Selective breeding has shown its effects for many years in the tropical fish hobby, and now the dwarf shrimp hobby is starting to really reap its benefits.  The Tiger Shrimp (Caridina sp.) is bred in 3 color forms, wild type, blue, and even black.  The Neocaridina cf. zhangjiajiensis has been selectively bred from its wild color to include a white morph and a blue morph.  The most popular shrimp in the dwarf shrimp hobby, the Cherry Shrimp (Neocaridina heteropoda var. red) is no exception.

The Neocaridina heteropoda is now being selectively bred to display its natural color patterns as well as 2 other color variations.

Wild Type Neocaridina heteropoda:

There is the ever-popular Cherry Shrimp:

The newest of the group, the Yellow Shrimp:

With these examples it is exciting to think where they hobby is going.  There are many shrimp that are still unknown to the typical Dwarf Shrimp hobbyist and if only a fraction of those shrimp have the ability to be selectively bred from amazing colors like the Neocaridina heteropoda, the hobby is in for a quite exciting future.