Subtletanks91 Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 That's what I plan to do haha. Its going to be a nice rainbow tank. And when I find a line I want to stabilize I'll cull out the rest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Stabilizing won't be easy. You up to the task? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted April 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 That's like asking me if I love cheeseburgers haha of course I am! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Great! We need people to do selective breeding to move forward the shrimping hobby in the US. It will test your patience though. Nothing in shrimping is fast. heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted April 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 I bet you there's like an underground cult breeding shrimp in he us haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 LOL Naaaahhhh No one would agree on all aspects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted April 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Lol that's teue. But look at Charles Manson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 They agreed with everything he said because they didn't think for themselves. As shrimpers, there's often so many differing opinions we don't know which to go with. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted April 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Lol that's very very true, and it's not like every one keeps a detailed record of that they crossed with what and how many generations until a mutation took hold and started to breed true at what point during the line stabilization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted April 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 Alright. So I know neos mature sooner than crystals and tibees. So when do you know a male tiber is mature to breed. And when do you know hat abmale Tb is ready to breed.im asking because I would like to start the selective breeding very soon this week or next week. Also when should the female and male be removed from th breeder box. When you see that the female is berries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Just got in my tb today!!!! Acclimating them now, then I'll post photos later guys. I'm super exited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 So after acclimating my tb for 4-6 hours today through a slow drip, they're in my tank finally!!!!! I'm super exited to see them grow and watch them prosper. The only thing I'm worried about is one of the adult tibee females decided to terrorize them and jump on there back and then off and on again. But here they are!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 So after acclimating my tb for 4-6 hours today through a slow drip, they're in my tank finally!!!!! I'm super exited to see them grow and watch them prosper. The only thing I'm worried about is one of the adult tibee females decided to terrorize them and jump on there back and then off and on again. But here they are!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Lets hope they live long and prosper, my friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 I fins usually that if the shrimp survive acclimation plus the first water change they will be just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 I was looking through my babies today and found this little guy with a black circle around a white dot on his I wanna call it thorax but that's for ants lol. It was really cool. I haven't seen that before usually the CBS I see in my tanks and in pics have lines like zebras not circles and dots. And of course some more photos of the taiwans I'm really excited about this purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Patterns are extremely EXTREMELY hard to stabilize. Can be done, but MAN is it hard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Haha. Challenge accepted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Good luck to ya, man. :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Haha thanks. I know it's not going to be easy and is going to take a long time. So I'm going to work with the adults that are in there right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 So, I've tore everything out that had spiro algae on it. Either dipped it in peroxide or left the plants in a bag till I get free time to get rid of them. I'm cleaning one filter tomorrow. And then the other at the end of the week. And I noticed today with all the dragon stone out of the tank. All the glosso out, stauro repens out. Babies. Everywhere. Newborns. One month old. 2week old. Tibees and mischlings and crystals. Snow whites. Some I have no idea what they are yet. I'm super exited. Plus there are a drew recently berried mamas in the tank. After all the cleaning and everything is placed back in the tank. I'm going to throw in the breeder box a mama and papa and wait till she is berried. Start my breeding process. And Bryce. I may have lucked out with that trait that I want to breed for in the mid section, because I have spotted males and females in the tank that have it. Now all there is to do is breed until that is more prominent and stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Hey, that's great! Now all you have to do is work on the bell curve to get the modifiers lined up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Lamens terms Bryce. Lol lamens terms. Not everyone is as smart as you rocket scientist ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Me? I make rocks look like collage professors. LOL Modifiers are like a deck of cards. Once you line up the cards just right, it makes a desired pattern/color. However not all those cards are are stack up just right in all the shrimp offspring. Only a very small portion will have them lined up correctly. Every time you cull the ones that don't display the trait, and breed the ones that do- you increase the chances of having the desired pattern show up again. The more you do it, the more the increase of the desired trait showing up. In short- a bell curve. Make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted May 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Basically culling lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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