New Australian shrimp species

[northboy]

Jumping the gun a little but it has taken 2 years to get here ( I am excited), I found 2 new shrimp species on the Atherton tablelands the first one was 2 years ago and the DNA has confirmed its new and at last some one is going to describe it and we get to name it.

I think it has loads of potential for the hobby because the Female has a slight red colour and the Male a slight blue colour, with breeding any thing is possible, all the shrimp we have now started out plain compared to what they are now. It gets to 2.5cm and has nice big eggs, breeding is a little hard at the moment in time it will get easier, It is not fussy about the water parameters PH around 7.2 and medium hardness and will take temps up to 28c so far, eats any thing and is reasonably bold.

Here is a couple of KRAPY photos taken in the field, With moving house I don't have many in stock to get going so back to collect more, I need more to be deposited in the QLD museum and for ID any way, the ones I have now are spoken for.

The other new one is 3.5cm and looks a bit like this one.

Sorry about the krap photos, but as I said I am excited about this one. Botom photo the Male is top left, the rest are Female

Bob

[wayne6442]

Hi Bob. Great work mate! Love them, looking forward to seeing more of them. Regards Wayne

[fishmosy]

Nice Bob, be good to get pictures of them in an aquarium to get a better idea of their colouration.

[khemo]

So these are the ones you were talking about. Looks promising mate, would love to see them in an aquarium and coloured up.

[northboy]

When I get a some on the go I will be sending some to a few people to play with and get them going.

I am about leave and to go to Malanda to get some more of of the new one and Saturday week I will have some of the other new ones in my position at last.

The exciting development is, the scientist that is going to describe them want to do a trip to the Mcllwraith Range on cape york to look for new species, he thinks it will have lots of new ones to be found.

There is still so much to be found here in good old Australia.

Bob

[Forevermango]

Very nice Bob, how are these coming along? Any of them breeding for you yet?

[Baccus]

Can't wait to see them in water, they do look really interesting and sound promising in the ease of breeding stakes.

And I agree with colour diamorphic parents there should be a lot of potential to create/ get other stronger colours established and breeding true.

[northboy]

Get that tank ready E and I will bus some down.

Bob

[Baccus]

In the process now, thankfully with so many tanks I can hijack media, plants and what not to establish it fairly quickly. Really looking forward to seeing them.