Cool new shrimp

[chrisstie]

I got this at SITC when we had the orca meeting. My guy looks just like this but he's in my nano tank and its SO hard to get a clear macro picture I gave up but found a close facsimile:

He's SO cool! His legs are very thin and tiny so it looks like he floats around when he walks. He's still shy but when I upgrade the 12g to 34g in a few weeks and get everything ready to transfer I think he'll like the extra room. he gets along fine with my little sexy shrimp too!

We've been calling him a ghost shrimp but apparently he's a Leander plumosus - Tozeuma ghost pipe shrimp

 

[Swirlygig]

Nice...I saw him there too...Thought he was cool!

 

[seth16]

hahaha, i saw that there, i loved that thing....that is cool that you got him, so cool...... you gotta post sum more pics of your tanks Christie

 

[waterfaller1]

I found some cool pics of them when I was searching too. I have two of them now, a big one & a little one.
http://www.meerwasser-lexikon.de/de/55/1186/Leander/plumosus.htm

http://www.whiteheadimages.com/stock/v/thereef/crustaceans/shrimp/shrmfluteWHT3045.jpg.html

 

[chrisstie]

Ah much better pictures! I like that meerwasser one. Their ID pics are always so good

Haha let me know if yours pair up thats too cool.

When I got extra sexy shrimp for my nano they are tiny and young compared to the female thats in there thats about an inch.. She chases them everywhere since they're so small hope that doesn't happen with these guys!

Oh man some of these guys are sweet looking too
http://www.whiteheadimages.com/stock/v/thereef/crustaceans/shrimp/periclimenes-4582.jpg.html

http://www.whiteheadimages.com/stock/v/thereef/crustaceans/shrimp/_WHT3626.jpg.html