Grading Shrimp

[herefishy]

I have been in the hobby many, many years. I have kept every imaginable fish and creature that one can keep. I am astounded that people are still grading shrimp. I thought that went out of vogue years ago. I think that it is disappointing that many still use this advertising gimmick concocted years ago by a gentleman who was, actually, a very dishonest person. It's nothing like distinguishing fish as wild caught or F1. Why is it still used?

[Inka4040]

Not that big into shrimp, so I'm not familiar with the "rules" of the grading system, but I always thought the grading was based on clarity of color and pattern demarcation. There does seem to be a wide disparity in (at least crystal red shrimp) in the quality of different strains.