BradH Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Are fire red shrimp born bright red or do They color up. Does anyone have any pics of fire reds at like 1/4 inch long? I'm trying to see if what I bought are really fire reds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faralon Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Here are my PFR's that I just got. PeeWee to Adult in this shot. PFR is just a grade up from what you have, where they get an opaque shell as they mature. Your Fire Reds won't get the opaque shell, thats all. Coloring should be similar outside of the Adult. There are three newborn shrimp too in this pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradH Posted August 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 I can't see any pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradH Posted August 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Pic showed up now. By the looks of it, yours look more solid. I guess I'll wait a few weeks and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Brad, many "Fire Red" shrimp are born bright, and substantially much more colored than a normal RCS. As Faralon said they will only get better with age, their shells should become more dense and opaque. You will also notice their legs starting to color up more as they mature as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradH Posted August 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Thanks for the replies. I just got them on Friday and they were not much color to them, but after looking today, they have definitely colored up. I'm still not sold on them being fire reds, but I guess time will tell. Right now they look more like Sakura to me. I really hope they are fire reds though! I've been wanting them for a long time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faralon Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Yeah, it's hard since very few LFS's sell high grade shrimp. Due to that, most of us are unable to physically view the shrimp in the tank before we purchase them, so we're at the mercy of the seller. I purchased 10 PFR's via a recommendation here on the forum. Sofar, I can only claim 1 as PFR, and the others run the entire spectrum from regular cherry all the way up. This was a decent chart I found. Compliments to cherry shrimp.net Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradH Posted August 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Yeah I'm kind of mad about it. Mainly because its pretty obvious if you have them, what they really are. So to sell them as something they're not is flat out lying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faralon Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradH Posted August 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Well I might have over reacted. They are getting redder. Faralon and sarah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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