Mattaquarium Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Hi everyone so I'm getting back into keeping shrimp after a couple years off and I was just curious, what would happen if I kept blue bolts and pintos together? I really wanted to keep black and white pintos with blue bolts but I'm unsure if it'll create ugly hybrids or not? Let me know thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattaquarium Posted October 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 6 hours ago, Mattaquarium said: Hi everyone so I'm getting back into keeping shrimp after a couple years off and I was just curious, what would happen if I kept blue bolts and pintos together? I really wanted to keep black and white pintos with blue bolts but I'm unsure if it'll create ugly hybrids or not? Let me know thanks Mainly just wondering if I can keep them together like you would keep blue bolts and king kongs and red wines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrimpsf Posted October 11, 2017 Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 Hi. I would keep them separate. unless you only have a few to start out with., Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vshrimp Posted October 11, 2017 Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 When crossing TB and Pintos. From my experience, you'll get both types. Pinto and TB. Just know the TB will carry the pinto gene as it's a some what of a pinto mischling now. rick_do_set 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattaquarium Posted October 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 7 hours ago, Vshrimp said: When crossing TB and Pintos. From my experience, you'll get both types. Pinto and TB. Just know the TB will carry the pinto gene as it's a some what of a pinto mischling now. Will some of the offspring look like mischlings though? Or will they still look good or like one of the parents? Thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vshrimp Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 8 hours ago, Mattaquarium said: Will some of the offspring look like mischlings though? Or will they still look good or like one of the parents? Thanks for the help What is meant by mischling is they have the genes. They will look like TB but have pinto genes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolaus777 Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 I keep my Red belly pintos and blue bolts together now. Have gotten a few Mischling types, a few TBs and a few crazy looking fishbone/striped patterns have came out so far. Think that I am on the 3rd generation so far. Looks really cool to me. rick_do_set 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattaquarium Posted October 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 13 hours ago, Nikolaus777 said: I keep my Red belly pintos and blue bolts together now. Have gotten a few Mischling types, a few TBs and a few crazy looking fishbone/striped patterns have came out so far. Think that I am on the 3rd generation so far. Looks really cool to me. Wow sounds cool! Could you share some pics of the offspring you've gotten? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattaquarium Posted October 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 I really have been thinking about mixing red pintos and blue bolt shrimp. Any ideas of what outcome I would get from this? I know they'll cross breed most likely but what would the offspring look like from these two opposite colored caridina shrimp? I am not a huge fan of the mischling look that shrimp have. I guess I am a little confused on the topic of selective breeding or cross breeding shrimp lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolaus777 Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 On 10/12/2017 at 12:25 PM, Mattaquarium said: I really have been thinking about mixing red pintos and blue bolt shrimp. Any ideas of what outcome I would get from this? I know they'll cross breed most likely but what would the offspring look like from these two opposite colored caridina shrimp? I am not a huge fan of the mischling look that shrimp have. I guess I am a little confused on the topic of selective breeding or cross breeding shrimp lol Find DET's pinto project posts on here. You will see what happens when you start crossing breeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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