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	Ghost shrimp?
Rob1619 Fish Addict Posts: 763 Kudos: 619 Votes: 626 Registered: 01-Sep-2004	Is this a ghost shrimp? Robby I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.
Posted 27-Apr-2006 20:16
illustrae Fish Addict Posts: 820 Kudos: 876 Registered: 04-May-2005	Looks like one to me. There are several varieties of shrimp that get passed off as "Ghost" shrimp. Yours might be quite young or a different species, as it doesn't have the characteristic "hump" in the middle of it's back/tail that one of the more common varieties does. Hoping that there must be a word for everything I mean...
Posted 27-Apr-2006 20:23
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	I'm leaning towards no but without a better side view I can't say what it is for certain. Search up amano shrimp in google.com images and see if it matches those. They are mostly clear so look similar to ghost shrimp but have different markings on the side and less of the hump.
Posted 28-Apr-2006 08:30
Rob1619 Fish Addict Posts: 763 Kudos: 619 Votes: 626 Registered: 01-Sep-2004	I belive you are correct on this one sham. I have checked some sites and i belive it's an amano shrimp Thank you Sham Robby I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.
Posted 28-Apr-2006 12:34
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	Edited by longhairedgit Yup, the colour is lacking but thats not unusual in a young specimen. Structurally its the same as an amano. Has to be. Looky. This one is over 3 years old and near on 2 inches long, hence the bright and rich colour, but they do start out fairly transparent.I bought a few babies a few months back and they all look just like the ones in your pictures.Personally I like them better than ghosts, I think theyre a bit prettier, a better scavenger and algae eater too.
Posted 12-May-2006 03:50


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