[Subtletanks91]

This is normal with all new shrimp coming into the market, none breed true. Bloody Mary are supposed to be characterized as having short rostroms, yet a lot being exported to the us, and even bred and sold in the us have long rostroms.

Once everyone sees a new shrimp color, species etc, everyone jumps on it without any research. With no questions, and this is the buyers fault not only the sellers.

I do agree wait it out. The shrimp pix you posted seem to have orange flesh tone, once the shell color thickens and colors in all the way it should be a solid red. Bloody Mary's were bred for red or orange flesh tone to darken the outer red shell.

 

[Subtletanks91]

If it was a food additive or a die it wouldn't effect the young or shrimplets being born. So for it to start "wearing off after a few generations" doesn't really make sence.

There are true bloody Mary's out there. They have red or orange flesh and a red shell. But the key characteristic is a short rostrom.

There has been a huge discussion on it on another forum, this is nothing new.

Bump: Also realize that water parameters affect color intensities greatly. What could be a Taiwan fire red in my tank could be a pfr in someone else's tank. No two tanks are alike. Everyone's water chemistry is different.

 

[Subtletanks91]

That's good to know s.b. I haven't read anything since about the bloody Mary's.

I stay away from new strains on the market until I know what's going on with genetics. But I also stay away from neos, there's not many problems like this with carids