I found a single, interesting looking shrimp in my local fish store ad took it home. I guess that’s a Tigerbee or some other hybrid. Update: berried from a Supertiger since june 24th dropped all eggs until june 30th
Posts Tagged ‘crossbreeding’
Tigerbee Shrimp
Posted: 19th June 2010 by Imke in Shrimp, TigerbeesTags: crossbreeding, hybrids, tigerbee
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This morning I worked on the shrimp crossbreeding chart and added the paracaridina group (Princess Bee, Blue Bee, Larry/Hongkong shrimp). You can download it in the right sidebar or here (PDF).
Blue Tiger Red Stripes (orange eye)
Posted: 19th March 2010 by Imke in Blue Tiger Shrimp, Red Tiger Shrimp, Shrimp, TigerTags: Blue Tiger Red Stripes orange eye, Blue Tiger Shrimp, crossbreeding, red tiger shrimp
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).
Shrimp Breeding vs. Simple Reproduction
Posted: 2nd February 2010 by Imke in ShrimpTags: breeding target, crossbreeding, international shrimp breeding, quality shrimps
When talking about shrimp keeping, most people talk about breeding shrimps too. But in fact, simple reproduction is not breeding. Breeding means to select offspring to meet criteria for better genes. This also means to reject a great number of shrimplets which don’t meet the breeding target. A serious breeder will not sell shrimps he [...]
