Archive for the ‘Red Tiger Shrimp’ Category

At the moment, some folks are on a China trip, having a closer look to shrimp habitats of Tiger, Bee and New Bee shrimps. Check out http://www.crustahunter.de for pictures of amazing shrimps, text is in German only, I am sorry.

It was in summer 2008 when I did some crossbreeding of Red Tiger and Blue Tiger orange eye (OE). I presented the breeding project in German garnelenforum.de. Similar shrimps I have had in F2 have made it to the shops finally. Check out images at wirbellosenandmore (scroll down).

Red Tiger Shrimp: Origin and Breeding

Posted: 19th November 2009 by Imke in Red Tiger Shrimp, Shrimp
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Red Tiger Shrimps come from different strains: They wildcaught form from southern China is a local color variation of normal Tiger Shrimps. These shrimps are not so easy to get and sometimes have the body shimmering bluish. Another strain has been bred by Gerd Voss in Germany. Gerd crossbred Red Tiger with Chrystal Red shrimps. [...]