Thanks so much! Does anyone by chance know what grade my shrimp might be?
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Varying degrees...but medium.
The carapace on the front one is really nice, but since the legs are clear/whitish and not red, a mid quality, possibly a cull from Painted Fire Red (PFR) - Medium grade,
The other two, middle has some color lightness in the body so maybe medium - Fire Red.
The back one is really interesting to me because I have some that were like that and now am getting some Chocolate Cherries from them.
I am a little stringent. The grading can describe color and color saturation and whether or not the carapace is sheer or solid and opaque, and the legs as well.
A few years ago a Sakura was a solid shell opaque completely red, red legs, and PFR was completely solid and a red to deeper reddish less orange-y completely red, including legs. A regular Cherry Shrimp was pretty much anything which had red in the shell and clear to white legs.
The grades are somewhat subject to interpretation and on some people's part hope, lol. Males are less brilliant of course and so the grade is mainly based on the females.
