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I usually don't take too many photographs of my shrimps but when my initial group of painted fire red (PFR) cherry shrimps gave birth, a couple of baby shrimplets stood out almost immediately. [sorry - didn't know big these photos were - should have resize / cropped them smaller :P] All PFR shrimplets are borned clear but starting turning red within a few days to a week. Out of the hundred or so PFR shrimplets there were two that stayed clear / white. Here is a shot of one of them at approx. 1 week old Regular PFR shrimplet on the left (amber / redish tint, looking straight at the camera) and the clear / white PFR shrimplet just to its right For reference, here is a picture of a normal PFR shimplet Normal PFR shrimplet, clear / amber body with red markings As they got older, while the other PFR shrimplets turned more red, they remained mostly clear with a slight blue tint. Here is another shot of one of them at approx. 1 month old And for reference, a group shot of a couple of adult PFR and and a bunch of shrimplets At two months, the body remained clear with a slight blue tint but brown dots start to appear where you would see the red pattern on a regular (non-PFR) red cherry shrimp On a mineral rock with a couple of other young PFR... At the time I had high hopes that the two "blue" would remain blue as they turn into adults and they they were a pair (Male + Female). As they matured, the blue got a bit more intense but they both turned out to be females. Unfortunately i seemed ot have put away my camera during those months because i can't find any photos of that "stage". But it was quite odd, even thought they both got saddles, for the longest time all my males PFR never touched them - maybe because they looked too different from the other PFR! Well that all changed a month ago when i put in some males from one of other PFR tanks and within a couple of days both of my "blue" PFR were berried. As soon as happened they both went thru another change - the brown pattern they had became more intense and more redish in color and the strip on the back you see on some red cherry shrimps also became more pronounced. another thing that set them apart from their other PFR was that their eggs are dark blue / black in color as opposed to the standard yellow eggs. Here is a shot I took the other day of them one them, now a bit over 1 year old. The shrimp on the right is one of my adult male PFR This one dropped her eggs prematurely but last I checked my other "blue" one was still berried and due any day now.. As you can see it is more maroon than blue or brown now although the base color is still clear with slight blue tint. Their colors varies greatly during the day and when they are berried. In the mornings when the lights first come on the maroon / brown pattern is very faint and their blue base color is actually quite intense but that doesn't last very long as the maroon / brown pattern comes back within a matter of minutes. I will try to get a photo of them like that one of these mornings but they change color so quickly it is very hard to capture them within the small window of opportunity. Hard to say if the blue will be passed on to their offsprings but i should find out fairly soon (hopefully : ) )... of course these could just be their "wild" form as they don't have the solid colors you come to expect from PFR's and are alot closer to the standard Red Cherry shrimp pattern but in a tank full of Painted Fire Red shrimps they are different! Hope you enjoy the photos - hopefully there will more "off" colored PFR to come! Hung