Alright lets try to clear things up for you. I had the same problems a while back which lead to a LONG thread.....:icon_roll
First off the standard common names across the internet (globally recognized common names)
Are;
CRS- Crystal Red Shrimp (white and read stripes)
Black Diamond- Black and white form of CRS Also known on American forums as BEE
From what I understand biene is shrimp in German correct?
Now why would you want to mix them?
They are Generally a few USD cheaper than their brothers and sisters (CRS) They are also the "wild form" or before the genetic red mutation occured they where all black and white. Selective breeding has brought them to where they are today.
To make it more confusing there are also two more shrimp that are "Bee"
New Bee And Bumble Bee
New Bee I'm not sure 100% latin name but basically it's a type of Bee that the orriginal CRS was bred from, not the exact same but a slightly different version (make it simple) These where bread with the higher grade (A-S) shrimp to get the SSS shrimp with all white bodies I have read. The problem with the "BEE" or "old BEE" was that something in the genetics made it VERY hard or impossible to break the bands and make the whole body white. When the high grade CRS where bred with the "New Bee" the bands broke and Hinu Maru and Masura started happening. Now that's only what I have read and can't give 100% proof of that.
Bumble Bee you can see at
Freshwater Inverts It is in the same family as CRS, BEE, and New Bee But it will create wierd hybrids. The difference in this shrimp is the black band is the first band near the head opposed to the colored band of black or red.
To make it even more confusing there is "Crystal White shrimp" which there are two different types. One is a VERY VERY VERY..... VERY VERY rare genetic mutation which basically... it's an albino CRS and it goes all white. I've only seen a picture of a head of the shrimp that a mod at
ShrimpNow !!! - Welcome has and it's crazy. There is also a wild bee type thats pretty common in SE Asia which looks like Tiger but is really bee that just is clear with white stripes.
So To Try to answer your question. You are probably seeing CRS's brother BEE shrimp. It is usually kept with CRS because many people believe it is good to have them together to keep the whole gene pool in the tank and to improve the CRS stock. The problem is they homogenize (Spelling?) and you get hybrids
(This isn't right... See post #7)
B- Dominate black
b- Recessive RED
BB is a true BEE shrimp
bb is a true CRS shrimp
BB female mates with bb male - so you get BB,bb,Bb,bB
Now you have true BEE, true CRS, Bee with recessive Red gene, And CRS with Usually dominate Black gene.
It gets really confusing after that go to
ShrimpNow !!! - Welcome and look at the sticky in CRS forum on the genetics to get a better idea...
Hope it helps a bit....
-Andrew
(Most of this stuff is things I have read. Not personal experience. There are probably mistakes...)
so if I did point it out...
