Crazyfishlady Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 So I have one lonely blue velvet shrimp that I want to get some more of (eventually). In looking around on the internet, ebay, aqua-bid I am seeing a few different 'blue neos' and I am not sure if they are really different or if the lighting is just enhanced to up the price with a slight name change. I just want to be informed and not get taken.. so I came to the experts (ignore the prices, I was just going for the pictures, lol) "Blue Velvet" which seem a softer, lighter blue http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-Blue-velvet-shrimp-freshwater-rili-shrimp-neocaridina-rcs-crs-/301444805413?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item462f82b325 Then there is the "Dream Blue velvet" - costs more, seems a darker blue, but the lighting is darker too http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-1-Dream-Blue-Velvet-Live-Aquarium-Shrimp-Neocaridina-/291297225478?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43d2aaeb06 Then found these "new sky blue" on aqua-bid - definitely out of my price range but...are they all truly different types of neos or is it a word/price game? http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwinverts&1419242404 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 ebay and robert. 2 bad choices. check out https://www.facebook.com/bluecrownaquatic back to the subject. yes there are different versions of blue neos. seems some breeders come up with unique names to try drive sales. Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Good to know on both! I have not bought any fish/shrimp on ebay but I did get my snowballs on aquabid (not from that guy). I am just in the 'checking it out' stage and I keep finding these different 'blue neos' and wondering if they really are different or if they are gimicks to get my money lol I'm sticking to the easy neos for awhile but my lonely blue does need some friends lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/groups/usashrimps/ great place to post when you are lookign for shrimp. many of the top US breeders are in there or somebody can point you in the right direction. Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 PM'ed. Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/groups/usashrimps/ great place to post when you are lookign for shrimp. many of the top US breeders are in there or somebody can point you in the right direction. And I am not sure if I should thank you or not for this... (said with a grin) I've been on there reading since you posted it... lol LOVE IT and thanks [edited to add] there is even a discussion on there about 'blue neos' and people hyping up the name to up the prices... EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimplet Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 i would stick to the blue dreams, as i personally know the guy and i bought shrimps from him in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 curious....why this statement? ebay and robert. 2 bad choices. have you had problems with the person who sells shrimps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 The first link is to one of my auctions on ebay. It really caught me off guard when i clicked on that link and a picture of my own shrimp popped up! haha. I have never had a bad experience on ebay buying shrimp. Although you can find better deals from fellow hobbyist on this site. If you have any questions or decide you want to buy please feel free to pm me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Kudos to you for keeping the classic light sky BV var. going. I'm afraid it will be gone by way of fad soon due to the current press toward dark blues. Seen too many vars be lost due to fads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 yea i have been keeping these for a few years now and have just decided to sell them all and make room for more Taiwan bees. I have watched them progress towards darker and darker blue vars since i first bought mine. Before the blue velvets all i ever saw was the blue pearl. Now they are pretty much gone like the sky blue velvets will be soon. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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