Can You Mix Cherry Shrimp With Yellow Shimp

[chrischeyne]

i guys i have cherry shrimps in my tank.i now wont to keep some yellow shrimp as well
can you keep them both together? ( as they have the same scietific name) HELP!!!!!!!!!1

 

[leviethan]

hey, yeah you can, i got loads of different types and have never had a problem.

 

[Baccus]

If you want to keep your yellow shrimp pure than do NOT mix them with the normal red cherrys, the two colour morphs will interbreed happily and eventually you wont have a pure of either colour. A lot of time and effort goes into developing and stabalising a new colour variation, and they are not always easy to establish. If possible I would keep one tank of red, one tank of yellow and if you had the room and time a tank where you mix the yellow and the red just so you can see first hand the colours that mixing will bring about. But I would still want to keep a couple of pure lines as well, especially when yellow cherry cherry shrimp are being sold in Australia for $75 each .

 

[lukeavaient]

If you want to keep your yellow shrimp pure than do NOT mix them with the normal red cherrys, the two colour morphs will interbreed happily and eventually you wont have a pure of either colour. A lot of time and effort goes into developing and stabalising a new colour variation, and they are not always easy to establish. If possible I would keep one tank of red, one tank of yellow and if you had the room and time a tank where you mix the yellow and the red just so you can see first hand the colours that mixing will bring about. But I would still want to keep a couple of pure lines as well, especially when yellow cherry cherry shrimp are being sold in Australia for $75 each .

I have just started to keep shrimp (red cherry and amano shrimp) and from doing my homework so far I have understood that the yellow shrimp and red cherry shrimp will live happily together but they will interbreed and you will not have a pure breed of either them (as said before). So, if you want a pure breed of either, then I would not mix them. Good luck!

 

[chrischeyne]

cheers guys i think i stick with the cherrys then