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Thought I'd start a new post for my selective breeding technique, I use for black cherries. Due to the issues of blacks potentially turning blue, brown ...with different WP, stress etc, PLUS with all tanks are designed for TB/Tiger, I deliberately placed my initial colony of black cherries with my GB/SW tank with PH at 5.4'ish, & GH at 4-5.... Over the past 12 months, I've culled 90+% of my stock, and only have 7-8 black cherries that I've selectively bred, to ensure I achieve the best quality of blacks I can...

Still lots of selective breeding required, and culling, but the results are starting to come through....

Berried Mamma

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Male Black Cherry

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Very very nice BB they are awesome. That depth of black is so well black! Where do the blacks come from- is it the chocolates?

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Wow dude, they are seriously dark & solid, great work dude! :encouragement: What are the rest of the WPs or is that a closely guarded secret? :confused:

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Very very nice BB they are awesome. That depth of black is so well black! Where do the blacks come from- is it the chocolates?
Yep' date=' originally from Choc cherries
Wow dude, they are seriously dark & solid, great work dude! :encouragement: What are the rest of the WPs or is that a closely guarded secret? :confused:
No secretes with me.... All my tanks are between 5-6.8.... TB's lower PH & Tigers higher PH, although depending in the selective program they're in, the reverse can happen. I do have a tank that has a PH of 7.4, that I have as a display, housing my cherries.
I would have thought you would have some with solid black legs BB.
You're a harsh critic. LOL, my females have black legs.... Will need to check my other males to see where they're at...
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Do you notice if the females get darker just before they are due to drop the shrimplets? My chocolate berried female was a very dark black/blue today rather than just a dark chocolate she is from Deans chocolate with blue and black genes. I tried to take a picture but the camera just couldn't pick it.

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Do you notice if the females get darker just before they are due to drop the shrimplets? My chocolate berried female was a very dark black/blue today rather than just a dark chocolate she is from Deans chocolate with blue and black genes. I tried to take a picture but the camera just couldn't pick it.
Yeah' date=' their intensity does increase.
What do you keep your TDS/EC at?
TDS @ 150-160
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Thanks BB, another interesting & informative read, good to know that you can still get the colour intensity from a lower ph, albeit from a very selective program, still it is possible :victorious:

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Hello BB

What do you do with the culls???

Don't mind helping you out by freeing some tank space for you :)

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Hello BB What do you do with the culls??? Don't mind helping you out by freeing some tank space for you :)
ATM' date=' they go back to the choc/blue/black cull tank.
Nice BB, I can see that I need to hurry up with some shrimp tank Bob
when it comes to shrimps, yes, urgency rules !
Nice one. Maybe I need to get a lower PH tank up and running.
the theory is there, unsure of the logic ?
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Just an update .....

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Will move the colony to a higher PH over the next few weeks, and take to program up a notch !

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Damn, its so glossy...nice work mate. It actually looks more darker than a king kong.

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That's one gorgeous shrimp BB I thought I had a few gems hidden away but my best isn't close to that one. Well done!

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Very Nice Blacks BB ............... you've reminded me to post some of my own progress pics as well .soon ;)

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Thanks. Problem with selective breeding is that it's a slow progress to gain a colony :-) but quality over quality every time.

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