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Macrobrachium cf. mirabile




Apperance: Bright carapax spotted brown and grey. Small tongs with length of 1/3 of carapax. Body is slender, characteristic bend with "hump". Females are more massive but smaller than males.
Origin:India.
Size:Males 3,5-4,5cm, female 3-3,5 cm.
Water conditions:Temp round 25 C, semi-hard water with pH 7. It's very sensitive to nitrogen.
Tank layout:Sand substrate, roots, rock, oak, bleech and alder leafs on the bottom.
Food:Live or frozen food, dead animals, artificial aliments, algae.
Breeding:No larvae stadium. Female carries about 15 - 20 eggs for 3-4 weeks.



Very beautiful and interesting shrimp. Although it belongs to macrobachium type it is peaceful, not territorial and completely doesn't make harm to other animals in aquarium. Very phlegmatic in behavior, she can sit all day on a root or substrate, moving from time to time with speed 1cm a day :) Even feeding can't make her act less distinguished. It likes to burry in substrate, it also stays on leafs thrown to tank. Because of pigmentation and not moving it is hard to see it in tank - one of the best camouflaging shrimps. Although being phlegmatic it gets scared very easy, should be accompanied by slow swimming fish. It's best to keep Macrobrachium cf. mirabile in over 50 liter big tanks.

This shrimp used to be called Macrobrachium cf. banjare until February 2005 when Werner Klotz identified it as Macrobrachium cf. mirabile. You can find it under name "Pearl Shrimp" or "Weissperlen Garnele".



  
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