monty703 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 I found 2 of these in my CWB/Tiger tank. It is the weirdest shrimp Ive seen anywhere and I don't know what it is???? It is actually a blue grey in color with a racer stripe down the back and has light colored eyes. Its small, so Im thinking a juvie, but I can't for the life of me figure out where it has come from. I haven't bought any new shrimps recently. I figure I will try to catch them and move them to a tank of their own just in case they are some sort of hybrid. Any thoughts??? Johnnydok and Edwardnah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Looks to me like an offspring that reverted back to its natural colors. Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 I've never seen a wild tiger or wild bee like that though. Wild neos, yes. Crazyfishlady and sewoeno 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 I've never seen a wild tiger or wild bee like that though. Wild neos, yes. I agree, it almost looks like a few of my culled out Carbon Rili Shrimp. I have even had Carbon Rilis with Orange Eyes similar to OEBTs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elo500 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Looks like babaulti shrimp they tend to have that heavy back stripe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Babaulti have a heavier undercarriage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dendrobatez Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Reminds me of Australian chameleon shrimp, which it isn't but looks similar to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted May 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Im thinking maybe its a carbon rili cross, that's been hiding away inside my sponge filter and now theyre adults they are coming out. I did have some Neos in this tank a few months ago, so maybe didn't get them all when I was moving them out. Looks a lot like a Rili of some sort, definitely not a tiger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 looks like a shrimp I posted about a bit ago. Was sold to me with some 'tigers' and everyone told me it was a wild neo. Now I actually think she is pretty cool looking after I got over the initial disappointment. lol Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Maybe you two could introduce them crazy and monty hehe Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted May 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Im going to try to get a better pic of them...fish them out for a few minutes to grab a better look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 I'm kinda liking the 'wild' mix neos, I think they get a bad rap over the designer ones anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted June 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 So I did find another blue rili baby, so I think this one might be a cross that's reverted to the wild look. I had some Blue Dreams, Blue Rilis, Carbon Rilis in this tank a while back, but had moved them all out (or so I thought) guess they've been growing up somewhere that I couldn't see them, and now they are coming out more often. Looks like I have 2 like this one and a regular blue with one black tail baby. At first I thought it might be a tiger cross, but I found my Marble Tiger baby again and they are NOT the same in looks....so definitely a Neo. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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