What kind of shrimp is this

[Brentweld]

He is about 3 inches.

 

[Fishfur]

Without a picture I don't see how anyone can answer this question. But if he is 3 inches long, there are not too many species that get to this size. Might be a bamboo shrimp, a vampire or perhaps one of the machrobrachiums. Without an image, impossible to say, you don't even describe it.

 

[aluka]

i love that he is making us guess, he probably forgot to attach his picture!

 

[AngelFishGirl]

Without a picture I don't see how anyone can answer this question. But if he is 3 inches long, there are not too many species that get to this size. Might be a bamboo shrimp, a vampire or perhaps one of the machrobrachiums. Without an image, impossible to say, you don't even describe it.

I'm sure OP just forgot to add the picture.

 

[Brentweld]

Hahahahha my bad. Freshwater

 

[Fresh2o]

Hahahahha my bad. Freshwater

Vampire shrimp

 

[Fishfur]

I was tired when I first saw this. We all make mistakes, right ?

Scientific name is Atya gabonensis, aka Giant African Fan shrimp, and that one is, I am virtually certain, male. Boys have a thicker, heavier pair of first walking legs than do females, and the same is true of the Bamboo shrimp.

Though Gabonensis have a heavier pair of front legs in both sexes, the difference is still pretty clear when you see male/female side by side. Females have more slender legs overall, and a less prominent front pair.

 

[Brentweld]

My bamboo shrimp and vampire shrimp are a pair. They never leave each other side it's awesome.

 

[severum mama]

Very cool shrimp!

 

[DragonFish71]

Love the filter feeders!

 

[ProxyBlue]

That's adorable that they stick together like that, very nice looking shrimp too.

 

[Jev12]

What type of plant is that one in the second and third picture with the tall skinny ruffled looking leaves

 

[Brentweld]

I believe it's an onion plant or something like that

 

[Fishfur]

Interesting. It appears you have a male Vampire and female Bamboo. They can't interbreed, but it's kind of cool they hang out together like that.

The plant is a crinum.