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There's a strain of Tibee, originating from OEBT x Mishling, that's enormous. ATM, at 7-8 month's, its just past 30mm...

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It's pattern has potential, and I've been trying to X it back to a BB, but suspect it/they maybe sterile ? Any other members experiencing this ?

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So why do these TiBee grow so big when Tigers Mischlings aren't? Very nice btw!

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That's an interesting pattern BB. I like my shrimp small though - you could eat that one. No experience with Tibet yet so no further comment.

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So why do these TiBee grow so big when Tigers Mischlings aren't? Very nice btw!

Not sure, just a strain I presume...other Tiger breeder have this strain as well. Interestingly, it's leg pattern is striped, which I really like....., so keen to keen some F1's with my BB, then KK, then WR.....

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Sounds like an intriguing experiment BB, I'm very keen to see what come out of that tank :victorious: Very nice colour pattern on the one in the pic, well done dude :encouragement:

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Some sterile invertebrates grow massive due to less energy spent on reproductive maintenance. I know it happens in oysters, but I'm not so sure about shrimp

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Some sterile invertebrates grow massive due to less energy spent on reproductive maintenance. I know it happens in oysters' date=' but I'm not so sure about shrimp[/quote']

Thanks for that info....great to have a possible reason/theory to any abnormalities ! Will definitely monitor it's development, as I'm desperate and trying in vain to get some of it's characteristics...

Striped legs...much more pronounced/banded on sight.....lost it's intensity with the iphone !

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That's one cool looking shrimp! I love its stripy legs :encouragement:

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Some organisms can grow larger and be sterile also because the number of chromosomes in the organisms cells is greater than it would normally have.

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Like a tetraploid daylily?

Exactly like that, usually organisms are diploid.

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Yes, but one can breed a Tetraploid Lilly with another Tetraploid Lilly, just not the Diploid one. I have males and female giants and they haven't bred yet, Some look like they have half a saddle?

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Very cool pic BB, love the stripey legs, such a nice desirable feature :victorious:

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Not sure' date=' just a strain I presume...other Tiger breeder have this strain as well. Interestingly, it's leg pattern is striped, which I really like....., so keen to keen some F1's with my BB, then KK, then WR.....[/quote']

A Giant TB, that would be soooo awesome!

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If you could get these to breed could they be used to create a line of shrimp that produced a larger number of offspring

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If you could get these to breed could they be used to create a line of shrimp that produced a larger number of offspring

Have them in both my BB & Tibee tanks for months, BUT no berries yet :crushed: .... thinkin they are sterile.

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Shame about that ....could have had so much potential.

Can I surgest cloning maby

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JPN07...can you PLEASE post pic of your berried GIGANTIC Tibee ?

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OMG...finally. After posting the above thread, whilst feeding my tanks, I found this ! x with BB

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That is awesome bb. A new line of 10cm shrimp would be cool, but then we'd need bigger tanks to house them lol.

Cheers mick

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That is exciting news BB .... I am sure you will keep us posted!

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JPN07...can you PLEASE post pic of your berried GIGANTIC Tibee ?
Here you go BB. My was tibee x tibee from ninja. 20130706_0712040-1.jpg
OMG...finally. After posting the above thread' date=' whilst feeding my tanks, I found this ! x with BBnull-4-9.jpgnull-6-13.jpg
Awesome BB. Congrats :encouragement: Babies are gonna be very interesting.
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Congrats BB! Really interested to see what comes out of this! :encouragement:

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Congrats BB! Really interested to see what comes out of this! :encouragement:

Thanks. Super excited, hopefully the shrimplets will be as exciting.

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