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Hello Everyone

I wanted to start this thread, so, members could share Photo's of there RCS.








They are not the best, I have ever seen. But, they are alot better than what I received in the Mail.
And 1 year later, they are coming along


This is one of my ODD BAllS
The only thing that is realy red is her Tail

I hope you will share Yours

John

I really need to take more photos of my mature females to show off the darkest red individuals.

This photo shows a nearly mature young female. She is not yet fully colored, but you can see the quality of dark red that some of my shrimp have.

YuccaPatrol

I like the markings. The marked RCS , to me are very interesting.

The solid red Shrimp , catch your eye faster, but I still like the Shrimp with the Markings.

Thank You
For Sharing

John

Here's one more since I found some photos I thought were lost. . .

Thanks for your nice comments on my first photo.\

I really like the look of your tanks. Lots of interesting rock shapes and stuff! Shrimp are, or course, very nice too!

This is an old pic. I'll get some fresh soon. Keep in mind this is on a white background and she is in a "drab" stage between eggs. I just like this pic. I've been breeding for "super reds" so things are a bit better.

Great pictures everybody! I espeacially like Yuccapatrol's second pic.

I agree, Newjohn, you have some very interesting rock shapes and formations. I may have to try some out myself.

Hopefully i'll be able to add some RCS pics soon


Hmmm. I just had a thought. Maybe we could have a "Shrimp of the month" Contest? Everybody who wanted to enter could email in their pics, and then maybe the event organizer would pick the top 5, and then there would be a poll to vote for them.

Sorry....I get too many ideas lol. If I get any positive replys to this I will start a new thread for it.

-John (AKA: The Puffer Ninja)

YuccaPatrol

In your second picture. Is the line running down the back RED ?

The rocks formation in my pictures, is make up of what they call
Lace Rock. I can also used in salt water to make live rock.

I was trying to get the most surface space. In the tank that I could.

John

badflash

The red on that Shrimp is extremly Red.
Even on white substrate.

How long have you been working on your "super reds" ?


Thank You
For Sharing

John

Some of my shrimp will have a tan colored line down the back, but some will have a blend of tan and dark red, making for a rusty red stripe. These are my very darkest mature females.

Part of me wonders how much benefit I'd get from selective breeding, as it seems that all of my largest, most mature females get "super" red when carrying eggs. Makes me wonder how much the variable expression of the red coloration is due to the shrimp's general fitness, maturity, and breeding cycle?

More photos of my RCS: http://www.aquabo.dk/index.php?id=1&pid=2

bochr

Those are very dark red.

What do the Males look like ?

How long have you been working on these ?
To get that red.


John

Hi John

My males are almost colorless or pale red.
Not all my females are as red as the ones above.
I started my RCS colony 10/3-2005 with this eggcarrying female:

I lost count on the number of generations I've reared so far.

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Update

I managed to get a photo of a young male.
This is the most red my males get.

YuccaPatrol wrote:Makes me wonder how much the variable expression of the red coloration is due to the shrimp's general fitness, maturity, and breeding cycle?

Even if you account for that there is still variation in color intensity among the various females. You can see differences between populations where selective breeding for super-red was undertaken and populations that were left alone. The selective-bred populations have a much higher number of the super-reds. At least that's the case in my setup. We'll see how it goes, though. The final confirmation of the super-red being a genetic trait will come if someone manages to breed a super-red strain that breeds 100% true.

Mustafa and everyone else

Do your Males have any color ?

Almost all of my clear males have been taken out of my tank.
And the remaining males all have red markings.



The light drowns out some of the red, The lines are Red.
I will try to get a better Picture, to show this.

Does anyone else, have males with color.

John

My males do have red coloration, but the most colorful ones are probably no more than 1/4 - 1/3 red. Again, it varies. ..