Yellow or Orange Shrimps?

[giadda]

Hi Everyone,

 

Not sure if this is the correct page to put this in, but I need your help identifying if this is true yellow or if I was just duped.

 

I recently bought orange shrimps from a breeder, and when I mentioned I preferred yellows, he offered some of his "friend's" yellow stock.

As the initial pictures he offered showed the shrimps as yellow, I agreed.

 

Ordered about 3 pairs from him.

 

Placed them in this 3 in 1 shrimp tank, that I had customized.

 

 

My problem now is that the "yellow shrimps" look very similar to his orange batch. Not sure if I was duped, or what he said is true.

 

These are the ORANGE ones:

 

 

He mentioned that all young yellow shrimps appear orange and will gradually become yellow as they molt more. Like an idiot, I believed him, but I'm not very sure if it's true or not.

 

These are the YELLOW ones:

 

 

This is the reason for my visit today, so I can verify if it's real or if I've been duped.

 

Really thankful for your help :)

 

Thanks all!

 

 

[Disciple]

They do look similar from the pics you took.

I dont have any experience with orange shrimp so hopefully someone can answer your query.

How long have you had them?

[jayc]

Your Orange look more like Yellow Cherries.

[NoGi]

Those orange look higher grade yellows and those yellows look lower grade. Neither look orange to me.

My old yellow juvis never looked orange, they were lighter yellow and became darker as they got older.