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OK I first want to state that I am no photographer and do not own a fancy camera so there will be no macro shots only crappy phone photos but I wanted to share some pics with you guys anyways, from some of my tanks.

First up are my Orange Shrimp, I want to get your thoughts on these two variants, I have the sunkists (juvies) and a sakura dark orange girl (only one) I have put her in with the sunkists, to try and darken the sunkists orange color more. I don't know if it is the lights but I can't get their true colors on camera, I can assure you she is not a red cherry and those are sunkists not yellows.

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Crappy pic of my yellows and a snow white

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Yellows and CRS

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Yellows, Golden and Snow White Rilli

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Some juvie goldens in a breeder

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My chocolates (5 berried gals, 4 dark brown/blacks, 1 light brown), will selective breed soon, they are from 3 different breeders

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Mischlings

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C Grade CRS (berried) and Red Cherries

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Have a lot of little ones (shrimplets) but so hard to focus in and see them properly!

Will be adding more to the collection as soon as get the funds, really want some TB's, especially BBs!

Thanks for looking!

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Waiting on some shrimp from a member and also a few tanks! Will take new photo's (will borrow my brothers SLR) when they have settled in!

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I didn't have any Red C grade male so had to cross her with a Black C grade male...will let you know as progresses.

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Hi guys some new pics,

Another C grade berried mama (fresh today)

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CRS

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Some shrimp should be arriving from a member tomorrow so will update when they settle.

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cool shrimps mate,

i really like the white on the underside of the first C grade CRS, looks like teeth lol :)

Your pics are pretty good for a phone, i know some people even use their phone with a magnifying glass to :)

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You have got heaps of shrimp Mr Chi. Nice job. I like the black cherries.

No where near the shrimp you have though...Did you notice some of them?

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Update on some shrimp that arrived in the post today. Thank you BB! (unbelievable packing, even though it took 2 days to get here, all were swimming about, don't know what I was losing sleep over?)

Golden

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Red Rilli's

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Crappy tank shot

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Mischlings

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Ok guys just want to share with you my new pride and joy, sorry about the lighting as I didn't want to spook him on his first day in tank. Also have a berried mischling which I just noticed today!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IfYusQCJPE

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Nice work mate' date=' did the berried Mishling breed with the BB?[/quote']

I don't think so as he was just put in the tank no matter how much a Casanova he couldn't be that fast.

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