it is the white moon sand from petsmart. I couldn't find white PFS, so I had to get this stuff to get the look i wanted. It is really fine, it was hard to clean, but once it was, it settled down in the tank quite nicely. It never stays suspended in the water very long when one of the fish stir it up.

Yea, he rocks. I just moved him into a 20g last night, he seems to have made the adjustment ok. There is a piece of driftwood in the tank that he has made a hiding spot under, but at least I can see him easier in the 20g. Only time I would see himm in the 55g is after a water change (when I disturbed his hiding spot.)

Toirtis · 01-20-2007, 04:55 AM

Ah, the 'vampire' shrimp....very nice, I have 3 myself and could not be happier with them.

zenkatydid, those 'claws' are more like 'stabbers'...they are used for anchoring in strong current and climbing small waterfalls.

hsherman1986 · 01-20-2007, 05:04 AM

Is yours clumsy? Mine is always running into plants, and the sides of the tank.

He seems to have found the best hiding spot in his new home, and has not come out since. I squirted some algea flakes at him this morning, and that kinda made him poke his head out a little.

And toirtis, you are right about the "stabbers"

01-18-2007, 10:45 PM	#2
evercl92 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Groveport, OH Posts: 623 Images: 5	sweet looking wood shrimp __________________ "... if any one specie does not become modified and improved in a corresponding degree with its competitors, it will soon be exterminated." - Charles Darwin

01-18-2007, 11:06 PM	#3
zenkatydid Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 765 Images: 3	are you saure those guys don't eat fish? look at those claws! __________________ 50gal planted - yoyo loaches, BNs, SAE, odessa barbs 28gal planted - sparkling gouramis, dwarf cories (hastatus, habrosus, pygmaeus) 5gal planted - betta, otos 5gal planted - glass shrimp, CRS

01-19-2007, 10:08 AM	#6
MyCatsDrool Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 857	Nice shrimp! __________________ Watch our thread! A MyCatsDrool and Travis Simonson Joint Production....55 Tanganyikan Tank. It is hidden in the photography showcase. It is really my tank, but Trav is helping and we live next door from each other...so.... CCTV Has shut its doors. Off the air. 5.5 gal ADA rimless cube, fully planted, killifish breeder. coming soon to a forum near you. It's called Sex Panther, by Odeon. Illegal in 9 countries. Yep, it's made with bits of real panther, so you know it's good.

01-20-2007, 04:55 AM	#8
Toirtis Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,768	Ah, the 'vampire' shrimp....very nice, I have 3 myself and could not be happier with them. zenkatydid, those 'claws' are more like 'stabbers'...they are used for anchoring in strong current and climbing small waterfalls. __________________ G. A. Christian Bilou, Zoologist/Writer Founder/Director, Reptile Rescue Alberta Vice-President, Calgary Aquarium Society www.calgaryaquariumsociety.com Polypterid/Primitive Fish/Ctenopoma/Catfish Fanatic 62 Aquariums, 2200+ total gallons, Aquarist since 1971.

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01-18-2007, 11:21 PM	#4
hsherman1986 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 719	they are not claws. they are fan filters. Completly harmless to other fish. This is a different creature that the commonly sold blue lobsters/crayfish.

01-19-2007, 07:34 AM	#5
SeanMurphy Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 139	Is that pool filter sand? It looks much finer than mine.

01-19-2007, 01:42 PM	#7
hsherman1986 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 719	no its not, it is the white moon sand from petsmart. I couldn't find white PFS, so I had to get this stuff to get the look i wanted. It is really fine, it was hard to clean, but once it was, it settled down in the tank quite nicely. It never stays suspended in the water very long when one of the fish stir it up. Yea, he rocks. I just moved him into a 20g last night, he seems to have made the adjustment ok. There is a piece of driftwood in the tank that he has made a hiding spot under, but at least I can see him easier in the 20g. Only time I would see himm in the 55g is after a water change (when I disturbed his hiding spot.)

01-20-2007, 05:04 AM	#9
hsherman1986 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 719	Is yours clumsy? Mine is always running into plants, and the sides of the tank. He seems to have found the best hiding spot in his new home, and has not come out since. I squirted some algea flakes at him this morning, and that kinda made him poke his head out a little. And toirtis, you are right about the "stabbers"

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