The Cherry Shrimp Grading Guide (Neocaridina heteropoda)

[NoGi]

An ID on this shrimp is available here.

Cherry - Clear legs with body covered in a little colour.

Sakura - Legs and bottom half covered in a little colour, top half has more colour coverage.

Fire - Full coverage of colour including the legs. Saddle and eggs on the female still visible under regular lighting.

Painted Fire - Same as Fire except the saddle and eggs on the female only visible under special lighting.

Rilli - Solid portions of the shrimp are transparent. The more transparency, the higher the grade.

[NoGi]

This is the current Library article, sounds like it's time to review. I'll make the suggested ammendments and replace the library one with this one when ready.

[sajica]

Just a question regarding the grading of rillis. "Solid portions of the shrimp are transparent. The more transparency, the higher the grade."

To me that sounds like if they have maximum clear parts and a small amount of red then they're higher quality.

Ie this is quality arranged in descending order.

Personally I would consider them to be quality Rillis if they adhere to a solid red head and red tail with clear body. IE I would consider pics 3 and 4 to be quality and the others to be culls.

[BlueBolts]

Yes, I agree....a quality red Rillis will have a strong red head & tail, with its body clear/transparent.

[NoGi]

Do we need to carve Rilli grading out from under Cherry's into it's own?

[BlueBolts]

I don't think so, but depends on how extensive and detail you see this reference....perhaps just a pic of a high quality Rilli, and an avg pic, and a blurb about the grading of it ? Gbang just posted a list of cherries $, and incl. some literature which I reckon is great, as it will help members understand it better ? i.e. not just a pic or a $....

[t3v0r0]

Just a question regarding the blue genes on rillis.

Do all Rillis have blue genes?

I noticed some stores advertising "Red rillis with Blue genes" as opposed to just "Red rillis".

The ones with the supposedly blue genes costs twice as much as the normal ones.

[sajica]

To me that's subjective. If I was trying to breed from them with an end goal then to me YES they are worth more. In reality they should be the same price.

[tangfreak]

hi can u tell me the name of the red cherry with a lighter red or orangey stripe head to tail on there back is called cheers mike

ps mine are the colour of the fire red cherry but they have that line down there bach about 1mm thick

[Gbang]

Nice article Nogi :) yes the blue genes will have a greater chance of throwing blue rillis

[Gbang]

I personally feel that all red rillis will hve blue genes. I seperate all te best reds and I still got blue rilli after the first generation