Merth Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Anyone got any real information on either of these shrimp. I really want a dark blue shrimp like the royal blues but in a Neo species. Is there any others that breed pretty true. I know Soothing has his dark blue velvets which may be the closest thing, but was wondering about some of these others I have seen or heard mentioned.??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheylillymama Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 I hear the blue cobalts are thrown from blue diamonds and don't breed true. They're very pretty though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Anyone got any real information on either of these shrimp. I really want a dark blue shrimp like the royal blues but in a Neo species. Is there any others that breed pretty true. I know Soothing has his dark blue velvets which may be the closest thing, but was wondering about some of these others I have seen or heard mentioned.??? Well...actually, I'll let you in on a secret. A while back I had a mutation throw a couple blues that had promise. So, I isolated them and bred them out. I've been working on these for a year...two years? Time all runs together when working on so many projects. 1st step was to make sure they threw a majority of blues. Currently I'm near 100% blues thrown. Made that goal. Now my goal is to create a dark royal blue without it looking black. Here's my new strain of Sapphires so far... (I know they're crappy pics, but at least you know I don't do photo retouches. LOL) What do you think? mbenjamin16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 BTW How much do blue wizards/cobalts go for now? (I've also heard they do not breed true.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merth Posted December 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Alphapro has the wizards at about $20 per Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merth Posted December 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Those are amazing Bryce we gonna have to hook up again after the holidays I see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosspearl Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Nice work, Bryce! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art by Stef* Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Betta Blue! WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 I have a few blue diamonds that look like those pictures but only have 4 out of my 100+ blue diamonds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Still a work in progress. While I have a lot of nice dark royal blues, I still have some that are lighter like my DBVs and some that look splotchy. A little like carbons. Out of paranoia, I have sold some so the genetics aren't lost, but as said- they still need some work. Once I get this generation breeding well though, I'll probably start selling the offspring with the understanding that other hobbyists will be able to bring this truer to what the goal is. Liberty1776 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myklt8 Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Those are some beautiful shrimp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenBliss Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 Beautiful Sapphires, Soothing! Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Thanks. Still not as consistant as I'd like, but getting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddles Posted December 25, 2013 Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 Soothing those are beautiful. Excellent, excellent work. I don't know if I could be that dedicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted December 25, 2013 Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 Thanks, Puddles. Working on Shrimp strains definately teaches patience. heh I'm an impatient person by nature. In a way, bettering shrimp teaches me to better myself. Does that make sense? It aggrivates me sometimes that the big business breeders don't work on their shrimp more to make them more stable before selling them now, but I guess that's business. If I have enough by summer, I'll offer some up for sale. However my shrimp sometimes have other plans than I do. LOL Liberty1776 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inverted Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Nice Looking Shrimp there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Thanks inverted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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