Can TT's just "happen"?

Neos can not throw tigers, they are totally different shrimp. It would be like a dog having a litter of kittens. Neos however can throw a rainbow of colors. What you are seeing are likely something in a wild coloration, which I find often have tiger stripes as juvies and are clearish brown/orange.

Okay, I'm not up-to-speed on which common names associate with which genus names. These guys are a wickedly bright orange -- kind of like Tang. They do have slight striping, like their CRS parents.

HighDesert said:

Okay, I'm not up-to-speed on which common names associate with which genus names. These guys are a wickedly bright orange -- kind of like Tang. They do have slight striping, like their CRS parents.

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CRS or RCS? CRS= Crystal Red Shrimp RCS= Red Cherry Shrimp Didn't see CRS mentioned in your first post. But yes, neos can't throw tigers, different species.

So the tank is not all neos?

Sorry, typo. I mean RCS...

No, TTs are a wild strain. It might have hitchhiked into your tank if you're sure that it's a TT.

TTs are caridina serrata; RCS(PFR), yellows are all neocaridina heteropoda; your white/blues are likely neocaridina palmata.

Here's a simpler crossbreeding chart.

I'm not convinced he's a TT... he just *looks* like one. I'm pretty sure he's a neo... the person I got my shrimp from doesn't keep TT's...

Thank you for the charts! You know, he looks a TON like a TT. I really am wondering if he came in as a hitchhiker on a plant, maybe. There seems to actually be two of them. I need to see if I can get a pic of them tonight. They're really beautiful! Are they about the same size as the neos? I have Amanos, which I know are Caridinas, but these guys are definitely nowhere near as big as an Amano.

xenxes said:

TTs are caridina serrata; RCS(PFR), yellows are all neocaridina heteropoda; your white/blues are likely neocaridina palmata.

Here's a simpler crossbreeding chart.

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shrimpnmoss said:

No, TTs are a wild strain. It might have hitchhiked into your tank if you're sure that it's a TT.

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Yay hitchhikers!

They could possibly be a throwback to the wild color neos. Which look kinda brown and stripe-y and are super cute.