EverStuff Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 Have any of you done any cross breeding with aura blues? I've been having a hell of a time getting the Auras I got to breed. They berry up, but drop their eggs after 5-8 day. I've had them since Oct. Nice mix of juvies to young adults when I got them. I've tried them in a tank with caridina params, and neo params. Some of the other shrimp breeders I've chatted with said they've had a time of too. Took ages for them to hold a clutch to hatching. On a whim, just for shits and giggles, I stuck two females in my ghost bee tank. The first one just hatched out a clutch today. Has anyone ever tried crossing Auras with anything else? Am I understanding it right that the f1's won't really have anything neat to them, it'll be the f2's bred to themselves or back to one of the two types of parent shrimp that should start producing maybe something neat? So far they're just clear shrimp with maybe a yellow tint to the head like the ghost babies look just hatched. I don't know what the day old auras would look like since I haven't been able to get time to breed expect for this cross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdomingo117 Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 I currently got 2 Aura Blues berried in my OERBT tank. Was curious to see what they would produce. They're about 3 weeks in and still holding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EverStuff Posted March 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Ghost Bee x Aura Blue babies. I definitely see some white striping coming in. Now just to wait to see if they get a blue body from the Auras, or stay clear like the Ghosts. I'm also dreaming of the start of a zebra Ghost pattern if they stay clear. I have another berried female that I'm seeing eyes in the eggs. Should be hatching soon. Same cross. cdomingo117 and Shrimporama 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdomingo117 Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 EverStuff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EverStuff Posted March 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 So happy to see a hint of blue and a few white stripes on these little tiny peewees. Jcstomp and Tibee Inc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibee Inc Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 Hey guys, I'm working on my 2nd generation of a cross like this. Congrats on your cross too! EverStuff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibee Inc Posted March 31, 2019 Report Share Posted March 31, 2019 Forgot to add that write your parameters on the tank as a JIC. If you keep them right shrimp will live for quite awhile. Right now, I have a female TangTai w/Aura genes that's 15 months old. What's really cool is she just berried out real nice again & kept the entire clutch! Other than that, take your offspring & X'em back with Mom. Those offspring should have a more reticulated Tiger pattern on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibee Inc Posted March 31, 2019 Report Share Posted March 31, 2019 Here's a few pics for you.... All I got to say is keep on breeding them! EverStuff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibee Inc Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 Forgot to add that if you can successfully back-X those & get more of the blue genes. Take those, X them w/a nice RKK & you'll like the offspring for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EverStuff Posted April 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 I have plans to throw a couple nicer aura blue males and a few ghost bee females back in with these as they mature. I also have an aura blue bred to a blue bolt and I might add those babies to this tank as well. Tibee Inc and cdomingo117 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibee Inc Posted April 6, 2019 Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 On 4/4/2019 at 2:14 AM, EverStuff said: I have plans to throw a couple nicer aura blue males and a few ghost bee females back in with these as they mature. I also have an aura blue bred to a blue bolt and I might add those babies to this tank as well. Hmm, never tried that... If you haven't done it already; Checkout The Garden of Eden's threads. I'm sure he'd give you some insight into breeding cool patterns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibee Inc Posted April 20, 2019 Report Share Posted April 20, 2019 How's your hatch making out? Do you have any more pictures of them? Mine are growing fast & checksum out! 😎 EverStuff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdomingo117 Posted April 20, 2019 Report Share Posted April 20, 2019 These are my Aura Blue x OERBT F1s..I have 2 Aura Blue females that keep getting berried from OERBT. EverStuff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EverStuff Posted April 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2019 A lot of them are turning a very orange color. I haven't been able to get a good clear pic of them. They are the moving-est shrimp. Almost as active as the OEBT babies I have all over the place. A few are looking more like they're gonna be a clear-ish with black markings. Some still have a light blue color with darker and white-ish stripes. 47 pics I took the other day and managed to get 5 not too crappy pics. I was trying to capture the the more orange ones to send pics to my sister. They're finally to the point they come and swarm the food when I drop it in instead of just grazing on whatever all over the tank. Tonight is a feeding night so I'll try and snap some more pics. Speaking of OEBT, this is my first time with them and they're finally old enough to breed. I have my first couple batches of babies. They're born clear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EverStuff Posted April 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2019 Better pics tonight after feeding. I still have a few in the Ghost Bee tank that escaped the breeder box. I'll fish them out after they get a little bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EverStuff Posted April 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2019 One month later plus a week. I also have some tiny baby Aura Blue/Blue bolts with some neat stripes on the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EverStuff Posted May 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 More Aura cross babies. Super happy with these. JonRon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EverStuff Posted June 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2019 Update on the the other Aura Blue cross I did. These were with a Blue Bolt male. They're big enough that I pulled them out of the main tank and set them up in a breeder box till I have another tank finished cycled in a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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