corbie Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Hey there! I'm pretty new to shrimping and this is my first post here, so please bear with me if this is a total newbie question: Will Blue Diamond and Blue Dream neos produce wild type offspring if crossed? I'm starting a blue neo colony soon and am having trouble deciding between the two strains, as they are both lovely. If they can be housed together with mostly blue progeny, I'd like to go with both. But if they'll make mostly wild type shrimplets, I'll start with one and probably add another tank later for the other. I'm just hoping to slow down the possibly terminal case of MTS I've seemed to have developed... Thanks a ton! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteam Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Are you over feeding to get so many MTS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbie Posted July 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Aaaand I just realized I put this in the wrong subforum. Oops. Are you over feeding to get so many MTS? Multi Tank Syndrome, not Malaysian trumpet snails! I only have one lonely MTS of that variety. :3 Lyana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 LOL there's nothing you can do about that. Even if you keep those neos together, you'll soon decide there's another shrimp you can't live without and then you'll be setting up a new tank anyway pictokid1983, corbie and sarah 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 I think last I heard blue dream and blue diamond are not compatible. Blue dream comes from a carbon line, while blue diamond comes from a chocolate line. Off spring would wind up as a streaky wild. corbie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35ppt Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 I think last I heard blue dream and blue diamond are not compatible. Blue dream comes from a carbon line, while blue diamond comes from a chocolate line. Off spring would wind up as a streaky wild. Which depends on if the seller identifies their shrimps according to those specs, or even knows. Lyana and Soothing Shrimp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 I would not mix these two species, unless your in the mood to cull a good bit to preserve a blue that you see fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phreeflow Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Which depends on if the seller identifies their shrimps according to those specs, or even knows. That's the sketchy part...I have sapphire blue diamonds that were highly selected and bred for color for several years by a breeder from another forum. They mostly breed true and are gorgeous but I've been wanting to introduce new bloodlines. Unfortunately, I've seen Blue Dreams and other high quality Blue Diamonds and they look identical. In addition, I can't trust that the sellers have them properly listed so I'm stuck. I'm thinking I may have to buy chocolates to cross back into my diamond line but I'm thinking it may cause me to go backwards a bit before they breed true again after the cross. The other option I may try is to setup breeder boxes and buy some of each and cross them to my diamonds. But I agree, I wouldn't intentionally mix them without a plan or you may get bad results Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbie Posted July 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Thanks for the advice, all! I'll probably be buying from Blue Crown Aquatics, and since their photos show very different strains I assume the names are accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phreeflow Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 I was just there...they're blues look amazing Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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