Decided to order more PRL shrimp. Then saw that there were some really awesome looking shrimp that wanted to come along for the ride to my house! Have been thinking about these shrimps for years.
2 Extreme Blue Bolts
2 Shadow Pandas
2 Wine Red aka Red King Kong
Additional information in case you didn't know, it is somewhat confusing and there are so many types of shrimp and new colors and names of the colors of shrimp.
Taiwan Bees come from wild Bee Shrimp found in Taiwan, the Bee Shrimp, Caridina Cantonensis.
Other shrimp varieties for Crystal shrimp both red and black variants come from these shrimp mixed with other shrimp.
The Pure Red line shrimp are originated from color morphs of the original shrimp, and not mixed / crossed with the Golden Bee shrimp (used to add white to the shrimp) and line bred to continue the line traits by selecting the best parents with the color you want to breed for.
These Taiwan bee shrimp are combinations of shrimp bred back and forth to get the desired colors.
You can look up
Caridina cantonensis family tree
it is a chart, best detailed version I have seen so far.
Also these can go into the same tank and not worry about cross breeding. Weird huh?
Due to the genetics the babies of the parents will look like themselves.
You can't do that with other Caridina shrimp in general, Tigers and Bees will cross breed.
2 Extreme Blue Bolts
2 Shadow Pandas
2 Wine Red aka Red King Kong
Additional information in case you didn't know, it is somewhat confusing and there are so many types of shrimp and new colors and names of the colors of shrimp.
Taiwan Bees come from wild Bee Shrimp found in Taiwan, the Bee Shrimp, Caridina Cantonensis.
Other shrimp varieties for Crystal shrimp both red and black variants come from these shrimp mixed with other shrimp.
The Pure Red line shrimp are originated from color morphs of the original shrimp, and not mixed / crossed with the Golden Bee shrimp (used to add white to the shrimp) and line bred to continue the line traits by selecting the best parents with the color you want to breed for.
These Taiwan bee shrimp are combinations of shrimp bred back and forth to get the desired colors.
You can look up
Caridina cantonensis family tree
it is a chart, best detailed version I have seen so far.
Also these can go into the same tank and not worry about cross breeding. Weird huh?
Due to the genetics the babies of the parents will look like themselves.
You can't do that with other Caridina shrimp in general, Tigers and Bees will cross breed.
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