monty703 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 So Im not sure what goes into the making of these black spotted headed shrimps....anyone enlighten me? I just found my big gal is berried! I thought this would never happen! I don't know if the daddy is my black pinto male, or one of the other black spotted head males, or one of my fancy Red Tigers....time will tell. Soothing Shrimp, Edwardnah, Johnnydok and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 doenst really answer the question but provides some great info about pinto page owned by my good friend Demin in taiwan.....http://shrimpstate.com/classification-of-pinto/ dr0p, Shrimple minded, colorfan and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiumanfu Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Awesome link bostoneric! Thanks EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpie Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Love those pintos! So beautiful. That link gave great info Eric - thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinycrazycrawler Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Thanks for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted June 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Well I now have 2 of my black spotted headed pinto gals berried. Im wondering what I will get if it turns out one of my red fancy tiger's is the father? Would be cool to get a red spotted one of some sort, or a fancy black tiger cross. Chiumanfu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted June 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 My Black headed Pinto gal is getting pretty near her time, so I grabbed a shot of her eggs with and without the flash. You can see the eggs clearly against the light of the tank, but with the flash they get hidden under her shell. I think I can see eyes now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteam Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Congrats! I could be completely wrong but would she not be considered a Pinto Mischling as appose to a Pinto? I notice all my pinto's have that solid color like TB's that's why I ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Yes you are right she's not a PINTO but a spotted headed mischling, carrying the Pinto genes. I do have a Black Pinto male in the tank, so there is a very good chance that she and the other female be carrying some pinto offspring, or at best more spotted headed mischlings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 I just learned something new in identifying pinto misch. Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted June 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 From the look of the egg color I don't see anything red on them, so Im thinking the daddy is probably one of the other black spotted pinto heads or the black Pinto himself. Of course time will tell...I figure she's due this week sometime....she's a pushy broad, she shoves the other berried female around out of her way Guess she likes her space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 I was away for a week and came back to find both of my berried females have nothing inside, so they have dropped the babies somewhere in the tank. I did notice 3 little ones so far, mostly hiding in the moss/driftwood, so they can only be a few days old One is definitely a Spottedhead, but I can't tell if its red or black...my pic is very fuzzy, but you can see the spots on the head. the other one looks like it has a head spot, but again too far away to tell what it is. maybe in a few more days more will come out....going to do a water change today and feed some gravidas for the babies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 here's the fuzzy pic...for reference in size, that's a small pond snail next to it...soon to be eliminated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Why eliminate the ramshorns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 I won't eliminate the ramshorn! That's not a ramshorn, its a pond snail, or commonly known as bladder snails....pest that multiplies till your tank is overrun. http://www.myaquariumclub.com/physa-acuta-the-acute-pond-snail-5769.html I usually keep them to feed to my crayfish babies, as the meat is high in protein and helps them grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Congratulations on the shrimplets! Look forward to them maturing and their color enhancing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Maybe we're talking about two different things? Are you saying this is a pond snail? Looks like a ramshorn from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Maybe we're talking about two different things? Are you saying this is a pond snail? Looks like a ramshorn from here. ramshorn jpg.jpg I agree. Ramshorn snails have the "Ramshorn" circular shell, whereas the pond snail do not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted July 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 OH maybe it was a baby ramshorn....they stay the pondies go, they've had babies all over my red tiger tank and I just hate them. Now the big mamma spotted head shrimp is berried again...must have happened last night as she wasn't yesterday YAY! now here's another 2 babies I found this am....I could be dead wrong on this one, but one of them actually looks like a PINTO! It has a black nose, white head, then black section and the white has black sections in between. Tiny but I could see them, unfortunately my camera isn't the greatest. what do you think? Im thinking my black Pinto male is the daddy now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 So many different versions of pintos. It could be one. Doesn't look TB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted July 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Here's another one I found, and this one is definitely red! This was taken from underneath as the baby was eating the algae on the glass side and I couldn't get in close enough to grab a photo from the front....definitely shows its red, and some form of striping. Time will tell as to what it will be....could be a fancy red tiger x black spotted head mischling, as I had 2 females berried at the same time to unknown fathers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaykidding Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 could i breed my BKK Mosura and a Pinto mischling and get some pintos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted July 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 I believe that's possible, but I am no expert on pintos. Best way is to try it and see what you get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted July 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Woohoo....I saw my little pinto baby today. Its definitely black and white german style. the one on the left in the pic above. I think the babies are all hiding in the drifwood eating off the hair algae growing on it. I took a fuzzy pic of it, not good, but you can see the markings are pinto. eozen81 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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