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Hello everyone...
I wanted to do a follow up thread on the information I talke about in usgetata's thread
"Is it a golden bee?"
In that thread I talked about the use of golden bee to better characteristics of certain other shrimp. In this thread specifically I am referring to the use of skeleton's (golden bee) to increase the blue coverage on Blue Bolts. Apparently from the information I have gathered from friends in the know, the gene for white and blue somehow "ride on the same location" ie. if the golden bee has a solid white it will prevent the blue from showing since both colors use the same location to appear. This why you often see BB's with intense blue n their heads and not on the body. So, when you use a skeleton, a few of the offspring that lean towards the skeleton side of the genetics BUT have Taiwan bee genes will show MUCH more blue. This often takes a few generations to work out and stabilize, but occasionally it all comes together. The picture below are of a mother, the skeleton and her adult daughter...a gorgeous blue bolt who's color I enriched using the technique described above. Now, please understand that unless you get very lucky you are only going to get an occasional top notched BB, but it is sure nice when you do. Good luck!
I wanted to do a follow up thread on the information I talke about in usgetata's thread
"Is it a golden bee?"
In that thread I talked about the use of golden bee to better characteristics of certain other shrimp. In this thread specifically I am referring to the use of skeleton's (golden bee) to increase the blue coverage on Blue Bolts. Apparently from the information I have gathered from friends in the know, the gene for white and blue somehow "ride on the same location" ie. if the golden bee has a solid white it will prevent the blue from showing since both colors use the same location to appear. This why you often see BB's with intense blue n their heads and not on the body. So, when you use a skeleton, a few of the offspring that lean towards the skeleton side of the genetics BUT have Taiwan bee genes will show MUCH more blue. This often takes a few generations to work out and stabilize, but occasionally it all comes together. The picture below are of a mother, the skeleton and her adult daughter...a gorgeous blue bolt who's color I enriched using the technique described above. Now, please understand that unless you get very lucky you are only going to get an occasional top notched BB, but it is sure nice when you do. Good luck!
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