slycat929 Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Has anyone tried mixing tangerine tigers with aura blue? I am curious as to what the results would look like. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vshrimp Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Heard you can get green apple shrimps after generations of back crossing and so forth. Not my pic btw Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk ShrimpP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 6 hours ago, Vshrimp said: Heard you can get green apple shrimps after generations of back crossing and so forth. Not my pic btw Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk That's a cool looking shrimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slycat929 Posted July 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 I had read that as well, I was just wondering if anyone had tried it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pucksr Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 So, this ties back to an earlier discussion of shrimp genetics. I believe that Caridina Serrata(Tupfel Shrimp) are colored via a single gene. (I tried to find pictures with sources if possible, but it was a bit difficult) So, you have 4 colors I know of: Green(green apple) Yellow(tangerine tiger) Blue(aura blue) red Plus the wild type(Caridina Serrata) I think the idea is that green is a mix of the blue and yellow genes. That might be true. Or, green might just be a 3rd gene. Then again, I don't really know if any of this is true AT ALL. The one item in favor of the single gene theory is that I have never seen a poorly colored C. Serrata. They all seem to "breed true". Then again, when someone has shown a picture of a cross between a Tangerine and a Blue on this forum, they looked like a "wild type". That doesn't bode well for the "single gene theory". In fact, I am a bit perplexed. Anyone else have any ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slycat929 Posted July 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 Thanks for the link to that post! I had not seen that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pucksr Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 They are pretty interesting shrimp, if I am being honest. I might need to try my hand at breeding them next. I was going to go back to babaulti, but NO ONE seems to have green babaulti anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aennedry Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Oooh.... Like the apple green. Did not know they came in that color, or the red. *sigh* and I really don't have room for new projects after this summer... =^._.^= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pucksr Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Some people have said that the orange is a naturally occurring variant. I have heard the same rumor of red tiger shrimp. I dont know if it is true. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpsmasher Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Orange is found in the wild; same with aura blues. Red tigers are can be found in the wild as well and even black tiger; Chris Lukhaup posted a posted photo of a Black tiger shrimp he photograph in the early 2000's. When i asked him about he said he didn't believe it was selectively bred but rather, it came from a shipment of wild caught tigers shrimp. I currently have colonies of several wild shrimp species; Tupfel, Tigers, Laos mountain tigers, CBS; All with the except of the CBS exhibit a very wide range of colours Ianhamm, ShrimpP and pucksr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pucksr Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) I searched for some pictures and was very surprised. Wild Tigers seem to be very dynamic in coloration. Here is a video from Chris Lukhaup Video Link on Youtube That one tiger definitely looks like a black tiger shrimp. Edited July 18, 2016 by pucksr adding video link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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