sigurd

Hello all! I've been breeding red cherry shrimp for a couple of months, trying to make them, well, red. Suddenly I had a two or more clutches with orange shrimps in my "discard" tank. Seven days apart-ish, so different mothers but maybe same father. Are these a revert to wild type and basically a waste of time, or do they have some genes/mutation it would be worthwhile to breed true? Please see the attached pictures (sorry for quality, but should be enough to get an idea). The potential parents in the "discard" tank include regular low grade cherry shrimp, sakura red and painted fire red with subsantial "speed stripes" or other visual blemishes. Actually all my males look like the lowest grade red cherry shrimp, basically transparent, even if their sisters are "perfect" red. My breeding stock is from at least 4 different lineages, sourced from three different breeders in Norway and Thailand. I'm thinking all this mixing could cause a revert to wild type, but the small orange critters actually have quite solid and appealing coloring. Best regards