Orange Shrimp

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Brad-Owner There have been 3 comment(s)

Most shrimp that are acquired by TheShrimpFarm.com come from online suppliers (readers, sellers, auctions ect..) but every now and then I find some shrimp at local stores. A trip to PetCo not to long ago resulted in the purchase of 6 Orange Shrimp.

Orange Shrimp

These shrimp were labled as Orange Cherry Shrimp (they are obviously not a Cherry Shrimp of any type) and had a species label of Neocaridina sp. I decided I would buy these shrimp and see how long the color lasts and if the color is passed on to the offspring. Sadly, it turns out I only have females. This is often the case when it comes to buying shrimp from stores. The females are often the larger and more colorful so they are the only ones they sell.

I am going to keep a close eye on them and see if the color stays and for how long. I am also going to keep an eye on PetCo to see if any males show up!


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3 Responses to Orange Shrimp

  • doug
    doug says:

    The shrimp you have looks a lot like a Shrimp I bought at our local Big Als. They had it labled as a Sunkist Shrimp and from what I read it breeds in Brackisk water. I stopped by today and they were unpacking a bag labled Orange Bee Shrimp but I could not get a look yet. Might be a new addition.

    Posted on January 3, 2011 at 3:18 pm

  • David knight
    David knight says:

    I have had a few of these for a couple of months now, the females being orange and the males are colourless. Just found some babies in my tank today and they are very orange, breed in fresh water, great To watch and very friendly, don't seem to hide like my crystal reds :-)

    Posted on December 1, 2011 at 12:33 pm

  • Daniel
    Daniel says:

    The LFS at my side label them as "Orange shrimp". I have a couple of them and they breed fine in freshwater. Only thing is that I am confused if they were hybrids or not because I used to have tiger, malaya, green, orange and cherry red shrimps in my tank altogether.

    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 12:27 am

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