Why does this Cherry has a coated top

[hyun007]

Why does some Cherry has a stripe on their back from head to tail?
Also, this Cherry seem to have a coat on it back.
Old Cherry???

[eviltrain]

Its actually some kind of alpha male in the tank.

[hyun007]

Its actually some kind of alpha male in the tank.

Really?
I never realize that they can be like Gorilla with the dominate male having the silverback.
Hope it is not a joke.

[xXXXx13]

Does this applies to sakura too??? I'd one with similar stripe from head to tail and it's a female (I think)...

[lucasjiang]

Hi,

this strip appears only on females (possibly on males too, but very very very rarely) and not on alpha males. It is normally found on the larger and more mature females. It also appears on all variants of neocaridina heteropoda, including cherry, sakura, fire red, green and yellow. However, in green shrimps, the stripe will be light green, and in yellow, the stripe will be golden. dont worry, this is normal, there is nothign wrong with the shrimp.

[hyun007]

Hi,

this strip appears only on females (possibly on males too, but very very very rarely) and not on alpha males. It is normally found on the larger and more mature females. It also appears on all variants of neocaridina heteropoda, including cherry, sakura, fire red, green and yellow. However, in green shrimps, the stripe will be light green, and in yellow, the stripe will be golden. dont worry, this is normal, there is nothign wrong with the shrimp.

Thank you very much for the much needed informations.
Somehow I know 5rthat Eviltrain was joking.
If I am not wrong, it only happen to some mature shrimps and not all, depending on the gene.

[lucasjiang]

Hi, just to show the diff colours of the stripes of neocaridina heteropoda

wild variant (natural colouration in the wild)
IMG_4302.jpg

yellow
IMG_4941.jpg


Green (credit to arizonainverts.com)
DGS004.jpg

[Shadow]

That look more like caridina sp "Malaya" or malayan shrimps.

[lucasjiang]

No, they are confirm wild form of cherries. i learnt it the hard way, they interbred with my red cherries

[hyun007]

No, they are confirm wild form of cherries. i learnt it the hard way, they interbred with my red cherries

Wild form = feed oscar, arrowana, discus.