mayphly Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 This is where I'll be keeping track of my newest project in hopes of creating some new and exciting pinto shrimp. I'm sure other cool looking shrimp will come out of this project and I'd like to share with you in this shrimping journey! Tank set up Soil - Amazonia Water- Re-mineralized RO Light - 7g Led low light (beamswork) 20g archaea compact 36W Filter - double sponge and oversized aqua clear hob Low light plants and moss. No co2 or ferts. My original 11 TB showed up back on March 3, 2014. They were 1x panda, 3 x shadow panda, 2x med/high grade bb and 5 low grad bb. As of today I have all mentioned above along with ruby red, wine red, red bolt, and bkk. I started selectively breeding female mosura mischlings with random male tb resulting in some mosura shadows. My TB parameters are PH-6.0 TDS- 155 GH- 5 KH- 0 Today I am starting to move some of my tb in to a 20L. The 20L has almost identical parameters as the 7g. I received my tibee on Oct. 29, 2014. Today I will be moving some selected tibee into my 7g cube Taiwan bee tank in hopes of creating some pintos. The tibee are still to young to breed. Once they grow a bit more I will move them in to a breeder box with selected tb. The tibee I’m using come from Jaime who has been selectively breeding tibees for some time now. The two types of tibees I’m using are pseudo tibees (TT x C grade crs) which are 4th or 5th generation. These can range from orange with red stripes to orange with black stripes and a couple of other oddballs. The other ones are are from the (super tiger x bumblebee) also 4th or 5th generation. This cross is mostly white right now. The mother had a blue-ish green tint on its head. It will be interesting to see how these look grown up. The parameters for the tibee tank are PH 6.5 GH 5 KH 0, TDS 140 Temp 72 Here's a link to my gallery eozen81, MableBile, Edwardnah and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 I will definitely be following this one. Look forward to the results. h4n 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 Jaime is a good person. It's too bad she's been so busy lately. Should be a great journal to share with us! mayphly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch3fb0yrdee Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 Jamie = YoYo? That's the only NA person I know of whose embarked on the breeding project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 Jamie= Ravensgate mayphly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted November 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 I added 5 tibee to the TB tank this evening. Here's a couple of the tibee hanging out with their new tank mates during feeding time. Tonight I fed them a small piece of Omnia Pro which they swarmed on. Tracy Lee and eozen81 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christinenha Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 Your project is fascinating. I will definitely be following along. What kind of camera are you using if you don't mind me asking? =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted November 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 Your project is fascinating. I will definitely be following along. What kind of camera are you using if you don't mind me asking? =) Hi, I'm using a Nikon D80 with a Tamron 90mm F/2.8 macro lens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 exciting! I will be watching too. What is that cute little brown one in your picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted November 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 exciting! I will be watching too. What is that cute little brown one in your picture? Tibee shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteam Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 did you breed the tibee yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted November 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 did you breed the tibee yourself? The tibee I’m using come from Jaime who has been selectively breeding tibees for some time now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted December 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 I'm still going ahead with my own pinto project, However, I couldn't resist the opportunity of purchasing these guys from Blue Crown during their sale. I have four of them coming next week. This was my birthday present to myself. Besides, you only live once!! countryboy12484, Soothing Shrimp, Vinn and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 Nice man! I bet your super excited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted December 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 I'm as excited as these dancing shrimp!!! Shrimpie, RyeGuy411 and Fuman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 Hahaha. Can't wait to see the new Pintos!! Happy Birthday by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted December 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 Hahaha. Can't wait to see the new Pintos!! Happy Birthday by the way. Thanks "D"! RyeGuy411 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 Hahaha. Can't wait to see the new Pintos!! Happy Birthday by the way. Yeah happy birthday Andy! And here you are sending me presents! Thanks again the shrimp are awesome. Can't wait to see your new pintos. Maybe someday if things go well I might be asking you for some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Pintos are scheduled to arrive today a day early![emoji1][emoji1][emoji1] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjohnson1253 Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 any pictures of them yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 I'll post some pics in a couple days once they have settled down and regained their full color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 I can't wait to see them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 While I was drip acclimating the new guys a shrimp thought he would check out what goodies he could find inside the drip tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Lost one pinto today. Totally bumbed!! Good news is the other 3 are doing fine. It took me almost 4 hours to acclimate them yesterday. I think all the travelling they did was probably too much for that one. IDK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Here's a couple pics of them. Sorry for the poor quality pics! RyeGuy411, eozen81, countryboy12484 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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