Green Algae Shrimps?

[Lizzie71]

Just bought 3 shrimps at the lfs. They were labelled 'green algae shrimps' which is fantastic because this is exactly what I want them for But I wondered if they had another, more common name? Anyone know anything about them?

 

[Esfa]

Amano Shrimps

Cherry Shrimp

Probably one of those two. More likely to be amano.

 

[fish-aholic]

Are they actually green? If they are green they could be Caridina cf. babaulti or a less common Caridina sp. "Dark Green"

 

[Lizzie71]

No they aren't green, they look exactly like amano shrimps

Thanks for the information, very helpful!

Hopefully they will be able to rid me of a bit of algae!

 

[Shrimper]

Have a look a www.petshrimp.com

They have a list of about 20 dwarf shrimp, several of these are greenish and look like the Amano, it could be one of these instead.

 

[Kevin_D]

I would of guessed Caridina babaulti as well, another common name for them would be Indian Green Shrimp.