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The reasons I want C Grade Crystals


sajica

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I'll accept that C Grades are the unwanted result/ product of breeding programs. I have no issue with that. I can also accept that they're getting harder to find due to more people keeping, breeding and selecting for higher grades.

So why do I want C Grades? I'm interested in playing with them and their progeny. I want to see if the red in low grade B's and A's can be improved by breeding them back to red shrimp. I know it sounds stupid and some of you would already have ideas and may know what will happen, but it's a little project I want to play with.

There's also another project I'd like to attempt.

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That's my current background on my computer and it taunts me everytime I sit at my computer ;)

So who wants to help me accomplish this? :p

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Ahhh, I see the motivation, the selective breeding program would be challenging. We already do have the Red Ruby ...:p

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This is as far as my reds go. i suspect the bright solid red c grades are line bred jap prl.

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