Blue Tiger Shrimp

wskurdahl · Post by **wskurdahl** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:43 pm

Got got these last week and figured I would share some photos

pixl8r · Post by **pixl8r** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:09 pm

Beautiful!

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:29 pm

Any word if they breed true, or if they are dyed like the Neocaridina sp. "blue"?

wskurdahl · Post by **wskurdahl** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:31 am

They breed true....sorta. The orange eyes breed completely true and the blue is about 50%, with the other ones looking like normal tiger shrimp.

This is according to the guy I purchased them from in Germany.

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:43 am

I have also heard from several breeders of the Blue Tigers.

The Orange eyes Breed true and there are about 4 different offspring variations.

Normal Tigers with Orange Eyes.
Vey Light Blue
Medium Blue
And a small % that are a Dark Blue.

It sounds like they need more selective breeding.

I will be able to give a better update after I receive mine.

John

wskurdahl · Post by **wskurdahl** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:15 am

I am not a big fan of the dark blue ones because they look almost black. The lighter blue ones are the ones in the pics....you can actually see the stripes and the blue.

shrimpbaby · Post by **shrimpbaby** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:23 pm

Gorgeous.

thief · Post by **thief** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:23 pm

Wow what species are these guys? They look very cool.

Post by **Mustafa** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:44 am

wskurdahl wrote:I am not a big fan of the dark blue ones because they look almost black. The lighter blue ones are the ones in the pics....you can actually see the stripes and the blue.

I absolutely LOVE the dark ones....this just shows how tastes can be different. How have your shrimp been doing so far?

wskurdahl · Post by **wskurdahl** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:08 am

They are doing ok. I lost some of them but the other ones are eating. A few of them have kind of lost most their blue color and look red now (which I know is generally a sign of stress). I am not sure what else to do with them other then give them time and hope they make it.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:30 am

I am not sure what else to do with them other then give them time and hope they make it.

That's too bad about the losses. I hope the rest stay heathy, please keep us updated.

wskurdahl · Post by **wskurdahl** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:15 pm

I just saw a berried one yesterday so hopefully I should have some babies soon. I couldn't get a good look at her because she was hiding on the underside of a piece of wood out of the light. I will try and get a picture when she comes out and I get my camera back from my parents.

dixienut · Post by **dixienut** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:29 pm

beautiful, are they also dwarf size?

zapisto · Post by **zapisto** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:15 pm

dixienut wrote:beautiful, are they also dwarf size?

yup

xy222 · Post by **xy222** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:16 pm

wskurdahl wrote:I just saw a berried one yesterday so hopefully I should have some babies soon.

Great, hope that you will get some offsprings soon.