monty703 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I grabbed this pic of them today....counted 9 of them hanging out, but the rest were flitting around the marina box. I have at least 20 of them. They are eating and growing good in there, so another couple of weeks and they can go into the main tank. sewoeno, Crazyfishlady, miwu and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Congratulations! I am growing more and more interested in Ghost Bee/Crystal White shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted April 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 German Breeders used these to create the Blue/white striped tigers. I know Micha Nadal and he told me he used a CWB to OEBT or Royal Blue Tiger (can't remember which one it was) and the hybrid was a gorgeous blue striped shrimp. I fell in love with CWB right there and then, but they weren't available in this country at that time. A few breeders keep them now. I LOVE them they are sooo cool looking. A couple of these babies are NOT CWBs...you can just see them on the side wall of the box, they look like baby CRS but they aren't. I believe they came from my OEBT female, but don't know who the daddy is, so they could be mischlings. These CWB babies are identical to the mother, so the daddy is definitely my CWB male. Shrimple minded 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted April 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 just took another look at those reddish ones and they are definitely NOT crystal whites. They don't have the customary 2 solid white bands around the body that the cwb babies have. They have a spot then further down another red band, but it doesn't go around the body. I do have a CRS male in that tank, so could be mischlings....cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Cool, I got berried Crystal White mom yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted April 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 way to go James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 way to go James. Will get some photos tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35ppt Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I am super excited to see the blue/white tigers. In the meantime, these little guys are pretty cute, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 My CWS mom in breeding box. second day since berried. sewoeno and mayphly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dendrobatez Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Beautiful shrimp, both parents are cws? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Beautiful shrimp, both parents are cws? Yes, CWSxCWS will create a CWS colony first, then do some interbreed projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dendrobatez Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 They have been growing on my lately, might be one of my next purchases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 They have been growing on my lately, might be one of my next purchases. I got mine from Erik, very active and healthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted April 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I originally had mine from Speedie but then I sold them. I wanted some of Erik's but missed out on his auction on aquabid so when I saw them at Shrimpfever in Toronto I grabbed 6 of them. Took for ages for them to settle, but finally one female decided to get berried. They have quite a large clutch...by the time mine dropped hers, her belly was dragging on the floor! here's my lady and her friend which turned out to be another female. The males are more whitish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Mine is doing extremely well, received on 3/2 and get berried on 4/15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted April 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 My gal is saddled again....round 2. JamesHe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 My gal is saddled again....round 2. from seeing saddle to get berried is about 2 weeks in my case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High5's Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I have a berried CW moma about to drop any day now. I started with 6 and only got one female this will be her 4th clutch and I have about 50 shrimp, not counting the ones she is carrying now. She drops @ day 27 every time she is berried, her first clutch is almost full grown so my colony should be really taking off soon. JamesHe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted April 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 Big molt in the tank yesterday and CWB mamma is berried today! Round 2. I have babies all over the tank now, growing good. I think I might have some CWB x CRS crosses, as some are definitely red. Will make for interesting babies when they grow up and reproduce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukendabears Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 Hey Monty if you want more, let me know, i have them pretty cheap on my site right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted May 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 Sad new I woke up to find my CWB mamma dead....don't know why. She was up and around yesterday. Ive taken her apart and freed the eggs, put them in a container with methylene blue and alder cone and an airstone on high to swirl them around a bit, but Im not holding me breath that any will survive. I may have been too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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