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Found 2 of these shrimps (light choc) in my tank of mischling...my head is saying they're somehow gotten into this tank via net transfer/moss relocation (from another tank), and my heart saying it's a mutation ?

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Is there a particular way to 100% ID them ?

Thanks

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Jess Shrimp Breeder

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Whatever it is, it's very nice! :D

You could always put one in a tank with a normal Cherry of the opposite sex and see if they breed? Then you'll know if it's a Cherry or not :) That's probably not the quickest or most foolproof way to tell what they are, but it's all I can think of xD

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Dean Shrimp Master

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it is a cherry in my eyes :) Jess you are on the money :applause: the shrimp in the pic looks like a choc cherry and the best way would be to try breeding it with another...

there are some charts i have somewhere that show the differences, now to try and find them......

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Matt_95 Shrimp Lover

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From memory, Neocaridina have a longer carapace, the caridina carapace should be as long as it is tall.

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khemo Shrimp Keeper

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Don't Crystals have short stubby rostrums where as cherries have longer narrower rostrums? That's how I tell em apart, at least in the adults.

I could be wrong though.

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