Crazyfishlady Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 I have over 100 snowballs now and I can't help but think that they are all just in there breeding and interbreeding (is that the correct term) over and over. My first shipping venture may be with someone else that has snowballs. A snowball swap, to get some fresh bloodline in there. The person I am hoping will do this checked and we both got ours from different sources, but whose to know where each of those got them, lol. Can constant breeding of the same batch cause issues at some point? CiaraHono 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Research has shown that shrimp are fine interbreeding up through the tenth generation and beyond. Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted March 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 whew great news! I was worried I would soon have mutants or very weak shrimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Nope. Now having said that, somewhere years down the road you may find you need to add new genes or you may have some breeding depression. (lowered breeding rates.) Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted March 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 I have to thank you... and everyone else here. If it weren't for all of you I might have tossed in the towel rather than be 'complaining' about how fast they are breeding, lol (not really complaining... just wondering where I can squeeze in another tank, ha ha) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 I was wondering that as well, because I know with fish interbreeding causes deformities and lose of babies, sometimes they become sterile and abunch of other stuff. Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I kept reading articles and posts that says yes and just as many that no, lol because I was wondering the same thing. Like will they start to look deformed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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