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next to the cherry shrimp

Looks like a "Green Shrimp" (Caridina cf. babaulti) to me. If you could take a picture of the shrimp from the side, it would be more helpful, though.

I know this has been covered before but I must be searching the wrong terms. Will that genus of "Green Shrimp" mate with a Cherry Shrimp and create a hybrid?

Sorry, I know this was covered elsewhere but I can't seem to find it.

Hey gnat, that was me who asked that before (and possibly others before me). Mustafa says no.

I say "no" and "not yet" so far. But that does not make it impossible. We (science in general) do not know enough about these shrimp genetically to categorically say "no" to any possibility of hybrids, except in cases where the larval development is drastically different between any two species.

Mustafa

Well, this is just my personal experience, but I've got greens and cherries together in the same tank. I have both female and male greens, and they're happily breeding. But the cherries I have are all females, and while I see them developing eggs all the time, without males they aren't having babies.

Which tells me that the male greens are mating with the female greens, but not with the female cherries.

Thanks
That answered pretty much all my questions
I see a lot of familiar names from another forum

Welcome Ming

*waves*

I see a lot of familiar names from another forum

Yes, quite interesting that way some of us plant folks split our time. Now how do we bring the shrimpers into the plant fold?

I've been pullin' them over one at a time.

But the cherries I have are all females, and while I see them developing eggs all the time, without males they aren't having babies.

Do the developing eggs appear fertile? If so, perhaps the green males are mating with the females but the eggs never make it to hatching. Either way, it's a true indication of completely different species IMO.