How to Selectively Breed Shrimp - Improve the color & quality of your shrimp colony!

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[donutmcdon]

I work in an aquarium store, thank you for the work and heart you put into your materials. I will use the acquired knowledge to improve the life of shrimps in Poland 🦐♥

[PengunElteMater]

I didn't even thinking about selectively breeding where you take the lower color back into the old tank. Pretty smart.

[rainerivera]

Right now i mixed an orange shrimp with some yellow neons and for now its beautiful because they cane out orange with a yellow stripe

[anthonyyambo]

I’ve got an amazing cull tank! Didn’t like the idea of a skittles tank but wow I’m loving it

[ersSupport]

Keep going buddy, your videos are straight forward and you are always smiling, love that! Wish you all the best

[BornAgainFarmGirl]

Thank you Richard, once again your wisdom has served me well 😊.

[chancecrump]

Started with bettas. Now im getting more and more into breeding shrimp.
I started my cherrys with about 6-9 cant really remember, they've since split into high Sakura cherry, low sakura, wild/rili cherry, a few carbons surprisingly, orange sunkist, and low low grade orange/wild.
Needless to say, ive had to buy a lot of back up tanks to start each line and then for back ups on each line. But lord is this hobby addictive.

[rayalvarez]

Awesome vid though notibell on. Also I am a ramshorn fan. Cheers

[mr.octopus]

Man I love that channel, straight to the point, no bs.
Is it true that if I breed 2 shrimps with different characteristics (lets say a red and a blue for the sake of the example) the offsprings are going to be grey ?

[RWAquariumPages]

Great video on selectively breeding shrimp. I was just making a video on this topic, took a break and this video showed up on my feed. I love it

[frankkorver]

Just started with the hobby and learned so much already from your channel, I just did some selection in my cherry shrimp colony. Question: when do you determine with young shrimps if they have the full color this of course before they are ready for reproduction. Can you get a well colored shrimp from a mix high grade and low grade.

[judaspriestchild]

My favorite way of culling is with with fried rice and stir fry 🦐🍤 😋

[MypetGoldy]

I'm planning on buying some Red Cherry shrimp but waiting for Java Moss to grow nice and lush 🥲

[robb]

Great information again. I have some very nice deep red shrimp. I have been sorting them according to colour. In new colonies, the young shrimp are often a wide range of colour, from pale to medium red. The young never have the deep red of the parents. As the young grow, they gradually increase in colour until some become the deep red of their parents. Is this the way it works, that they improve their colour as they age?

[theseaworldd]

Very informative. Sir make a video on what we feed them or color enhancing

[thesillyfrench]

If not doing any selection, does that mean that at a certain generation all shrimps are uncolored? Sorry if the question sounds bit naive, I really wonder since I am thinking to have a shrimps tank but not interested to grow graded shrimps.

[ShrimpleStuff]

Looking forward to doing this next weekend with 8 of my shrimp tanks 🙃


Wish me luck...


I must have over 1000 culls now in a tank of their own and honestly it is the most interesting tank!

So many odd genetics, it's like having a guilt free skittles tank that can mix genetics all they like! 🎨🖌


Probably a silly question but where could I aquire some of your shrimp?


I am looking to add some fresh genetics to my tanks and I would be honoured to buy some!

[cadencetheronin]

Can I use this method to breed hardier shrimp instead of coloring? Like separate the bigger ones and the wild type to breed strong wild type

[garthantash]

I am trying to line breed my own red rili and blue jelly from red shrimp and keep picking out a few males from my other colonies to put in the breeding tanks to go with some great females. A couple days later I will spot a better male and swap them over. You are the chosen one! Father to a new chosen line! <a few days later> No you are not! I found another fella with a bit less red! He is the new chosen one...unless I find a better one!
And the cycle continues. :P

[djdj]

Loving these vids, thanks Richard. Got my first dozen shrimp 2 weeks back, they're in with some juvenile guppies atm whilst i have a breeding tank cycling, hoping to move them across next week. Can you confirm what temperature and GH & KH levels are optimal please? TIA