Close up on Sand Shrimp (probably macrobrachium lanchester)

We received a lot of inquiries about the sand shrimps and many potential buyers request for more of their photos, below is a close up on the sand shrimp we have in stock.

Male and Female adult sand shrimp in a specially designed tank

An adult male sand shrimp, notice their large and long pincer 

Sand Shrimp have special colouration that help them camouflage with the surrounding substrates 

An  adult berried female sand shrimp in a package

Our sand shrimp is all wild caught from the local rivers in the mountains area, it is a hot sellers and need to be pre-book to ensure we can reserve some for you. Check out "our product" tab for their pricing, they are truly marvelous Malaysia local shrimps, perfect for shrimp collectors and also beginners as it is more hardy compare to other ornament shrimp such as the cherry shrimp.

Sand Shrimp in package with some plants to reduce their stress

The wild caught shrimp --- revealing identity

  The unidentified wild caught freshwater shrimp we caught before has been successfully identified by our team. It is a freshwater shrimp from the Macrobrachium shrimp family, probably the Macrobrachium lanchester. It is a totally different species compare to the Ghost shrimp (Palaemonetes family) which we use to feed fish. 

  The long pincer of this shrimp make them a unmistakable member of the Macrobrachium shrimp family, (macro) big (brachia)" arms"/pincers.

  The next biggest different between this shrimp and ghost shrimp is that the male species of this shrimp can easily reach a few inches where-else ghost shrimp can hardly reach an inch. The colouration is alot diffrent too, ghost shrimp have transparent colour while this Macrobrachium lanchester have a bit of brown colour on the body. Do be aware that they are also more aggressive than the ghost shrimp. 

Macrobrachium lanchester is now on sell, click "our product" tab for more information!

The wild caught unidentified shrimp!

Our team expedition into the forest streams of Penang's forest have led us to discover a few native species, most of them were easily identified by our team's members and through the internet. Yet, there are still a few species that we are not sure of its identity.

  This shrimps as you see on the photo were caught quit often when we roll over rocks or water plants in the streams, it's brown and a bit transparent body colour reminds us on ghost shrimps that can easily be found on the fish store. But, this specimen have darker colouration compare to the ghost shrimp with almost totally transparent body. Next, it has longer, larger pincer compare to the ghost shrimps that has very tiny pincer. Furthermore, this wild caught specimen is more aggressive and territorial than any ghost shrimp we have seen so far.


  According to one of our team's member who has keep them in his tank for some time, he found out that they eat a lot more than ghost shrimps and will fight aggressively among one and other, often losing one or two pincer when two of them fights. Their eating habit also makes them a perfect scavengers in a community tanks.


  Until now, we still can't determine the real identity of this shrimps, the three factors listed above rules the option of ghost shrimp outs. Some say they were native malayan shrimps and some says they were wild grass shrimp, we will be happy if any of you can identify them.

We have caught quite a lot of them in the native streams of Penang forest, we will like to share them with the rest of the hobbyist to try out this interesting little creature, so we are selling them cheaply for RM0.50 each. Check the "our product" page for more information.



Identity reveal! read about them on our latest post at http://eaquarium.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-wild-caught-shrimp-reveling-identity.html