Shrimp Breeders

SHMaRiM · 02-09-2013, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Dany08fa

Ill be interested in those culls one i flood my 12g long!

Just let me know. I may be able to give you a deal if I have more by then... They breed like rabbits.

SHMaRiM · 02-09-2013, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob in Puyallup

Can you ship?

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I could... I have breather bags and everything. However, I've never tried so it would be a test run...lol I've ordered shrimp online though and know how to package them so I'm pretty confident that I could do it successfully.

SHMaRiM · 02-09-2013, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by binbin9

Check out these cuties.

I'll trade you some OEBT's for some pandas and meet you half way since you're in seattle? I think it would make a nice little trip and I'd love to start a new species.

CherokeeNative · 02-11-2013, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by binbin9

I started with 6 cardinals and down to three now. I lost one due to screwing around with the GH and then 2 more when my heater sensor left the water and cranked the temperature up to 90! =

At $13 a shrimp those were some costly losses. I would house cardinals completely separate from your CRS. Those two in no way belong together in the same waters. I suggest getting a substrate that will buffer your water a bit. Although I have heard of folks having success with CRS at that PH as long as the water is stable and clean they should be fine.

If you have the funds I would invest in some aqua soil amazonia though.

I've had mixed feedback on OEBT. They do not breed true and can be a bit finicky. Your offspring can range from regular tigers to really dark tigers. They never come out as nice as the parents.

I almost got some too until someone told me about their experience with them. So I've decided to go the taiwan route and have 10 coming. =)

The shrimp list so far now is:
Tigers
Blue Pearls
Yellows
Fire reds
Cherries
CRS
CBS
Golden Bee
Blue Bee
Blue Pearl
A couple of left over ghost feeders
and BKK and WRs on the way.

Its a bad addiction.

Good advice....and in heeding it,

I just purchased a 20 gal. to move my CRS into so I can stablize the water perimeters easier...so I've got a Cascade 700 canister filter, 1 large sponge filter for the tank and purchased some Fluval Shrimp Stratum for my substrate. They are currently on CarabSea Natural and I think that is upping the PH. Dunno. I've been using DI water, and intend to make the move of them today. Wish me luck - I've managed to keep all 10 alive thus far although I had my first berried female last week finally shed her babies and I managed to see one, but now they are all gone - I am guessing the water perimeters killed the babies. Hoping this change over will give the babies what they need to survive. I don't have live plants in the tank - just mosses, riccia and subwassertang.

CherokeeNative · 02-11-2013, 08:18 PM

One more thing - is it the Golden Bee that you breed with the CRS to get a finer grade CRS, or do you have to just keep culling out the lesser grades and interbreeding the finer grades? I've read volumes and volumes on these guys, yet I am still unclear on this. TIA

Dany08fa · 02-11-2013, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by CherokeeNative

One more thing - is it the Golden Bee that you breed with the CRS to get a finer grade CRS, or do you have to just keep culling out the lesser grades and interbreeding the finer grades? I've read volumes and volumes on these guys, yet I am still unclear on this. TIA

i hope i dont confuse you or give you any false info, but as far as i know... yes, goldens/snow whites are used to get higher grade crs/cbs, but in return you are mixing genes so you'll get more golden offspring out of a clutch. basically your crs/cbs will should get a more solid "white", but every time you interbreed a crs with a golden/cbs you are getting father and farther away from a "pure line"

i let my crs/cbs/goldens/tb all interbreed, just like many others on this forum.

CherokeeNative · 02-11-2013, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Dany08fa

i hope i dont confuse you or give you any false info, but as far as i know... yes, goldens/snow whites are used to get higher grade crs/cbs, but in return you are mixing genes so you'll get more golden offspring out of a clutch. basically your crs/cbs will should get a more solid "white", but every time you interbreed a crs with a golden/cbs you are getting father and farther away from a "pure line"

i let my crs/cbs/goldens/tb all interbreed, just like many others on this forum.

Thanks for explaining this Dany - okay, so to keep the line pure, I would want to buy higher grade CRS and then start culling and breeding the higher grades back to each other. Thanks!!! Thank was very helpful.

SHMaRiM · 02-14-2013, 06:06 PM

I don't add goldens to my shrimp in order to get higher grades. I just cull out the lesser quality ones. That way I can maintain a pure line. I prefer solid coloring and red legs as opposed to white/clear legs.

AName · 03-03-2013, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by SHMaRiM

Currently I only have my CRS for sale. I need to build up more OEBT stock.

I drive past you a few times a month...I'll have to swing by and get some CRS one of these times

**thelub** · 03-03-2013, 05:58 AM

SHMaRiM I'm new to shrimping and would love your culls. I'm willing to risk the shipping. Its hard to find anything way out here in Tri-Cities.

SHMaRiM · 03-03-2013, 07:19 AM

Shoot me an email, Theshrimprack@live.com , or send me a pm. I'd be happy to work something out. I just recently acquired everything needed for shipping but I'm waiting on my boxes. I'll be free all weekend as well to those that would like to swing by. I have a pretty good amount of oebt's in stock and plenty of crs to go around. I'm picking up 8 new tanks next week and I'll have a wide variety of other species in the near future.

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binbin9 · 03-25-2013, 02:44 AM

Finally Busted out the camera the other day and snapped a few shots.

rah-bop · 03-26-2013, 05:55 PM

Those are some pretty sweet shrimp, binbin. Looking great.

How many different tanks do you have? What are you keeping in each tank?

binbin9 · 03-26-2013, 09:06 PM

15G - taiwan and higher grade CRS/CBS
20G L - Divided Yellow Neos and Fire Reds
15G - Pearls, Blue Velvets and Tigers
12G L - CRS and Some Cherries

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How many different tanks do you have? What are you keeping in each tank?

rah-bop · 03-27-2013, 12:27 AM

Are you worried about all your neos inbreeding and losing their nice colors?

03-03-2013, 05:58 AM	#55
thelub Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: SE Washington Posts: 800	SHMaRiM I'm new to shrimping and would love your culls. I'm willing to risk the shipping. Its hard to find anything way out here in Tri-Cities. __________________ My 45g low tech jungle My 1g nano planted shrimparium Don't buy styrofoam for your DIY background

03-03-2013, 07:19 AM	#56
SHMaRiM Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Battle Ground, Wa Posts: 233	Re: Shrimp Breeders Shoot me an email, Theshrimprack@live.com , or send me a pm. I'd be happy to work something out. I just recently acquired everything needed for shipping but I'm waiting on my boxes. I'll be free all weekend as well to those that would like to swing by. I have a pretty good amount of oebt's in stock and plenty of crs to go around. I'm picking up 8 new tanks next week and I'll have a wide variety of other species in the near future. Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 2

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binbin9 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (17/100%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Seattle Posts: 424	Finally Busted out the camera the other day and snapped a few shots. __________________ 12G - Iwagumi - retired 12G - Mini Dutch 12 Gallon Long Club Canon Pimp #71 Macrostoma Project

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02-11-2013, 08:18 PM	#50
CherokeeNative Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 75	One more thing - is it the Golden Bee that you breed with the CRS to get a finer grade CRS, or do you have to just keep culling out the lesser grades and interbreeding the finer grades? I've read volumes and volumes on these guys, yet I am still unclear on this. TIA

02-14-2013, 06:06 PM	#53
SHMaRiM Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Battle Ground, Wa Posts: 233	I don't add goldens to my shrimp in order to get higher grades. I just cull out the lesser quality ones. That way I can maintain a pure line. I prefer solid coloring and red legs as opposed to white/clear legs.

03-26-2013, 05:55 PM	#58
rah-bop Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 92	Those are some pretty sweet shrimp, binbin. Looking great. How many different tanks do you have? What are you keeping in each tank?

03-27-2013, 12:27 AM	#60
rah-bop Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 92	Are you worried about all your neos inbreeding and losing their nice colors?