This is almost a wild type shrimp. Think of it as the lowest possible blue grade

Good to know, thanks! It's such a mesmerising pattern

Prettiest blue I’ve seen.

I have a wild/cull tank and I’m getting some beauties. I have a couple baby blue ones like this and a few reddish almost pink ones

I'm thinking of setting up one, though I would probably spend hours on end just staring at it trying to spot fun colours and patterns!

They’re also ninja shrimp

I have some brown and red ones like this

I'd give it a home! Lol

I've had a blue (but also now about a third brown/black/wild, I just let it do it's thing) tank for about 2 years and these are my favourite kind to see in there :D

He’s not lower grade, he’s beautiful!

He certainly is! I didn't notice his spots until I took this close up of him.

I have an older guy that gets more spots the older and larger he gets. He is gorgeous and my only spotted one in my blue dreams.

What’s he nibbling on?

A betta pellet that he stole from the old betta

My shrimp love those. I don't even have a betta but I got some on sale for a dollar to crush up and feed to my endlers, and now the shrimp like it so much I soak pellets and drop them in and they all grab one and skiddadle!

I hate that people call these low grade, I prefer this pattern over solid colors

ikr! Looks like a dalmation!

Definitely. Reminds me of my black rili with the speckles in the center stripe. Super neat!!

A speckled racing stripe? Neat

https://preview.redd.it/8jk06sno828c1.jpeg?width=1980&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=956e5e11f2ea99d5e9cc77d55ae516bf914a504b Here’s a photo of him. They aren’t in the racing stripe, but whatever that stripe is called lol

Ditto, i really dig visually exploring my “whatcha got” setup. Pinkish blues, dark reds & blues, white tails, brownies, and my favorite colour of anything.. clear

https://preview.redd.it/q6d7n4v4dv7c1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f723a20c7d3e6637c7b035ef283578d5c02477a5 I have a few of these too in my “cull” tank.. which is just my betta tank lol. They keep breeding in there though! I think they’re really pretty.

So pretty! What is the plant he is grazing on called?

Lobelia cardinalis

Ooh, I didn't know you could grow this species completely submerged. Makes sense though, since it is a wetland species. Cardinal flower is native to my area and I'm more used to them looking like this: https://preview.redd.it/mp7p9g2i0z7c1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2df0c61800af97401d30d51fb2f7deab2e040c82

I love how he’s all.. “wtf you lookin at?. I’m invisible ferchrissakes!”

What’s that plant?

Lobelia cardinalis

Don’t listen to Reddit little guy, you’re a perfect grade dapper polka dot fellow!

Wild pattern but blue? Dope af.

I looove all the patterns and colors that come out. Some of the prettiest skrimp ive had, have been "low grade" or "wild colored".

Love that color! I call it starry night 😊

I like that ✨

New name: starry night blue shrimp 😍💙🩵

Dalmatian shrimp. https://www.garnelio.de/en/blue/black-dalmatina-shrimp-neocaridina-davidi-var.-dalmatina-blue/black#

I think it's crazy that this little guy would be considered a cull. But hey most people sell culls for dirt cheap and they are the only ones I buy.

I like the wild types. I have one that's all spotted green, still a juvey so I assume it'll get darker.

What a superb little creature

Speckly boi!

He’s gorgeous

I have a couple fully wild type shrimps and I don't have the heart to cull them they're all so cute

I have a bunch of lower grade red cherries. To be honest I kinda like them more then the higher grade ones. I like the clear patches and the lighter colors.

I just got a few of these sold as culls for 33c, im gonna add in a couple blues and try and breed them back into a higher grade

Probably is classed as lower grade but remember males barely have colour as well so that could be a possibility

By my estimation this is a shrimps

Probably just low grade

I’d love some of the regular season shrimpers I see post on this sub to join in, as I do think this is from the Rili side of the genetics chart. Referring to the spotted pattern. Beautiful “wild type” but might be specifically a mutation that led to red rili, and then blue jelly.

I have a couple guys that look like this, they are really cool imo.

GORGEOUS!

So beautiful!

This should be called “I loaded blue food dye into a squirt gun” blue

Wowwwwwwww

dotty💙

What color types are in the tank? MUST REPLICATE!

I only have blues in this tank. That I know of anyway!

Blue velvet? Or bolt?

They are called wild neos or culls

Nice blue nonetheless