unsure if I should mix color grades. advice needed.

[SmokeScream]

I am fairly new to having full-blown "shrimp tanks" but have set up some 10 gal. Tanks to keep them seperate and got some different neos. Should I put orange sakura and pumkins together? And same with red cherry and painted fire reds? So far they are all in their own tanks.

[Mustafa]

Since they are all Neocaridina spp., which *all* interbreed freely, I would not put them together if you want to preverse the specific color traits. If you don't mind a tank with all kinds of mixed shrimp, by all means, go ahead!

[Clarkkoi]

I, too, have been wondering about this. I take it that even grossly different color types, such as fire reds and blue dreams will intermix? In such a tank would culling be a feasible method for retaining distinct color variations?

[Mustafa]

Culling won't work. You'll simply end up with a mix in the end either way. Some colors may possibly disappear altogether.