I started with a colony of red cherries, and despite knowing that it's not advisable to mix different colours together since you'll drop the quality/wind up producing a lot of wild types, I went ahead and added some blue dreams because I'm super drawn to the blues, and figured what the heck, it's my tank! It's only for fun, not profit.
I'm glad I did! They've produced a lot of brown/chocolate/ and transparent wild types, yes, but every now and then I spot a really beautiful coloured shrimp. Have had blacks, oranges, light green, even a few perfect looking rili's! It's been about two years now, and still get some good reds and blues too.
Today, it's the dark blue/black ones catching my eye after this super dark girl appeared at the front to nom an algae wafer. She was determined and hanging on even as the cories knocked her halfway across the tank, lol. I can't really tell if she's a super dark blue, or a true black, but there are several others that look black in there too. Sorry photos are so blurry, I need to adjust my camera settings and figure it out again... but gives you an idea of how deep her colour is!
I'm glad I did! They've produced a lot of brown/chocolate/ and transparent wild types, yes, but every now and then I spot a really beautiful coloured shrimp. Have had blacks, oranges, light green, even a few perfect looking rili's! It's been about two years now, and still get some good reds and blues too.