"Black" Cherry Shrimp???

[dnsfpl]

1 of my cherry is having black dots, pure black, instead of red
is it normal?

thanks

[Spid]

any pictures?

[dnsfpl]

my best attempt
sorry for the lousy picture



its more than dark grey than black
no redness at all haha
is a bit like crystal red and black diamond


i guess there are a few other who encounter this too
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...ry-shrimp.html

[CRSterer]

Hi. Bro.

In total, how many types of shrimps are in the tank?

I had also seen in my friend's tank.

He told me is a hybrid.

Cheers

[dnsfpl]

Cherry CRS BDS

neon and oto

yesterday turn to greenish yellow, today dark grey again haha
kinda cute

[FishSoup]

i think its a malayan shrimp, or possibly a malayan/cherry shrimp hybrid.

Malayans are able to change colour. That guy looks exactly like the large malayan shrimp i have as a scavenger in my Pelvicachromis fry tank.

[Ivan]

Yup, looks like Malayan shrimp to me... In term of $, Malayan shrimp is much cheaper than cherry.

[Fei Miao]

I have female cherry that is dark brown, almost black.

[tetrafreak]

i have some malayan shrimps that have turned red and are indistinguishable from my rcs.

But their behaviour is quite different. Malayans tend to be more active.

[Kira76]

It looks like a malayan shrimp to me too because of the strip of brown on it's back. Does Cherry shrimp have this strip?

[dwgi32]

Cherries have these strips but they will be in pinkish colour, this is a result of cross bred between malayan and cherries.

But based on the photo posted, it looks like a malayan shrimp to me too.