Bee shrimp in Houston!!

[eklikewhoa]

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i found a really intresting thread over at petshrimp.com about the bees and the crs.

inbreeding crs makes the strain weeker and the added bees actually strengthen the strain some.

[Clover]

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Most sites that post info that the bee and crs should not interbreed are talking in general about shrimp because most shrimp should not be allowed to interbreeding but bee and crystals are the same shrimp if you talk to anyone with SS or S grade crs they will have bee’s in the tank right there with them I can’t even think of a time that I have not seen bee shrimp with SS or S grade crs breeding stock

Well, if you're seriously considering breeding them, this is something to take into consideration.  I think you only really need to introduce a bee shrimp after a few generations though.  Having them together in a tank all the time would probably cause too much mixing and make the crystal reds much rarer since the red is caused by a recessive gene.

[mycoolhoney]

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most breeds only have a couple bees at most mixed with a bunch of crs

[mycoolhoney]

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"breeders" corection on my las post

[eklikewhoa]

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Stopped by fish ranchII yesterday to pick up a media bag and saw that they have those needlenose looking red shrimp. The look kinda cool but wierd at the same time.

[eklikewhoa]

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fish ranch has some super red cherry shrimp when i went today, just though i'd give the heads up.

[Clover]

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fish ranch has some super red cherry shrimp when i went today, just though i'd give the heads up.

Oh awesome!  I'll try to stop by ASAP!

[Mzungu]

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Yeah, okay, old thread.    But I'm wondering if anyone has seen any CRS around Houston lately? All I'm seeing on the net is crazy-expensive SSSS++++ grade. They're beautiful, but I'm just looking for something like B grade. Let me know if you've seen any. Thanks!

[eklikewhoa]

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There are some at Fish Gallery......I would say A grade was a min but there was lots of B and lower but for the price I don't know what to be expecting.....think it was like 3/$25.

They also have Orange Bees but I think those are just colored up with food or something.

[Mzungu]

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Great, thanks! I'll have to go check them out.

[Tiapan]

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yeah i think its just food, because tiger shrimp will change with food coloring as well. there is even a type of hammerhead shark that takes on a yellow color when its young because it feeds on a yellow shrimp. pretty cool i think.

[thomas]

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IS RCS easy to breed? I plan to start with them first b/c it is the cheapest among fancy shrimp

[eklikewhoa]

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The easiest I think...

but with all inverts the water quality needs to be good since they are more sensitive to it then fish.

[Brownsnoutuk]

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Fish Gallery had CRS for 3 for $20.

[wvgdiscus]

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Fish Gallery has become over price sence they got the new store.
At the old store they sold them 3 for $10.00