jacob_denmark Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Hey folks, anyone familiar with Blue Navy shrimp? I have on mind care, level of difficulty, special needs? Thanks in advance, Jacob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Sounds like someone has renamed a shrimp color. Sellers are famous for this to make them sell better. People (like me) who work hard to create a strain get frustrated with this because the reason why strains have different names in the first place is to know they come from two separate sources of possible genetics. In the reptile world, I haven't seen people rename colors much. It seems all too common, unfortunately, in the shrimp world. Anyway, off my soap box. If you can get a pic, we can probably tell you what phenotype it looks like. I imagine it's a neo. Steve R. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob_denmark Posted January 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 It is my friends dad and he is "shrimping" since 1999. He was one of the first ones to own shrimps and have it as a hobby in Denmark, lol. So it's even possible he cross breeded it himself >) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 If that is black on the back tail (can't really tell from the angle), then it would be the phenotype of splotched carbon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob_denmark Posted January 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Thanks, I think it might be, got only this picture since I don't own them yet )) I'm really excited about those, love the colour. Anyone who can suggest any "compatible" and similarly exciting breed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metageologist Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Typically carbons are neo so they would be compatible with all vatrients. However they would cross breed as well and you would lose your strain. If you want to keep other shrimp in your tank look at your peramiters and see what will thrive in your tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob_denmark Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 It seems to me from the picture like it has black tail and black spots on it... Could it be Blue Carbon Rili Shrimp then? I'm planning to have them with Black and white shrimp with stripes on... They are in the same tank now at the owners place can someone name this one for me? Picture attached sorry for the quality of that... :/ The shrimp is in the middle of the gravel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Looks like carbons to me. Are the white and black cbs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob_denmark Posted January 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Could be thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pika Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Not sure about your shrimp, but my local fish store was selling "Navy Blue" shrimp several months back, and I made them pull out their records to see what the genus was and they were listed as Neocaridina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob_denmark Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 I have it from private breeder so it possible that they are cross breed and created something new he is having CBS together, so some kind of cross breed with Blue Navy could be possible, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob_denmark Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 I was browsing for a while looking for possibilities of Neocaridina and look what I found. It is forum, and this particular post from Dec 2004. They call it Fire Blue Shrimp, don't know why fire but whatever I guess this is the closest one I found so far... It is also possible that it is old kind of shrimp, since he is breeding since 1995... Left pics is from forum, right mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 I have it from private breeder so it possible that they are cross breed and created something new he is having CBS together, so some kind of cross breed with Blue Navy could be possible, right? Nope. heh cards and neos don't cross breed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob_denmark Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Okay, then I'm out of ideas what the heck it could be probably when I'll get them and take better pictures it will be more obvious what it is Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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