diving into the colored shrimp...

[Magnum Man]

so I've had Amano shrimp in my African Tetra tank for going on a couple years, and a breeding tank of cherry shrimp, for well over a year... this recent experiment of adding the Cherries to my Hillstream tank, seems to be working, even if I have to add a net full every couple months, either as slowly eaten feeders, or until they can establish themselves... I have a couple empty 10 gallons, I think I'm going to try a few more colors... to start with, orange, yellow, and blue... if I can get established colonies going in breeding tanks, I'll try adding them to some of my other community tanks... the adults add a nice pop of color to this tank, and if the babies get eaten, it only adds to the diet of the fish...

I don't want to mix the colors, and adding them to my medium cichlid tank, will likely just be adding live food, though there are a couple thick java fern tangles, and thick pothos root balls, that should provide a safe space from the bigger cichlids...

 

[connorlindeman]

Mix the colors and you will end up with brown shrimp.

 

[Essjay]

I added a group of mixed colours to my main tank in November 2023 and within months I was seeing brown shrimps. Some of the brown ones have a pinkish hue to them and others have a greenish hue but still mainly brown. There have also been one or two interesting ones appear - the dark brown shrimp with a yellow stripe down its back, yellow shrimps, and most recently a black shrimp.