unidentified swimming shrimp

[nedge85]

Anyone help?
I've been keeping shrimp for 1yr with mild success. I mixed habitat of cherry, bee, rainbow, orange delight, glass and bamboo (yes i know bamboo are different variety altogether). About 5 months ago i discover wot i cud only describe as a hybrid ( the strange looking throw backs described through cross breeding); but after being missing for around a month i believed him dead as hybrids are sed to have a short life.

But today after a total rescape of the tank, he reappeared and finally in full view.

He's around 10cm long (head to tail), body type and colouring of a bamboo (minus the stripe), 3/4 inch narrow claws (not fans like a bamboo).

Any ideas on what "Kong" is?

 

[manbeast]

must see pictures "PLEASE"

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

Did you by chance buy an Amano Shrimp at one point?

 

[nedge85]

Did you by chance buy an Amano Shrimp at one point?

Its possible as they are sometimes sold (rightly or wrongly) as glass shrimp. U have an idea?

 

[nedge85]

Pic is Near on impossible, tried several times before his dissappearance and never clear due to angle, lighting, flass, glass reflection.
Now realised he burrow in substrum (fluval ebi substrum) when strong light near

 

[nedge85]

must see pictures "PLEASE"

These are the best i can get. Like i sed he takes cover

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

Looks like a long armed prawn

 

[manbeast]

+1 to predfan on the long arm prawn, take care you may want yo remove or rehome this critter as I've heard they can grow fast and large and can be voracious predators

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

Sometimes when they're small they can be sold as a Glass Shrimp, I think maybe that's where he came from.

 

[nedge85]

So we thinking a 2cm white/clear glass shrimp with no claws has grown to that?!!

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

So we thinking a 2cm white/clear glass shrimp with no claws has grown to that?!!

...you're not going to breed one from bee and cherry shrimp...

 

[FishontheRock]

These are the best i can get. Like i sed he takes cover

That's a scary looking critter! And those claws look like they are designed to get lunch that puts up a lot more fight than algae!

Good luck with it.

 

[nedge85]

This explains wer two bamboos have gone and they were fully grown 5/6cm a piece

 

[herp_mommy]

...you're not going to breed one from bee and cherry shrimp...

I agree, must have been sold as a glass shrimp

 

[nedge85]

...you're not going to breed one from bee and cherry shrimp...

U wouldnt have thought it come from a tiny glass looking shrimp either

 

[nedge85]

Heres the clearest pic i have of "kong"