Common Names: A Blight

[soritan]

My crappy diagram is below, as I can't photograph these semi-transparent shrimps to save me wee little life:

I am fairly sure that I just bought 7 Macrobrachiums for my 10gal tank.

They were sold to me as feeder "ghost shrimp". I wanted them as a mini cleaning crew, and my research told me that "ghost shrimp" were peaceful little guys who were generally short lived and delicate. Macrobrachiums are not.


I am going to start demanding latin names for every single purchase I make, soon. I declare.

 

[modernhamlet]

I am fairly sure that I just bought 7 Macrobrachiums for my 10gal tank.

They were sold to me as feeder "ghost shrimp". I wanted them as a mini cleaning crew, and my research told me that "ghost shrimp" were peaceful little guys who were generally short lived and delicate. Macrobrachiums are not.


I am going to start demanding latin names for every single purchase I make, soon. I declare.

If it has anything resembling a claw with a serious "business end" to it... one that looks like it could be used to catch a fish, for example... get it out of your tank. It has that claw for a specific evolutionary reason... catching prey (i.e. your fish). Your guess of Macrobrachium is probably pretty good, but a pic would really help.

Check out this URL and see if it helps with an ID: http/www.thekrib.com/Fish/Shrimp/

 

[BWBettas]

yer i think dat it would be kinda dangerous if it isnt a host shrimp lol im no expert but i thinmk it would be