Different shrimp baby from same batch?

[logi-cat]

Hi, is it possible to get a different shrimp baby from the same batch? My RCS gave birth to what i thought were all RCS babies, but some of them aren't. Any reason why? what can you cross breed with RCS?

 

[basil]

Basilcally any shrimp from the same genus will cross. So, Red Cherry [Neocardina sp] will cross with yellow, blue pearl, snowball or any other Neocardina sp shrimp.

How long have you had them and what else is in the tank?

Thanks,

Mike.

 

[logi-cat]

They were berried when i bought them so who knows. The shrimp in question are a dark grey colour if that helps. Maybe tiger shrimp? have no idea.

 

[basil]

Oh bugger! I would start by taking out any that look grey to prevent any further breeding with the proper uns! You should be able to bring them back to pure cherry again. You got a net and good eyesight!!??

 

[logi-cat]

yes i do. How do i bring them back to pure cherries?

 

[basil]

Just take out the grey ones. Be careful though male cherries have low colour while females are redder. The poor colour shrimp could simply be male cherries?

Any chance of posting a picture of one of the grey shrimp? Hopefully we can id for sure before you start to remove.

 

[logi-cat]

No problem

 

[logi-cat]

sorry for the wait, but here are the pictures. Camera isnt very good but you get the idea. Both shrimps came from RCS.

 

[mitchelllawson]

They look like really low grade cherrys.