hey guys, i am quiet new to shrimp, i was just wondering if its normal for cherry shrimp to have differant colors? i only have a few, but one that i have is black. it came from my normal red ones tho. just wondering if thats normal. thanks
black cherry shrimp
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Yes it is normal to get variations. When my cherry shrimp bred I got some with blue coloration but removed them as I didn't want them mixing with the red ones and producing horrible looking shrimp.
The black colour could be the wild colour coming back in(wild cherries are brown) since the red colour is recessive. If it is really black then I would separate it and see if you get any more and possibly carry on a line of black shrimp.
You can get yellow, red , blue and other colours I think. I have had the yellow ones(really nice) and currently have the common red ones.
A picture of the shrimp would be great, very interested to see it.
The black colour could be the wild colour coming back in(wild cherries are brown) since the red colour is recessive. If it is really black then I would separate it and see if you get any more and possibly carry on a line of black shrimp.
You can get yellow, red , blue and other colours I think. I have had the yellow ones(really nice) and currently have the common red ones.
A picture of the shrimp would be great, very interested to see it.
Very interesting, I have reds, and have lighter and darker ones, haven't struck any other variations yet,..Be nice tho, Best of luck with your black one..piccies???
Yeah cherries come in many many shades of Red and Brown, as well as: Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, White.... black would be cool too.
Black Cherry
Hi,
I found some poor quality pictures of the black cherries that I use to have. Did your cherry look like this?
Hi,
I found some poor quality pictures of the black cherries that I use to have. Did your cherry look like this?
that is one cool looking one you have. looks more like a rifle sgrimp though. very nice indeed. cheers jk :thumbup: