woodie03 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 For those breeders Do shrimp cross breed? I have a tank full of cherrys but have been thinking of maybe adding another variety - Crystal Reds or mabe some of those black and white ones. But only if they don't cross breed. I wouldn't want to diminish the quality of any of these beautiful shrimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashlum Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Crs will not cross breed with cherries so u r safe there. Crs and CBS will cross breed, RCS will cross breed with yellow cherry shrimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 I have a tank full of cherrys but have been thinking of maybe adding another variety - Crystal Reds or mabe some of those black and white ones.But only if they don't cross breed. I wouldn't want to diminish the quality of any of these beautiful shrimp. LOL because the offspring from $1000 king kongs is going to be less quality than cherries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodie03 Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 all these abbreviations lol Donny I was more thinking of any more exotic types i might buy or contemplate buying. correct me if I'm wrong but Cherry Shrimp seem to be a relatively run of the mill Shrimp. I come to this conclusion due to price. They seem to be much cheaper than any others I have seen or read about on here. Nice as they are, I have been thinking of maybe adding to the planted tank but I won't if there is any risk of shrimp cross breeding. That's not my aim. My aim is to have 2 types of shrimp living happily together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasswell Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 I've got cherries and crystal shrimp in the same tank. The crystal reds and crystal blacks do breed with each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodie03 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 thanks tasswell I won't be mixing shrimp The last thing I want to do is stuff up a beautiful species/type/bloodline etc Looks like I'll be buying some tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 The last thing I want to do is stuff up a beautiful species/type/bloodline etc How do you think we got half the beautiful shrimp " species/type/bloodlines " ? lulz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodie03 Posted February 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 How do you think we got half the beautiful shrimp " species/type/bloodlines " ?lulz by not letting someone like me stuff it all up lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 beginer luck is a beautiful thing man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodie03 Posted February 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 oh yeah dff I'll try and create a clown shrimp lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashlum Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 i have 6 types of shrimp in one tank - chameleons, cherries, crystal reds, riffles, darwin algae eaters and darwin red nose. none of these can cross breed....that i know of imagine a large red and white striped riffle.......that would be something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodie03 Posted February 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 would that be a bit like a great dane mating with a jack russell? lol i get your point but I was thinking more about the smaller varieties of shrimp co habitating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
