Reply With QuoteIts derived from the scientific name of the species. As long as tank mates do not share the same scientific name, they won't interbreed.
Shrimp Compatibility Chart
Can such chart be taken as a reference? How accurate are they? Seen quite a few online. Wondering how one derive such a chart, try and error?
example, http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SjDVFKD7pv...0.51.56+PM.png
Its derived from the scientific name of the species. As long as tank mates do not share the same scientific name, they won't interbreed.
So these have nothing to do with whether they can be keep together, as in one is more ferocious than the other species...is more on whether they actually cross in their gene? since the word 'compatibility' is use.
Yes, these charts refer to the point if shrimp will crossbreed (which is not desired). To make such a chart, you can rely on own and others' experiences plus further reading in the web. Here is my own crossbreeding chart (PDF).
A little update: http://shrimpsider.files.wordpress.c..._table_2-0.pdf
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