Having a hard time deciding.
My tap water is pretty much ideal for these kinds of shrimp. So for a long time now, a couple years I have been trying to pick the right time to get them, things always seem to come up!
A few years ago my fun would have been in breeding. But now it would be more so in a display tank for appreciation of them.
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The options:
CRS Really nice SS+ nice bands - good looking shrimp 50% more shrimp for the $$
CRS SSS+ good white color almost no red other than the band across the carapace and a smidge on the 6th segment 1/3rd more shrimp for the $$ than the PRL
pretty solid color - good PRL looking like a S+/SS+?
The PRL have a special place as the line with no Golden Bee shrimp so it was harder to make the line true.
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For a little more cost - the nicer line of shrimp CRS but not the highest color grade.
Have to cull for furthering the line for solid color and grade.
Honestly right now I am not interested in culling the line to breed up the quality (lack of time). Which is why I was wondering about just getting the higher quality CRS SSS and enjoy looking at them, and if they breed well for me they mostly should come out looking like champs (parents).
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Originally wanted solid white color shell (red bands were fine) PRL, but am leaning towards the nicer grade CRS atm.
Basically I want to spend $100 on the project and I have everything I need but the stock (unless I add to the deal and get new substrate).
Any thoughts or comments about these options?
As shrimp keepers (those who are) know that it is very hard to take a lower quality and breed up for higher grades - it takes a long time, so the money you save at the beginning is kinda lost because of the amount of time it will take, and your culls are often not valuable enough to make back money to even pay for foods!
My tap water is pretty much ideal for these kinds of shrimp. So for a long time now, a couple years I have been trying to pick the right time to get them, things always seem to come up!
A few years ago my fun would have been in breeding. But now it would be more so in a display tank for appreciation of them.
??????????????????????????
The options:
CRS Really nice SS+ nice bands - good looking shrimp 50% more shrimp for the $$
CRS SSS+ good white color almost no red other than the band across the carapace and a smidge on the 6th segment 1/3rd more shrimp for the $$ than the PRL
pretty solid color - good PRL looking like a S+/SS+?
The PRL have a special place as the line with no Golden Bee shrimp so it was harder to make the line true.
~~~~~~~~~
For a little more cost - the nicer line of shrimp CRS but not the highest color grade.
Have to cull for furthering the line for solid color and grade.
Honestly right now I am not interested in culling the line to breed up the quality (lack of time). Which is why I was wondering about just getting the higher quality CRS SSS and enjoy looking at them, and if they breed well for me they mostly should come out looking like champs (parents).
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Originally wanted solid white color shell (red bands were fine) PRL, but am leaning towards the nicer grade CRS atm.
Basically I want to spend $100 on the project and I have everything I need but the stock (unless I add to the deal and get new substrate).
Any thoughts or comments about these options?
As shrimp keepers (those who are) know that it is very hard to take a lower quality and breed up for higher grades - it takes a long time, so the money you save at the beginning is kinda lost because of the amount of time it will take, and your culls are often not valuable enough to make back money to even pay for foods!
No time for trying to find little shrimp in the corners of the tank that don't meet the high standards of the line.
