How long will baby cherry shrimp get red color?

doublefake · Post by **doublefake** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:32 pm

My baby cherry shrimps are almost 2 months old, but they are all colorless. And some of them have the "yellow yolk", so I think they are females. But they are also colorless. The only red color is some small red spots on their bodies. How long will they get the red color?

Post by **Mustafa** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:21 pm

There is no standard answer to this. It all depends on the amount of food, their growth rate (which depends on the amount of food), water conditions and what *kind* of food you are feeding. Are you feeding anything at all or are you just letting them pick at whatever they can find?

Normal flake food should be enough for them to color out. Having said all this, it can take up to several months for Red Cherries to color out. If you could take some pictures to show what kind of color they have right now it would help tremendously.

Mustafa

doublefake · Post by **doublefake** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:34 pm

I never feed them. There are a lot of algae in the planted tank. I am wondering whether it is enough for shrimps.

Ljung · Post by **Ljung** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:16 pm

will feeding cause them to turn away from agae and wait for food?

Post by **Mustafa** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:47 pm

You should start feeding them then and see if you see any changes in coloration.

And no...feeding them will not make them turn away from algae. Shrimp pretty much pick at food all day long...they have no capability to wait really.

Mustafa