Red Claw Macro Shrimp

[sunkenmetal]

So I have been reading about Red Claw Macro Shrimp. I am wondering if anyone had any experience with these shrimp?

Thinking about getting some of these.

[sunkenmetal]

No one around has ever had them?

I have been reading online people get them by accident sometimes as feeder ghost shrimp lol.

[40GallonsOfDoom]

How big do they get? I got an amano with my ghosts. I was excite.

[armthehomeless]

Cool shrimp . . . never had them personally, but there was a time a couple years ago when several LFS got them in . . . so some people in Houston are bound to have experience with them. Only get one male per tank!

[sunkenmetal]

How big do they get? I got an amano with my ghosts. I was excite.

I have read about the alpha males getting up to 4 inches in body length.

I just ordered some of these shrimps. I have a 20 gallon ready and waiting for them.

[40GallonsOfDoom]

Where did you order from?

[sunkenmetal]

Where did you order from?

someone on aquabid.

[sunkenmetal]

Well my red claws came today. They are hanging out in a 20 gallon tank that had about 10 ghost shrimp in it. Now there are only five ghost shrimp left. I am working on taking some pictures.

Oh and Two of the females are berried

[sunkenmetal]

Just took this picture its not very good the light is junk in that tank....

It is the alpha male and a couple females.

[AquaticAddict]

Oh and Two of the females are berried [/QUOTE]
If you are successful in breeding them and would like to sell some in the future Im intrested

[sunkenmetal]

If you are successful in breeding them and would like to sell some in the future Im intrested

I will have to sell I do not have enough room for more shrimp. I need bigger tanks.

[sunkenmetal]

Update...

I have been watching them a lot the last few days learning about their behavior. What I though was a big male is actually an adult female. The shrimp i have identified as male are still small. The Three males have all planted there flag in a spot in the tank. It is funny to watch them. It looks like they are showing gang signs to each other then they will fight a little bit then run back to their territory lol.

I am going to keep a close eye on the males when they get to rough with each other I will separate them so they don't kill one another.

These Shrimp are very active especially the females. Always running around searching for food.

The two berried Females haven't dropped the eggs so I’m keeping a close watch on them to see if i can see the eyes in the eggs. I don’t know how long they have been pregnant so no clue when they will hatch.

[AquaticAddict]

[QUOTE=sunkenmetal;531835]Update...

The Three males have all planted there flag in a spot in the tank. It is funny to watch them. It looks like they are showing gang signs to each other then they will fight a little bit then run back to their territory lol. - haha gangsta shrimp, funny $#!+

[sunkenmetal]

It is pretty funny to watch. They wave there big arms around then do some boxing and then run away lol

[AquaticAddict]

It is pretty funny to watch. They wave there big arms around then do some boxing and then run away lol

sounds alot like male fidler crabs, exept for the running away part. They just wave their big pincher around for hours