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What does he say they are then? Just google pumpkin shrimp and see what comes up but only pumpkin shrimp we know are cherries:encouragement:

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He wants $100 a pair and it says. "True pumpkins . NOT cherries"

and $35 each for juveniles which are bred from true pumpkins not cherries

so I'm guessing he has been mis informed somewhere along the line. Are they worth that much or is he kidding himself with that price cause I have never seen them for sale before

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He wants $100 a pair and it says. "True pumpkins . NOT cherries"

and $35 each for juveniles which are bred from true pumpkins not cherries

so I'm guessing he has been mis informed somewhere along the line. Are they worth that much or is he kidding himself with that price cause I have never seen them for sale before

No that sounds about right. I think a member on here recently sold a pair with 1 juvi for $200. However he is misinformed about the cherry thing. Unless maybe he's trying to state that they aren't RED cherries because some dishonest people have been known to sell poor quality washed out red cherries as pumpkin/sunkist. However, pumpkin shrimp are a variant of Neocaridina heteropoda (cherry shrimp) and therefore will cross with other kinds of cherry.

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He wants $100 a pair and it says. "True pumpkins . NOT cherries"

and $35 each for juveniles which are bred from true pumpkins not cherries

so I'm guessing he has been mis informed somewhere along the line. Are they worth that much or is he kidding himself with that price cause I have never seen them for sale before

He means they are not faded red cherries. You get red cherries off colour and some people call them orange shrimp.

Ive bought these pumkins from this add. They are pumpkins. The seller is a member of this forum with the best crs going around in sydney in my opinion.

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Oh ok well that is good to know that he is a reputable seller I will prob buy some off him now. He might just want to change the wording a bit because I instantly thought he was full of it.

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good luck with the purchase :) if their a member here you will get some top quality shrimp :)

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Just bought the rest of his juvies should be here in a couple of days

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If it's from who I think it is then you have nothing to worry about. Also if they are from this forum

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Im GOT_FISH from petlink

The add says they are not cherrys (as in reds)

and are true pumpkins (as in orange)

sorry for any confusion

your shrimp will be sent off today

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Because I don't wanna cut anyone's grass

Surely if there are no other sales on it would be OK?

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But the classifieds section is for anyone to use?

You might get more sales through here since people might trust you because they know who you are? There's not really been many pumpkin shrimp adds on here so i dont think you'll be "cutting anyones grass"... :)

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Because I don't wanna cut anyone's grass

You can come over and cut my "Grass" n we"ll even choof it together! LOL!

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You can come over and cut my "Grass" n we"ll even choof it together! LOL!

Lol, too funny dude, make sure you pass it my way, hahaha :victorious:

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Haha. Well I was confused about that and sorry for thinking u were a joker. There is a lot of them on those classifieds. Can't wait to c the shrimp

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