Lyana Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 So I'm sure we've all seen the higher grade prls and wanted them lol. But would it be stupid to buy a few say $40 a piece shrimps to add to my tank that's currently dreamer yoyo and Ellen Wang e3 shrimp? Would it help improve my line or would the babies be lower grade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Honestly I wouldn't recommend it. If you are spending $40 a PRL either setup a tank with just them, and cull their offspring, or sell all of your current stock and buy a large higher grade colony. When you mix high grades with alot of lower grades, your offspring will be diluted. h4n 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch3fb0yrdee Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Like DET already mentioned, don’t bother mixing X grade PRL with lesser X grade PRL. Breeders takes years to perfect the look and the lineage of their shrimps. This can be undone with a single lesser shrimp mixing it’s inferior genetics. I’m speaking from experience, it’s not advisable to mix your $40 PRL with something lesser. It’s almost always better to just start a new tank for the new shrimps, selloff existing colony and upgrade, or work with your existing colony and improve upon it. h4n and Lyana 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted December 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Thanks guys, I have a 20L I was planning on moving my current prls to once I have the time to set it up, but I might just have to get some higher grade ones in there instead shouu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch3fb0yrdee Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 A fun thing you CAN do is individualize your tanks for specific lineages and once the individual colony grows, you can cull males (those not on par with the best tank, but still better than your lesser tank) and have the lesser tank piggyback the cull males genetics. Really up to you, but that's what you can do. It's what I'm doing. [emoji41] Lyana and Mr. F 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted December 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2015 That's a good idea! Will have to think about it and see how much money I have to spend lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackhead Johny Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 So E is specific to PRL. I was wondering about a guy selling E2-3 on CL and thinking if the grade is C-SSS that E must be horrific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted January 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 Is grading for Ellen Wang Prls only Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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