Blue Shrimp and "Superred Cherry" Shrimp

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Blue Shrimp and "Superred Cherry" Shrimp

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Here are some pictures:

http://www.petshrimp.com/files/darkblueshrimp.jpg

The above picture (admittedly bad picture) is of one of my egg carrying blue shrimp (had to use a male Red Cherry since I had no male blue shrimp. The red coloration is recessiv, so the offpspring should be normal blue shrimp (some with a receissive red gene)). Both the blue shrimp and the the Red Cherries are Neocaridina denticulata sinensis, i.e. the same species.

And here is one of my extremely red Cherry shrimp. I have two of these and I am exploring if this coloration can be selectively bred. I have never seen such an extreme bright red on any freshwater shrimp before. This color is truly solid as opposed to the more "see-through" red of most Cherry Reds. The coloration is so solid that you cannot even see the eggs of an egg carrying female through the carapace:

http://www.petshrimp.com/files/superredcherry.jpg

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Hi Mustafa,

Thanks for posting the pic of the blue shrimp....
Maybe it's the back ground but it seems more green then blue. :smt017

Very cool pic of the (Blood?) Red cherry!:smt023
Good luck in breeding true, I don’t see why you would not be able to do so.
You just need to breed relatives together... :twisted:

BTW How did you end up with cherries that coloration? By luck? (I'm referring to the (Blood?) Red cherries)

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Hey TDK,

It's probably the background. The shrimp itself is definitely a very dark blue...seems almost black. Also the picture is pretty bad and I haven't had a chance yet to take a sharper picture.

As to the Bloodred Shrimp ;), they are a random mutation.

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Mustafa

Ho-lllyyyyyyy ... that is some red ... and just in time for Christmas too eh? :-D

Nice colouration ... can't wait for you to take sharper pictures ... :lol:
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amber2461 wrote: Nice colouration ... can't wait for you to take sharper pictures ... :lol:
I can't wait to take sharper pictures, too! My camera is a "point and shoot" digital camera. I hold a lense in front of it for macro shots.

At some point I will invest in a better camera. For now...the "less than perfect" pictures will have to do. :)

Those red shrimp are great though...every time I walk by their tank I have to stop and watch them for while thinking: "Damn they're red!" Every time! :lol:

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TKD wrote:Maybe it's the back ground but it seems more green then blue. :smt017
Hmm. Maybe it's your monitor (maybe it's mine) but to me it looks pretty blue. Maybe a little turquoise-y, but definitely not green.

Either way, pretty cool. I like the look of them.
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Post by TKD »

Hmm. Maybe it's your monitor (maybe it's mine) but to me it looks pretty blue. Maybe a little turquoise-y, but definitely not green.
Amanda,

Could be.... But I'm at my parents right now and comparing two monitors from different computers side by side, it still looks kinda green... I would probably help if the background were not GREEN java moss. :-D

But I trust Mustafa, if there blue, there blue! :smt023

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Hmm...

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Hey,

those are definately some cool looking cherries!

I myself haf been trying to select the redder ones and breed them in a separate tank... Dunno how it will work out... Good Luck!
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Mustafa wrote:
amber2461 wrote: Nice colouration ... can't wait for you to take sharper pictures ... :lol:
Mustafa wrote:I can't wait to take sharper pictures, too! My camera is a "point and shoot" digital camera. I hold a lense in front of it for macro shots.

At some point I will invest in a better camera. For now...the "less than perfect" pictures will have to do. :)
Hey at least you have a digital ... I don't even have a camera. :?
Mustafa wrote:Those red shrimp are great though...every time I walk by their tank I have to stop and watch them for while thinking: "Damn they're red!" Every time! :lol:


I already stop and gaze at my shrimps for at least a hour everytime I walk by their tank, if I were to have one with the same red as yours ... I am afraid my hubby might give me an ultimatum ... :smt043
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Post by beviking »

:shock: Wow! Nice shrimp! The only way my cherries get that red is if I sautee them with butter :twisted: . O.k., bad joke :wink:

Good luck breeding them true!
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:smt064

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Post by winwin »

Mustafa,

I have some pretty red red-cherry, but never never see one as bright as yours. Good for you!!! :)

Hope their next generation will be as red as this.
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