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Baccus Shrimp Master

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Just had to share some pics of a couple of my more stunning red girls, I love their depth of colour

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Baccus Shrimp Master

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Thanks everyone, these girls blow me away every time I see them. To me they are something pretty special, since my original red stock were just purchased as simple red cherry and looked pretty ordinary.

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Shrimp Aqua Shrimp Lover

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They may be classed as common, but just brilliant when this red, great looking RCS Baccus.

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Baccus Shrimp Master

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Thanks again, I think if I had of seen cherry shrimp this red previously (let alone actually been able to track them down in my region), I would have had them years ago.

What I find interesting is that these girls are this red, in a tank with white sand, no dark substrate, and still they display amazing depth of colour.

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Baccus Shrimp Master

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The boys are not solid red but they generally have very distinct red lines on their bodies.

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redeye Shrimp Enthusiast

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Baccus the ones I have, display the same deep colors too. They take your breath away but thats because the person I got them from has the same....wink wink nudge nudge say no more.

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Baccus Shrimp Master

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I am glad that your cherry's are still going strong and displaying good depth of colour, they really are stunning and such smallish and unassuming critters too.

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Ronskitz Shrimp Breeder

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I was fortunate enough to pick these guys up earlier in the week and im stoked with them so i thought i would share :)[ATTACH]6384[/ATTACH][ATTACH]6385[/ATTACH]

Crappy iphone photos dont do them justice

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Baccus Shrimp Master

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Very nice Ronskitz, you can never regret getting red cherries..... that is until the total need for every colour takes a firm hold and your in the grips of a shrimp obsession LOL.

Here are some more of my shrimp the first few are males and what I think are young males, they could yet be immature females :Scratch-Head:

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Wanna take a guess on these ones?

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And here comes the girls

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