pemako Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Totally new to shrimp. I bought 5 amanos and 5 LFS cherries 2 months ago or so, and now I have about 526 cherries . I've been mystified by the appearance in my tank of guys that look like this. I just saw something very much like this guy over on Planted Tank that was identified as a wild cherry. Do cherry breeding populations throw the wild form occasionally? And I have a couple of camera shy shrimp that look more tigerish than this one--are they wild cherries too? Hard to know how they could be anything else since I haven't put anything but cherries and amanos in the tank, but they don't look like cherries at all. Thanks! Timothylem and Deroyhott 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewoeno Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 yes that looks like a wild form. pemako 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Were the cherries you purchased a low grade? Are they barely red with striping like that? I have seen chocolate neos throw shrimp that looked like that but never cherries, no matter what grade I have they always make more red offspring. That being said the offspring can be much lower grade with very poor red coverage and stripes. pemako 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemako Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 I would say a couple had very good color, a couple very poor color. But some of the shrimp I have now are heavily striped with almost no red at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Yeah sounds like your females had good red and you had low grade males. They tend to over time, mix and the overall grade becomes lower. Its not a big deal if you dont mind, I like all my shrimp no matter what they look like. pemako 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemako Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Yes, I kind of like it--looks as if I have a bunch of different breeds in there. I'm really amazed, though, how much variety I'm getting in a short period of time. It will be interesting to see what these guys come up with next. RyeGuy411 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdragon Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 holy cow 500 cherry shrimps lol pemako 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemako Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Well, not literally . But there certainly are lots. And lots of berried shrimp. This kind of confuses me too--doesn't it take shrimps about 3 months to reach breeding age? I don't see how I got so many so fast, especially starting with just 5. Not that I'm complaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 From my experience neos take about 3 months from hatching to breeding. I have gotten berried neos before that I didnt know had eggs. They will populate extremely fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemako Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Yes, I must have gotten berried shrimp and not even known it. And they're certainly populating extremely fast. Whew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGardenofEder Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 My wilds breed and grow much faster then my cherrys, if your wilds continue to live with your cherrys the wild gene is Dom and you will eventually end up with all wilds. But you might already have f2 or even f3 of red cherry that's been crossed with wild and it will be hard to find out which ones are already throwing wilds you need to remove those as well. Start selective breeding your bright reds or even beter start over with cherrys that came from a reputable source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGardenofEder Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 My lps store sold me 3 wilds as blues I new they were not blue velvets or rillis so lucky for me I kept them separated and waited for them to grow up and identified them as wilds. I keep my wilds in my newt tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemako Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Yeah, I have a couple of gorgeous deep red shrimp, but can I assume they're such mongrels they're not worth separating out and breeding? I'm also considering housing some good tigers with them--they wouldn't interbreed, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGardenofEder Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 No they can't pemako 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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