cherry shrimp colours

[mikeyboy123]

I bought what were described as "blue Diamond" shrimp off ebay a while back. The shrimp that arrived were quite a bit darker than I expected, the females are almost black.

I purchased 8 but I think I've only got 5 left now, and I'm pretty sure they are all females. I'd like to get some males to get the colony going and I was just wondering if any old blue cherry shrimp would breed with my existing shrimp without causing reversion to wild type colouration.

In other words, does any blue plus any blue still produce blue, albeit of perhaps varying shades. I'm not too bothered if the shade changes as long as they stay blue. Would actually quite like them a bit lighter to be honest.

Cheers.

Mike.

[fr499y]

Any old neocaridina should interbreed

[mikeyboy123]

Any old neocaridina should interbreed

Yes, I know they’ll breed but I want to avoid reversion to wild type colouration and was not sure if mixing my blue diamonds with another blue variety would be a wise move.

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I’ve found this chart and it seems to me that mixing blue diamonds with blue dreams should be okay because they’re from the same line, but perhaps mixing with blues from different lines may not work in terms of avoiding eventual reversion to wild type.

Or am I overthinking this and is any blue with any blue okay?

[plankton]

There is always a small percentage chance that some shrimplets will revert to natural colours, and over time this gets higher unless you remove the weaker coloured shrimp and add new gene lines.

[Unalome]

I'm running a Cherry Shrimp only tank... Started with 5 adults and all were as red as can be... I've had a total of about 15 shrimplets (some now fully grown) over time and I would say 10 of those were clear with barely any red on them...

[nick1982]

I started with 4 two red female, one red male and one light blue male. The shrimplets were a variety of colours including red, blue, light brown, clear, red and clear.

I'm not that bothered about maintaining single colour but I may at some point give some away just to keep numbers controlled. Some of the original shrimplets have now grown and are berried.

I find I rarely see the larger original females which is a shame as they're the most impressive looking. Nice when they do come out of hiding though.

[fr499y]

They will always return to their wild colours unless you are constantly culling and re-introducing new lines. Its a waste of time for a hobbiest IMO!