Soothing Shrimp Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 Every once in a while I post this thread. I keep hoping they'll be information one day (or even a book) on who originally invented what shrimp strain and the histories behind them. Does anyone have any information? It seems a shame that all the hard work gets lost. I guess I'll go first. DBV- Years ago, I received Blue Velvets from an importor named Speedie. These were ice blue and the newest color in neos at the time. I selectively bred them for a couple years to bring out a darker blue (what would be considered medium blue now) and released them to hobbyists as DBV. Shortly thereafter all kinds of strains labeled DBV popped up I had nothing to do with. LOL Nessie- I bought a blue pigmented shrimp mutation thrown from Fire Reds several years ago. The owner of the blue mutation would often switch the strain name to see which would sell better, and I honestly don't know if he ever landed on a steady name or not. I bred these for about a year, during which some weird green pigmented ones would randomly appear. I dumped the blue project because of space and concentrated on these strangely pigmented greens. When I was able to stabilize this weird strain years later, I released these to hobbyists as Nessie. I would love to have other histories here in one place. Anyone? oem, Pokeshrimp and repsaJ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 All I know about the original red cherry shrimp, for instance, is " bred originally in Germany and didn’t appear in the US until the 1990s when it really took off in popularity. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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