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I bought 4 amano a few weeks back, the largest was a beautiful specimen who looked just like all pics I have seen. These 2 smaller guys have an orange hue to their backs that make me ? what they really are. Any suggestions?


Not the best pics I know, but they are hard to photograph!!! If there is an angle that would work better let me know and I will try to get it.
I looked thru the pics on the website and didn't see anything with this coloration so I am leaning towards probably some type of crossbreed since I do know several types of shrimp can do that.

That is because it is not an amano...

It could be an Indian shrimp....

TKD

Alrighty then! I have a couple of shrimp that are for the time being "no names!" Just my luck that I finally find somewhere that has shrimp and I end up with a couple that got mixed in with batches of something else. Oh well, they are beautiful no matter what they are.

Here are some new pics I took today...they have developed a whitish stripe down their backs and they have quite longish snouts all of a sudden. Believe it or not, they looked like amano except for with an orange patch when I brought them home . The pics IMO suck, but hopefully you can see what I am talking about.


I am stumped that is for sure

That's a Neocaridina sp. (sp. = species) of some sort, most likely a hybrid with a red cherry shrimp judging from its yellow ovaries. All the wild-colored Neocaridina sp. I have seen/kept have either greenish or brownish/greyish patches. That "yellow patch" are eggs developing in the ovaries. Hence, you have a female. You might want to read (or re-read) point No. 2 in the "Beginners FAQ" in the articles section, where this is explained (among other places, including dozens of posts in the forum).

Hybridization between random wild-color Neocaridina spp. and red cherries seems to be more the norm than the exception nowadays both in pet-store kept animals and "red cherries" kept by various hobbyists around the country/world. That's why you hear so many people reporting their red cherries "reverting" to the wild color...which, of course, is nonsense (I'll gladly elaborate in a different thread if necessary).

Mustafa wrote: That's why you hear so many people reporting their red cherries "reverting" to the wild color...which, of course, is nonsense (I'll gladly elaborate in a different thread if necessary).

Please do. I could use a refresher.

Thanks for referring me back to the beg. facts. Reading something does not necessarily mean you will know what the heck you read. Because I did not buy shrimp with the intentions of breeding I wasn't looking to become knowledgeable on their sexuality and I did not see that marking/saddle as being the eggs. OOPS! I guess it is lucky for me that I found this great forum and everyone has been very helpful.
I got me a couple of mutts in my tank

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