Soothing Shrimp Posted October 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Here's some of my Nessies I took yesterday eve. A berried Nessie A blue-green Nessie on moss A colony shot Another colony shot Click on the photos and they'll be larger. In the colony shots you can really see the different shades of green. pratiksawai47 and svetilda 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Look at the bright side, we all made it out alive, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Amen! That's the best we could hope for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 So I have to ask... where did the name Nessies come from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 I liked the idea of naming the shrimp after the Loch Ness Monster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Nice. After all, those of us lucky enough to have some need to be able to pass on the stories... Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 P.S. My *other* coworker got sent to the ER this past week. So far, my workplace has racked up: 1. ulcerative colitis 2. unexplained fever 3. unexplained dizziness 4. heart issues None of these are related in any way. I think we might simply have a stress problem. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 One of my new yellows is now berried. And thus begins a new colony to selectively breed. tinyplants and Wygglz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0p Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 WOW already?! That is great news! Looking forward to seeing what they will bring you in the future Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 Congratulations! Several of mine are saddled so I have my fingers crossed. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phreeflow Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 P.S. My *other* coworker got sent to the ER this past week. So far, my workplace has racked up: 1. ulcerative colitis 2. unexplained fever 3. unexplained dizziness 4. heart issues None of these are related in any way. I think we might simply have a stress problem. Yikes, hope it's not some environmental contaminant or black mold. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 Separated the painted Nessies from the other grades today. I'm thinking this may actually be a good way to stabilize a shiny looking black strain, although the real color is extremely dark blue-green. So far all painteds are fems. Going to have to find a male in my other grade tank that has promise. I think at least one is already berried, and still have some other grade babies running around in the painted tank I gave up catching until older. In some other news, I received in what was supposed to be orange sakura shrimp this week from AB. Looks nothing like the picture given, and the best I could call them are low grade pumpkins. Look more yellowish than orange at this point, and barely any color. Hopefully that will improve with time, however these are already past juvies, so I don't think so. Ah well... selective breeding from ground zero. Starting over with strains totally sucks. I'm used to such a high standard for myself and shrimp, and to start at low to medium quality again is kinda depressing, but exciting at the same time knowing that strains can be bred to much better potential. Takes me back to when I first started with shrimp. heh I was told when I bought my dims that blues bred true. Now I'm finding out that was incorrect and they throw browns as well. I have to lower my ph because now all my dims have turned brown or black, and I can't tell which are blues and which are browns. heh I'm going to start an off-topic gymnastics journal with my kid if that's okay. I'll put it in the lounge section so everyone can follow her through her gym season. Not really shrimp related, so I hope it will be okay if I post it there. wot_fan and Wygglz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 Bye Bye Black Rose. I just am not impressed with them. They look like my dark chocolates. So, since they originally came from diamonds, I put them in with them to free up the tank. dr0p 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phreeflow Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Bummer...I've ordered neon yellows and painted orange rilis and experienced the same poor quality. Sucks cuz I don't really want them but can't really get rid of them either. At least you're willing to work with them. I have so few tanks...they get thrown a mix tank and forgotten. Wish folks would stop overhyping their shrimp Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 So exciting to hear that the Nessies are doing that well! I actually miss my wild type neos. I would love to start up a new colony, but lack the room and time for a third tank at the moment. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Funny you should mention that. I actually started up a tank of wild neos, I've affectionately called grasshoppers. heh I find they have their own charm, look. Conventional wisdom say they should automatically breed true, but they don't. They throw the random body colors. Anyway, I've gotten them to breed true now throwing only tiger-like stripes of tan and black. Down to about 10 or so, and now have to grow my colony again to improve genetics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Half the fun was seeing what popped out for color. I got everything from clear to purple. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Still searching for a strain of extremely clear tissued red rilis or splotched. Haven't found them yet. Just randomly going through you thread. Are you talking about clear red rili without the red? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 I would get those in a second if I found those, Ren. I was talking red rilis with clear (non-tainted) midsections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Oh ok so what were you thinking about doing with those out of curiosity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 I would like a RR strain that I can work on pattern. I like to work on only one trait at a time when breeding, otherwise it gets too complicated too fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Did a test cross of a female Nessie with a male wild colored neo. After shrimplets were released, P1 was taken out and the F1 allowed to breed randomly. As expected, F1 was muddy. But F2---> F4 and beyond, Nessie coloration was pretty much taking over! I'm aborting the crossing project this week and culling them, but that puts forward a fascinating theory. In theory, this means any rare wilds that may pop up down the line would not have to be removed, as the colony would not revert to wilds. Fascinating! To my knowledge, this is the only coloration that does this! What do I have on my hands here? This is one crazy mutation! Wygglz and adrand 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Very cool experiment! Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrand Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Neat test. I wonder why your nessie strain would be any different. Dominate genes? Oh and what is your culling process? Do they go in a cull tank, use them as feeders or do you destroy them somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Adrand, I think it has to be a combination of genes, and not just one. If it was simple dominance, all F1 would have been green. As it was, each generation got more green thrown. Culling? I just feed my fish. I like the idea of the circle of life instead of just life wasted. Kikojaharo, adrand and Wygglz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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