Mandarin Neo's

So when I was at pet pourri they had just a few orange/mandarin/tangerine neo's in a tank. I loved the look of them, and sense we have a large breeding pop of RCS I thought maybe we should give them a try. Any one know if they are as easily bred? Or even maybe where I could get a few more to increase the odds?

I've been reading a bit about shrimp the last couple weeks for my own knowledge, and your post made me think of something I'd read - that RCS & a couple other varieties are all the same species of shrimp just selectively breed for color. I'm not sure what you saw at the store, but maybe it's [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and if it is, it should breed just as easily as a RCS since they are essentially the same species just selectively bred for color.

On a side note, I read somewhere that if other Neocaridina Heteropoda variaties are put in with RCS that eventually they'd lose their selectively bred colors and return to the wild colored appearance. I don't know how true that is, but it might be something to investigate further.

Hope that helps

Mandarin's, They can breeding in captivity. Its not the easiast for most.
Good Luck.

That picture looks exactly like them. They are in a separate tank from the RCS so no worries about cross breeding. The only thing is that we only have four. I am not sure how good the odds are. One is for sure a girl because she has that saddle thing.

I would think they'd breed just as easily as the RCS then. If there's just 1 female, it'd be a slower growing colony due to the logistics of that. I haven't bred shrimp before. You might ask for help from Jacko (he's got quite a shrimp breeding project going), Addictedtofish, or Larry.Beck. There was a thread a bit ago about shrimp breeders and they mentioned colonies they have going.

So I want to get more shrimp for this tank, but I am not convinced they are the neo's. I am worried they could be orange bee shrimp. So how do I tell the difference? I can't get a good picture of them because my camera doesn't do well when zoomed at all. So are there subtle differences I could look for? I would like to know so I can either try to get the same exact shrimp, or look for the opposite species so they won't breed together.

Or maybe they are sunkist? Sigh, I hate that the place wasn't clear on exactly what they are.

How much were they marked at? The orange sakura/pumpkin neo are still new in the hobby and if you found thm for less than 15 a peice I doubt its them, same goes for tangerine tigers. 3-6 is common for sunkist shrimp so that might help narrow it down.

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Im thinking based on the price they may be the sunkist then... I am trying to add a picture of one that we just moved temporarily to maybe help id it.

Defenitely looks like a sunkist to me!

sad days no baby shrimp for me!