snowpetals Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 So for over a year now I've kept wilds, fire reds and rilis together and this huge female came out She's huge compared to the others (over 2 in) So far a few of her babies have grown up looking close to her. I'm getting all sorts of colors popping up now so I'm going to start a tank to separate the ones I want but I still don't really have a goal in mind. If I could get more looking like her I'd be happy Steve R., Shrimpo, Johnnydok and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Wow, she is a beauty. Really cool looking. Good idea, to separate the desired shrimps. Sometimes it is best to get your colony going before doing too much culling. If you have a couple of hundred shrimps you can select again and cull the undesired offspring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpetals Posted June 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I've been culling a lot, just have been keeping the darkest shrimp I have for the most part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Wow! That's a great looking shrimp. I love how solid her line is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 She is beautiful. Hope you are able to do a strain. snowpetals 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpo Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Nice! Try back breeding with a male that looks similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Very nice pattern, and very opaque! Looks like a grasshopper at first glance. snowpetals and Soothing Shrimp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellcat6203 Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 amazing shrimp I hope my soon to be project turns out some cool shrimp like that one. I love the ones with different color stripes from the body color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpetals Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 hellcat- what kind of shrimp are you using in your project? I'll update as mine comes along more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellcat6203 Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 I'm using red cherry shrimp, right now but plan on getting yellow, and pearl shrimp, I'm going to breed for different color racing lines, because I love how it offsets shrimps. I think same color lines are bland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 I think the racing stripes look cool too. I do want to point out that cherries are neo. davidi, while pearls are neo. palmata. If breeding them together, they are no longer cherries or pearls, but a hybrid. So if you plan to sell your new hybrid creation, please make sure the customer knows a) they will interbreed with neos, and they are hybrids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellcat6203 Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 I'm not going to cross them, I have a friend that's got some pearls that have a line on them, not really sure if they are pearls I was going to see what I can get out of them on there own. There for personal collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Sounds like a fun project. Post pics when you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellcat6203 Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 I'll do better start a journal at the first of the month. Sorry about derailing thread. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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