Kajun_Kong Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 i was curious, if i were to start a tank with only those little brown guys... could i eventually get coloration from them?if so how hard is it to do? (Im sure there is a topic on this somewhere on here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy6107 Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 yes you can. that is how the cherries started. It will take a very long time as once a random baby shows a slight bit of color, you will then have to seperate it and keep breeding for that trait. It could take many years for you to get what one would call a cherry shrimp. or any other color for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajun_Kong Posted January 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 ahhh so would it just be red cherries that come out or..? thanks for the reply!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy6107 Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 no other colors can come out too. but if you google the neocaridina color chart, you will see that certain colors are derivatives of another color so once on get a specific color to breed true, then other colors start popping up from that line. It is a very cool project, but you are looking at ALOT of time to get anything nice. That is why most of us pick the best of the best of what we want. Even that takes good practice of culling lesser offspring in order to keep the line strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajun_Kong Posted January 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 Hey thanks!! I’m pretty patient but the idea of it all is awesome can’t wait to start Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajun_Kong Posted January 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 no idea if this is a male can you help ?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy6107 Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 looks like a male to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajun_Kong Posted January 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 now let’s see if they mate Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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