pumpkin shrimp

[ineke]

Hi All,

could someone post a picture of a pumpkin female please. I have some girls who have saddles but they aren't the same colour as the lighter cherries. The saddle is almost a bright new copper colour.

Cheers

Ineke

[BlueBolts]

What's the difference between pumpkin and sunkist ? How do you tell ?

[ineke]

yeah that too I haven't seen either of them to know so if some one has them please post a picture. I guess I might be able to google them if no one has any.

[ineke]

Ok confusion reigns I googled them -they could be orange sunkist do'nt think they are pumpkin but when you look at the pictures it is hard to tell

[Neo-shrimp]

Hello there InekeI don't know whether or not that you've checked Dean's Boss Aquaria pumpkin cherries (4 pics in total)...Hope it might help...CJ

Hi All,could someone post a picture of a pumpkin female please. I have some girls who have saddles but they aren't the same colour as the lighter cherries. The saddle is almost a bright new copper colour. CheersIneke

[Masta]

Here is a picture of my PUMPKIN shrimp

[Triggs]

Isn't pumpkin an sunkist just a different name for the same shrimp?

They're both orange variations of the cherry shrimp?

[Dean]

@ineke, have a look here at first page of pics. there are Adult female and juvi. they dont show full color until they are mature adults.

http://www.shrimpkeepersforum.com/forum/showthread.php/1932-Australia-Day-Shrimp-Sale

Sunkiss & Pumkin shrimp are same family, species etc but i keep them separate from each other.

There is a slight difference in color and thickness of color

[ineke]

Hi Masta ,

I"m not sure if mine are quite dark enough to be pumpkin but they are close. will have to see how they mature. I have picked a few out and put them in with 2 of Fish4fish3's males as they are nice males.

cheers

Ineke

[ineke]

Thanks for that Dean. I'm still not sure what these girls are. They are more pink than red and the saddles really do look like new copper. I am hopefully getting a camera to lend this week and will try to take some better pictures. As I have said in my previous post I have picked a couple out to put with some better males and see what happens. They certainly don't look like the normal cherries I have and nowhere near as dark as the older girls. How exciting!!!! Then again it might just be my lighting!!!!!

Cheers

Ineke

[ineke]

Hi Neo-shrimp,

Dean sent me a thread to that page

Thanks

Ineke

[ineke]

Hi all, I think my females are orange sun kist they look like some Nogi has put up in the library. I have put 4 saddled ones in with 2 cherry males that fish4fish3 sent me. He has said to watch for rillis with these males. I am not sure what direction I am going in with regards to colours yet. Still waiting for my dark red berried girls to hatch. If I find a male sun kist I will try one tank with them. Ooooo the suspense!!!!!!!