I have a Fluval Chi that has been running for over two years now. I put 6 shrimp in it near the beginning with my betta and a java fern. I now have a pile of shrimp that are all kind of clear with a red hue but today while I was cleaning I saw two larger shrimp that are black along their sides and red along their back. Any insight on what is going on would be greatly appreciated.
Black Cherry Shrimp?
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I wasn't able to add pictures to the original thread so I'm going to add them this way (hopefully)
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Could just be some weird variation...wild rcs are brownish/black and this could just something random...like a 1/1000 chance...but if you can selectively breed those specific black/red striped rcs, I'm sure people would buy since it's something new! good luck!
They actually had some black cherry shrimp at my LFS last weekend. Research indicated they were a caridina variety, not neocaridina. I don't know if they're just similar to yours, or what.
Maybe I should put them in their own tank and see what happens, I have two or three. The shrimp in the link for the black cherry shrimp have their strips in the opposite direction to mine but I know nothing about shrimp species. http://discos-edosan.blogspot.ca/2011/11/atlas-de-camarones-gambas-enanos-de.html This blog has a picture of a shrimp that looks like mine, they call it a black cherry/black fire shrimp. I can't read Spanish though so I don't know what the blog says.
Actually just found the same thing in my tank with cherry shrimp. They're neat looking guys and I plan on separating them later and hope they breed true. Here you can see a juvie and an older specimen.
I'm going to try and separate mine out too. I just have to set up a little tank for them when I can find a minute.
