Andreas Karge has written in an German forum, that the so called ‘Larry‘ shrimps are the same species as the so called ‘Camouflage Tiger‘ shrimps. They are very similar to C. meridionalis and need very soft water, light acid and cool water (<30 µS). This species seems to have a very wide phenotype with different colorations and patterns though the populations live in neighbourhood creeks.
Newbies often buy shrimp at their local fishdealer. What a pitty even specialized shops sell shrimp by false name. I have bought my first ‘Blue Tiger’ shrimp in in a local store at Cologne: Unfortunately, they later demasked as ‘caridina babaulti‘ – perfectly beeing kind of blue and imitating some stripes.
Shrimps offered as Larry or Hongkong Shrimps often are mixed up supplies from Singapur, Taiwanese or Chinese exporters. This shrimp could not clarely be identified with a trivial or scientific label. At present, many of them are similar to Tiger or Tuepfel shrimp. Chris Lukhaup showed some pictures of the so called ‘Camouflage Tiger’ in garnelenforum.de.
