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Woohoo my motley crew of yellow culls with only one female have done the deed. I HAVE A BERRIED FEMALE :victorious::victorious: know over kill but I'm excited even if they are culls. I will find out if my theory of good genes being carried by culls is right or not. What a lovely sight a berried yellow is , quite different than the reds!!!!

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Ineke:victorious:

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WAHOO!!

Awesome work Ineke, I told you to wait a few days, impatient stubborn crazy shrimp lady, hehehehe :encouragement:

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Thank you Squiggle LOl I don't know why we take the compliments the shrimp did the work. I'm just happy to see a berried yellow maybe the bee pollen I gave them got them in the mood!!!! Doesn't seem to be an abundance of Yellows in SA rarely see them offered for sale. An opening there for me if I improve my stock????

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Ineke:cheerful:

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thank you CNgo!!!! All the fuss over a berried cull but i am well pleased!!!

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Ineke:triumphant:

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Don't sell yourself short Ineke, who was the one who fed them a good diet? Who was the one that got the water parameters right? Who was the one who played the sexy mood music? Lol. You had more of a hand in thins than you think :encouragement:

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Don't forget the mood setting lights and candles Squiggle, but thanks point taken thank you

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Ineke:couple_inlove:

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Who was the one who introduced the 2 undesirable culls and created a match made in heaven?

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The Crazy Shrimp Lady that's who!!!! LOL Now if I can just work the magic on the other motley crew of CRS rejects I will be over the moon!!!!!

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Ineke:D

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Don't sell yourself short Ineke' date=' who was the one who fed them a good diet? Who was the one that got the water parameters right? Who was the one who played the sexy mood music? Lol. You had more of a hand in thins than you think :encouragement:

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Lol, this reminds me of my Mini Schnauser and Mastif, Great Dane X.

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Great picture isn't it. Chihuahuas have little dog syndrome they aren't afraid of any other dog!!!!:encouragement:

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I know what you mean ninja, it reminds me of my Chihuahua x Maltese & my Bull Arab, too funny :encouragement:

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Oh Squiggle you make my day everyday with your pictures!!!:smiley_simmons: I really love the animal ones:o

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I'm just glad everyone gets a giggle out of them, makes me smile too :encouragement:

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Well they put a smile on my face and I always look forward to your posts to cheer me up!!! Well done , keep them coming:congratulatory:

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Oh Boy Not only have I got a berried female but one of the BOYS has got a BIG saddle how the heck did I get it so wrong:confused:

but hay I'm not complaining- it has to be the Bee pollen !!!!

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Ineke:bee::bee:

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Yes it's a yellow girl but here's the thing today is the first day all five yellows have come out to play at the same time. I think I have been seeing the same 2 or 3 all the time because there is another quite big one that looks like a girl but she doesn't have a saddle yet. I know I have 1 definite boy as he has done the deed and at the moment is doing the dance!!! I have 1 berried girl, 1 saddled girl ,1 that I'm pretty sure is a girl and 1 smaller one that is open to debate. I think I got so caught up in looking for saddles that I didn't really LOOK at the shrimp! I don't have a clue why they would all suddenly stop hiding and come out to play? At least I've learnt one thing today and that is to observe the shrimp properly and not just look for saddles:stupid:

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Ineke:redface-new:

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Well done ineke' date=' you will be a pro soon.

Squig not my type of ass

Bob[/quote']

But got to say it's a very cute ass!!!! Thanks Bob I'm learning by my mistakes. It does however amaze me how much you are all teaching me about shrimp and for that I do thank everyone:applause::applause: I just love this hobby and LUV this forum

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Ineke:encouragement:

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Thanks BB I am still waiting for my macro lens the phone photos are just not clear enough. When I get the lens I can hear you saying OK Ineke that's enough!!! I will give it a go but it's an iphone3 and picture quality not great.

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Ineke:encouragement:

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Thanks Mick only thing is how could I have been so wrong???????? I was probably getting too big for my boots thinking I was getting good now I've been thrown back to a noob and have remember I don't really know that much after all LOL. Great learning curve just because there isn't a saddle doesn't make it a boy. I'm good with my Reds don't know how I missed it with the Yellows.!! But must say it's made my day !!!! Week even!!!

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Ineke:cheerful:

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