Getting Rcs To Change Color?

How can I turn rcs into orange cherry shrimp or blue diamond shrimp? There has to be a way right like all rcs colors came from wild brown shrimp?

 

Selective breeding.
I think it would be hard to get from red to blue, but I think it would be doable to go from say, blue to black or from red to orange.
It would take a long time though

 

Red to orange is doable, but blues came from chocolates and wild types. It took years for the hobby to obtain these colors of shrimp - I've seen people try for purple in the last couple years, but it hasn't really happened reliably yet.

 

You can air brush them any color your want.....lol

 

It is my understanding that if you cross breed different colors of shrimp from the same family, (Red with yellow as any example) what you will end up with is the shrimp that will revert to their natural color which is a light brown. I would not mess around with trying to get different colors and most people will tell you not to mix colors as tempting as it sounds, the final outcome will not be to your liking. Kind of an expensive experiment as well, IMO

 

Red to orange is doable, but blues came from chocolates and wild types. It took years for the hobby to obtain these colors of shrimp - I've seen people try for purple in the last couple years, but it hasn't really happened reliably yet.

Very nice youtube vid, professionally done, enjoyed watching, .....

 

Question on the chart above, I have seen this chart several times in several places. I understand that some colors simply come from different strains of wild shrimp, for example: yellow's do not come from the same line as blues etc.

However, if you have a high grade red like a fire red, and try to mix with an orange, what would the result be? since they share an point on the chart of red cherry...does it revert to the point where they share a point? or does it skip all the way back to the wild color?

I've seen reports of some people who have a red tank have an occasional orange offspring where they either cull or selectively breed to try and get more orange. I can't imagine that if that orange is left in with the reds that it would result in brown wild types....maybe I'm just over thinking it. more so for my own knowledge, can some neos live together (red cherry variations, ie: orange, red, green) and potentially interbreed without reverting to brown but simply lower grade cherry?

 

Blues and reds are different species and won't interbreed. There are google searches about this kind of thing. If I knew how to link them here I would but I'm puter stoopid, lol. I'm just happy I can post a pic!

 

Blues and reds are different species and won't interbreed. There are google searches about this kind of thing. If I knew how to link them here I would but I'm puter stoopid, lol. I'm just happy I can post a pic!

Its easy to insert a link, when you are typing up your post look a the top where the B I U the link insert is the very next icon. Just do copy and past. Copy the link you want it the insert link icon and use any word or words you choose as the link.....example ...

Need anymore help with this let me or someone else know, but play around with it, you'll get the hang of it.

 

OH! I'm an idiot! There it is! Thanks!