Greenteam Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 So I have a little experiment tank going and I placed 1 male shrimp with 5 females to maximize his genetic influence. Well last night I did a WC in the tank and this morning I found 3 molts in the tank resulting in 3 berried females. So if you guys ever wounder if one lone male can handle a harem of shrimp ladies the answer is yes...yes he can lol. colorfan, MableBile, mayphly and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 females should always out number males for breeding tanks. i shoot for at least 3:7 M:F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteam Posted June 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I do the same but I just found it funny that a single male had the energy to spend the night chasing down all 3 females. EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forumsnow Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Wouldn't you? Haha Lyana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Thats so funny, I often wondered the same thing. I would imagine he would be tired after hunting one female down but apparently they have som energy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 I'm kinda amazed that he had that many packets! Lyana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swivel Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Did you just picked out the males and females you wanted to breed and put them in the tank? How does one selective breed with 1 tank? Does everyone use a breeder box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteam Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 I selected the male with the gene I wanted and 5 females with genes I wanted. After F1 generation is born I will start to cull right away anything I don't want. I can't transfer tanks so this is the reason I will begin culling immediately rather then later. EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 take all the female babies and cross back with the first male you used. do this each time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteam Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 take all the female babies and cross back with the first male you used. do this each time. That's exactly the plan. Removing all F1 males and only leaving females to continue singling out particular traits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastu Posted September 12, 2017 Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 The dificult para is to sex them accurately before they reach mating age Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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