[mayphly]

So I busted out my camera to take some pics of my golden bee tank and saw this female with some blue around the face. I have both low grade and med-high grade bluebolts. Would it be worth trying to selectively breed her with a male bb? I have little experience in selective breeding. Thanks

 

[wicca27]

its worth a shot. some have said goldens can have a blue tint. it would be making mischlings but that could be a good thing in the long run. post a pic if you can

 

[mayphly]

Here's a pic of her.

 

[wicca27]

i say go for it

 

[Tanman19az]

Nice! I see the blue


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[colorfan]

pretty

 

[H2Ogal]

She is really pretty!

 

[wicca27]

i see a fair bit of blue tint to it for it being a golden. even in the tail

 

[mjhanna21]

I would have guessed it was a low grade bb if you hadnt told me different

 

[mayphly]

I guess you can call it a blue snow white. I've read that some goldens/snow whites can show blue color. The more I look at close up photos of my blue bolts they look more like the goldens/snow whites and less like the TB's. When she was carrying her eggs she was more a reddish color. I wonder if because she was carrying eggs it triggered something to bring the blue out. She wasn't blue before. Maybe someone with more experience can chime in since I'm just guessing.

 

[sbarbee54]

My mischling snow whites have that and then the side of the head gets a light blue tint like that

 

[mayphly]

I purchased these shrimp on AB. They were advertised as White Bee Shrimps. They came from a tank mixed with crs and cbs. I guess I got a little more than I bargained for. Lol!


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[mayphly]

I think I goofed! At first I thought this was the same female shrimp that recently gave birth. Although they both have the same "swoop" like marking on the left cheek it is clear by the side by side pic that they are different shrimps. The one with the blue tint looks more like a male too. :biggrin:

 

[wicca27]

that it is. a male for sure. keep an eye on it and see if any females come out with the blue tint and start selective breeding?

 

[Master503]

Nice male tint. I wonder the water for these mischling are same as the one we run gor crs/cbs parameters?

 

[Soothing Shrimp]

Makes you wonder if anyone has been breeding for pseudo BB's overseas, by using blue snow whites.

 

[mayphly]

Nice male tint. I wonder the water for these mischling are same as the one we run gor crs/cbs parameters?

I keep the same parameters for my goldens,crs and mischlings.

 

[mayphly]

that it is. a male for sure. keep an eye on it and see if any females come out with the blue tint and start selective breeding?

There are a few babies in the tank right now. I had an issue with the tds creeping up rather quickly in the tank which I think caused a low survial rate for the babies. I think I got that problem nixed.

 

[mayphly]

My mischling snow whites have that and then the side of the head gets a light blue tint like that

Have you tried crossing one of your mischling. Snow whites with your TB's?


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[sbarbee54]

I have had very little luck crossing mischling x mischlng. Where I have had people I sell them to tell me there first batch they got 5 tb