All right so I have several 20 longs with red cherries as the only inhabitants. Unfortunately I am constantly overwhelmed by the beautiful colors of other shrimp species. If I were to mix some other species of shrimp into the same tank would they crossbreed?
Mixed shrimp species?
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mellowvision
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it really depends on the breeds. I have red cherries with Green Babaulti's, they won't interbreed.
You can keep 'em with any Caridina species.
Tigers, Bees, Ninja, Babaulti, Crystal Reds/Blacks, Malawa, Amano, pinochio, Propinqua they're all safe with your cherries (but not all of them safe with each other).
Besides Caridina- there are some Palaemonetes species- such as the humble American ghost shrimp (paludosa) that would be safe... and a few of the smaller Macrobrachium species like the sand shrimp would work (forget species name- but also called pearl shrimp at times... not blue pearl- those are neocaridina and not safe with cherries).
You can also keep dwarf crays with them. I keep dwarf crays (camberellus shufeltii) with Cherries, Malawa and ghosts (at one time Babaulti too)... If I ever see Sand Shrimp on sale at a decent price I'll be getting some of them too.
Tigers, Bees, Ninja, Babaulti, Crystal Reds/Blacks, Malawa, Amano, pinochio, Propinqua they're all safe with your cherries (but not all of them safe with each other).
Besides Caridina- there are some Palaemonetes species- such as the humble American ghost shrimp (paludosa) that would be safe... and a few of the smaller Macrobrachium species like the sand shrimp would work (forget species name- but also called pearl shrimp at times... not blue pearl- those are neocaridina and not safe with cherries).
You can also keep dwarf crays with them. I keep dwarf crays (camberellus shufeltii) with Cherries, Malawa and ghosts (at one time Babaulti too)... If I ever see Sand Shrimp on sale at a decent price I'll be getting some of them too.
I knew they were all genus but are caridina and neocaridina different? I ask because fish like neolamprologus multifasciatus are sometimes referred to as lamprologus multifasciatus.
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Yes, Neocaridina and Caridina are different genus. Caridina is a diverse genus- not all will breed in fresh water- but most neos are pretty similar in size/shape/needs other than colour.