How to tell colour from shrimplets

[daimen]

Hi guys I have velvet cherries that have had babies I'm seeing some babies with red lines through them and no real blue. Should I wait longer for the blue to come through or cull them straight away?

[Ronskitz]

Im wondering the same at the moment how young is too young? Do patterns/colour improve greatly enough to go to the cichlids lol

[BlueBolts]

There's really no rush to cull prior to them reaching their reproductive age. When they're 7-8mm, that perhaps a good time to cull.

Also, it all depends on the stage of your program. Some of the shrimps that I've culled too early, ended up back to my selective program.

[daimen]

I'm really just trying to keep the blue that I already have. They are about 3 weeks old. And some are growing fast.

[Squiggle]

They won't be ready to breed till about 2-3mths, so as BB said, just leave them for now as they'll have no impact on the breeding of your blues. You might need another tank for them if they have good enough patterns!

[daimen]

I have a cull tank. I'm working on getting a aqua one betta trio. For a few crystals and maybe some of my better cherries. But of course this all depends on the keeper of finances