Can you tell the malt shrimp?

[richberstler]

I'm new to the shrimp. I think they are much cooler than buying plecos. My first one malted today/last night (and I did remove the old exo). Was curious if it was easy to tell which one. Since they are more delicate in this stage I want to make sure I can protect it if I need to.

Just added a nice sized piece of driftwood based on what I read here and they seem to love it... I now see them out an about almost every day.

Definitely if any of my LFSs get more I'll be adding them.

[cocoa_pleco]

lol, when my crayfish first molted i thought he was dead.

congrats!

[richberstler]

Actually I just re-read the invertibrates section here and I now think I was sold "Ghost" shrimp, but actually bought Amano shrimp. They are clear with a line of small dots along their side. I did the dots, they add 'flair' lol

[richberstler]

Now I'm completely confused. I Googled Ghost shrimp and some of them have spots... and the Amano have more than 1 row of spots???

[CAF]

Amanos are greyish brown with a stripe down the spine and spots along the side. They also do not have the "humpback" common to Ghost shrimp. They belong to entirely different geni...

Amano - Caridina
you can see a photo of one of mine here:
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquariumforum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2814&d=1191251957

Ghost - Palaemonetes

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/photos/crustaceans/shrimp/russhrimp1.jpg