FishLove Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 I have read contradictory articles on breeding dwarf shrimp and colors. Some say it’s okay to mix colors others say no you will only get brown ugly shrimp. That being said I have mixed colors up and have a mixture of reds, pumpkins, and blues with only a few clear and brown. The colored shrimp have good coloration not weak in color. I would like to know what other shrimp keepers get or do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 We have very similar results as you, with some rili thrown in. It also appears that we get some really nice dark blue shrimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarium Journal Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 I mixed red rili and blue rili together, but to be transparent I had no clue what I was doing. Within a few months I had many wild variants. So I began to cull the wilds, but they reproduced so quickly that it was impossible to keep up. So I just quit and let them go without culling. That tank is now almost three years old and I would say that 70% are a wild type, 20% look like true rili and 10% have develop very interesting and unique patterns. I just recently started catching out tiny babies and putting them in separate tanks to see if I can maybe make something interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishFrenzy Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 In the long run you'll likely end up with a tank of mostly wild shrimp.In the short term you can get still some nice colored shrimp and interesting patterns.Theres absolutely nothing "wrong" with mixing shrimp colors.Wild type shrimp are still healthy happy useful shrimp.Just depends on if you will still enjoy looking at them or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishLove Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 Appreciate the input everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 To add more complexity to this issue, certain types of dwarf shrimp (Caridina) mix without reverting to "wild types." For instance, mixing differently colored/patterned Caridina shrimp often produces elaborate patterns. It is by mixing that "shadow pandas" are created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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