mosspearl Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Thank you!! I'll get practicing again. Kind of laid off it once all the shrimp were gone. I'll look at those... the real dark ones make them look like bugs. :::shudder::: Meanwhile, I'll go back to lurk mode. Thank you, my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 We all have to help each other. mosspearl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Finally managed to do the last of my wc today to drop my Malawa Shrimp down from: TDS 723 GH 34 ~to~ TDS 184 Gh 7 Honestly don't know how they feel about it, but I'm happier with it. LOL Took about 2 weeks. mayphly, Mamashack, chibikaie and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosspearl Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 It's a Malawa party! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Sounds Hawaiian. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosspearl Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Aloha oy, aloha oy... Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamashack Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Finally managed to do the last of my wc today to drop my Malawa Shrimp down from: TDS 723 GH 34 ~to~ TDS 184 Gh 7 Honestly don't know how they feel about it, but I'm happier with it. LOL Took about 2 weeks. How did you manage that, Soothing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Soothing, I finaly have baby Malawa everywhere. mosspearl and Soothing Shrimp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrand Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Wow just found this thread and read it through. Some excellent info here. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences. Any updates on your projects or is everything just holding steady? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Did 5g water changes at first, then 10g toward the end. I have a 25g tank. (29g? I forget) All added water was RO How did you manage that, Soothing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Pretty neat little shrimp. LOL I read recently someone said they could breed in a puddle. I just started cracking up! Soothing, I finaly have baby Malawa everywhere. mayphly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Well, I still have projects going, but they take a very very very long time. You are familiar with my term trilogy (space, time, money), so will take a while before many new updates. Winter always slows down for me here, so when the breeding starts picking up- hopefully I'll have more news to tell. Do you have any ideas for working towards a shrimp goal for yourself? Wow just found this thread and read it through. Some excellent info here. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences. Any updates on your projects or is everything just holding steady? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrand Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Well, I still have projects going, but they take a very very very long time. You are familiar with my term trilogy (space, time, money), so will take a while before many new updates. Winter always slows down for me here, so when the breeding starts picking up- hopefully I'll have more news to tell. Do you have any ideas for working towards a shrimp goal for yourself? i understand, thanks for sharing though. Best of luck! I have only been keeping shrimp for a few months now. I am just working on building up a colony then will do some culling in hopes of getting some better reds out of these cherries. Started with about 20 rcs in a community tank but decided between the overflow and fish any shrimplets would have minimal chance of survival. So I started up a 20 Long for shrimp only. They seem happy now and have been breeding rapidly. Probably close to 50 new babies on last count and saw 7 more females berried last night. In your experience does the neo coloration come from one parent more than the other? Does the mother carry more of the color genes? I ask because I have a couple females with excellent coloration but all my males are very lacking in color. I understand males are commonly less colorful but these seem pretty low. Are all the offsprings color quality doomed by the males genes? Should I be looking to purchase better quality males?Sorry did I just hijack your thread? I can move this question elsewhere if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 We're all here to help each other. The fems do carry the color in neos. A good colored fem can at some point throw a good colored male. Keep that one for more breeding. You can improve male color once you start breeding the better males to the best females. Improving the color coverage of cherries is a classic project that never gets old. I'd love to follow your journal as you experiment and learn. mosspearl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted March 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 Well, my sunshines look to be at a dead end. No breeding, 3 fems left and one male that just isn't doing the job. I'm putting these with yellow strain number 2 and hopefully have some of the genes continue on. Then it'll be back to cull, cull, cull. Years gone down the drain, but that's just the way the ball bounces sometimes. Not every strain comes to fruition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 Bummer man! Sorry to hear. But I think you can get back to where you left off in no time! Well... maybe a little time. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted March 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 Thanks, Andy. I hope so, but you know how it is when you mix modifiers. mayphly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted March 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!! I have 4 Sunshines left and I've been procrastinating putting them in with my strain #2. For once, my procrastination paid off! One of my Sunshines is berried! I now have the start of a new colony provided she holds her berries! :D :D :D chibikaie, Shrimple minded, Dendrobatez and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roborep1 Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Best of luck. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosspearl Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Woohoo! :::doing the Sunshine shrimp dance::: Trust me, you don't want to see it. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted March 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 LOL We're doing the virtual do-si-do. Edwardnah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spialz Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Congrats! Hope they make a comeback for you! Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted March 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Thanks Spialtz, I hope so too. These weren't my best that survived, but they still should have the genes and save me a couple of years of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamashack Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Glad to hear things are back on track, Soothing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Thanks. I've only seen three babies in the tank, but I'm hoping they have some awesome genes. Shrimple minded 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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