Karl K Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Hello. I'm looking to buy these Sakura http://www.akvariefisk.dk/storage/market/A0F7FD60-E60F-48E2-8A4B5555A6199CBC.jpg http://www.akvariefisk.dk/storage/market/A0FC8724-95F0-6282-B96EA67E90EC2395.jpg The person is selling them as Sakura grade SS, and said something about starting out with a cherry shrimp colony, and now this is the off spring some generations later i could imagine. To me this looks like the Fire Red Grade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MABJ Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 So far as I know there is no industry standard for cherry shrimp names. I know I have my opinions, but she could name her cherries Cliffords if she wanted, not much you can do. Those look a solid red, so perhaps fire red, but Sakura is a safe bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 So for me, fire red means a solid red, but I can see through them to the saddle. PFR means the color is so opaque, I can't see through. I could be wrong, and it may be the angle of the pics, but they look pfr to me. Especially with the legs colored like that. MABJ is absolutely correct in that names of reds give a good idea, but everyone has different opinions. That's why when I start selling my reds, I'm just having "Red Cherries," price, and showing a pic. People can decide what they want from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 This is the grading system I use: http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum/showthread.php/74217-Grading-system-of-Cherry-to-Fire-Red-Shrimps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pika Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Yup, I was just coming here to add these... I like that one as well, soothing. http://www.redcherryshrimp.net/shrimp-breeding/what-grade-is-my-red-cherry-shrimp/... http://aquaticpulse.blogspot.com/2013/07/neocaridina-heteropoda-variation-red.html Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl K Posted July 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 I think they might be inbred, because the person started with cherry shrimp grade, and bred them to this. Is inbreeding bad in shrimp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Nope. Mammals inbreeding can be bad. In inverts, inbreeding for even 10 generations have shown no ill results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metageologist Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Interesting charts, based on the charts I may have a couple of PFR's. ctaylor3737 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl K Posted July 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 What is a good price for these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl K Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 $2-3 ea is avg for pfr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl K Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Ok. I'm paying just under 2 for these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 That's a good price. h4n 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Interesting charts, based on the charts I may have a couple of PFR's.Any of mine? I have a few adults that are culls from tank that I put in there a couple gens ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metageologist Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Any of mine? I have a few adults that are culls from tank that I put in there a couple gens ago.I do belive they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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