Garlands Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Hi! How is everyone doing today? All things considered, I'm relatively new to the fish-keeping hobby. I've had betta fish for 4-5 years and I have so enjoyed caring for them. During the last dollar per gallon sale, I completely splurged and bought myself a 20g. I'm really happy with it, but it still needs some work! Next paycheck I'll be stocking it with some more "easy" plants to provide coverage for my shrimp. I am really interested in breeding Crystal Red Shrimp. Genetics has aways been fascinating to me, and I love the little guys' goofy personalities and beautiful coloration. The problem is, when I initially bought my shrimp online, I did not know much about grading (oops....) and I bought some A grade shrimp. Then, at my local fish store, I traded in some supplies for what I believe to be 3 S+ grade shrimp. Altogether, there are 8 shrimp. I don't know exactly how this mixture will translate while breeding, but I'm interested to find out. I may look into buying a few more to help me get started -- any suggestions on which grade a beginner should start with? Anyways, I'm very happy and excited to be here. I look forward to getting to know everyone here and learning all that I can about shrimp. My tank is pictured below. Johnnydok, Edwardnah, JamesHe and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishprinceofca Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Welcome to our addiction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Where in SoCal are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garlands Posted June 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Thanks for the welcomes! @bostoneric Westlake Village Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Welcome Garlands! We are glad to have you. If your just a "beginner" I think more important than grading is keeping and breeding them successfully. If you can manage to keep the 8 you have alive, and get to a point where their consistently molting and breeding without a hitch, we can then work on culling, to get to a specific pattern or grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Thanks for the welcomes! @bostoneric Westlake Village if you ever make it down to santa monica / west side area let me know. we always have people over to talk shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miwu Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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