Blue Rili Shrimp Grading Guide: What to keep and what to "cull"

[sayurasem]

Nice

[arktixan]

Took this a couple days ago...
Just used my Nikon D3000 - Macro setting, Standard Camera Flash 18mm-55mm Lens.

[wicca27]

here is one of my blues left side

[ren]

Hey man how's the shrimp coming? Are you getting closer to your goal?

[ohbaby714]

Originally Posted by ren

Hey man how's the shrimp coming? Are you getting closer to your goal?

Han had taken over my stock
I no longer have them anymore.

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[h4n]

Originally Posted by ohbaby714

Han had taken over my stock
I no longer have them anymore.

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i'm going start the culling soon!

lol~!

[diwu13]

Originally Posted by h4n

i'm going start the culling soon!

lol~!

LOL. I thought you said that was too much trouble :P! Dang... I wanna set up another tank for those rilis :O

[xenxes]

A confuses me, that's like blue and black or darkblue? I had a couple As and ended up culling them to my mud bucket.

I thought B was the ultimate goal, PFR red & blue pearl blue?



One on top is probably my nicest one they both had those babies, a lot seem to be entirely red (PFR-ish), but too early to tell.

[h4n]

Originally Posted by diwu13

LOL. I thought you said that was too much trouble :P! Dang... I wanna set up another tank for those rilis :O

Haha i got to!
Im going to put some up for sale soon. Once i move the chocolates out of the breeder net.
Use your moss tank!!

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[MsNemoShrimp]

Originally Posted by h4n

Haha i got to!
Im going to put some up for sale soon. Once i move the chocolates out of the breeder net.
Use your moss tank!!

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Lets see some pictures of them now Han!

[h4n]

Originally Posted by NeoShrimp

Lets see some pictures of them now Han!

my tanks to much of a jungle to take pictures!
I'll take some when I start to cull them

[MsNemoShrimp]

Originally Posted by h4n

my tanks to much of a jungle to take pictures!
I'll take some when I start to cull them

Any updates yet Han. Have you found your top Blue rili grade yet?

[sayurasem]

Originally Posted by Soothing Shrimp

IMO The blues and red on that one are a nice color, but to me what makes a rili is the absence of color on the shell in the middle.

Well said, IMO I think this should be the definition of "rili". Solid colors on each end separated by clear part in the middle.

Originally Posted by cookymonster760

just wanted to shwo off my black rilis im breeding these and hope to have a perfect line by the end of 2012

So tomorrow is the last day of the year, show what you got guys! For some reason I'm really interested on the "A" grade of rili shrimps. Either true blue rili or carbon rili would be awesome. Lets see what 2013 will bring us!

I'm willing to pay $10 a pop for a blue or carbon rili by January.

Edit: someone selling 10x blue carbon rili (like blue velvet x black carbon) on Aquabid for $220 minimum bid

[Soothing Shrimp]

I'm was working on my own line very similar to carbons before carbons came out. LOL

I call them boxer shrimp (because they look bruised LOL), but still waiting for some juvies to grow large enough to breed. Here's a pic I took earlier this year of one while it was still a juvie:



It would be considered a rili of sorts, but obviously doesn't fall into that exact category.

[Soothing Shrimp]

I'd also be interested in knowing who is breeding for a dark blue midsection while retaining the red on head and tail. (photo B)

So far, it seems as if I'm one of the only ones who is trying to continue to breed for that look. I think it really could look beautiful!