[bandaiban]

This is my personal experience with these shrimps. I am really disappointed with what i got, and it seems like a lot of people is on the same boat. So just a heads up if anyone of you is about to spend your money on them. I think you should wait it out for a couple more months for breeders to have them breed more true. Out of 40 young baby shrimps, only 5 of them is good to keep to breed. The rest will be culls. I notice nobody is selling them as juvies or young adults, they're being sold as adults. So think twice before you invest in them.

Why can't they all look like this?

 

[bandaiban]

My Bloodies are producing 40% and will work on increasing percentage over the next 12 months.

You got some pictures?

 

[bandaiban]

Just a quick follow up on how these guys are doing. From my personal opinion, i think the bloody mary shrimps take a lot longer to color up. They're not all nice red until they're more mature, some of the babies you can tell are really red at a young age. So i did some major culling today and i still end up with a really good amount of bloody marys. I started with only 10 and now i have at least 50 that i would considered bloody mary grades. I also notice one of the males that i culled, ended up being extremely red after a molt.

The Culls

 

[bandaiban]

Not to be a stick in the mud, but if you did a lot of reading on the bloody marry line you would know that they breed about 50% true in color intensity and then even less for the short rostrum (on there best days). I would wait at least another year before buying them myself. Your 4th photo in post #23 looks to be the only one close to a BM grade. They are supost to be darker than painted fire reds.

Yea, I was late on the news of them not breeding true. I didn't read about it till a few people on here having the same problem. I am probably just gonna keep selective breeding them to get them redder.

 

[bandaiban]

Bandaiban do you have a huge crayfish in your Bloody Mary tank? I saw a massive claw haha


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Lol. It's a huge ghost clarkii crayfish, its probably 7 inches long. Doesn't bother the shrimps at all though.

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Bump:

Bump: Another update on these guys. With super culling, i am actually getting really nice shrimps. I am hoping that, i have to cull less later on. They're breeding extremely fast compared to my other neo shrimps.

Bump: I just realize how thick the shell has gotten compared to pictures from the first page.

 

[bandaiban]

Give them time to color in.
What are you feeding them?

I have red neo in a number of shades.
Pale cherry, standard cherry, sakura and fires.

1-2 months they should be more solid I think.

I am not feeding them anything special, just algae waffles. I am really against using color enhancement food.

 

[bandaiban]

Would you consider them worth it now?

To be honest with you, it's still not worth it. I am still doing extreme culling. Notice no one sells baby bloody Mary's. They don't turn that red until a little older. I also notice some males are super red, but once they molt they turn clear. They do turn back to deep red later. So I think they still need a lot more culling to get where it needs to be. I have kept a lot of different colors of neo and I gotta admit, these needs some serious culling. I think if I just stop culling the color would turn back to regular cherries eventually.