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Another New cherry variant created :)


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most of you have all seen the green tiger cherry line i have been working on in another thread and this is sort of linked to that but

different :)

I was cleaning out some of the old GTC tanks that i had selected the best from already and had left all the cull and others in,

and i noticed a few weird and wonderful colors as usual (but there is never 2 to line breed from)

but then i noticed something very cool that i had over looked for the last 2 months :stupid:

and upon closer inspection i realized i had a perfect pair of a new color variation to begin work with :triumphant:

Now this is the first time i have ever seen this color pop up in any of my programs and whats even more surprising is there are a perfect

pair (male & female) to start with...

so happy days ahead for me :)

my good camera has a flat battery so sorry for the poor Iphone pic but its the best i could do tonight.

will try to get more shots soon.

this pic does nothing for the true color they show! but gives you an idea.

They are the weirdest aqua blue/green color i have ever seen in a shrimp. (so far )

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thoughts???

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That's great Dean, and a pair ! The shrimp gods must be on your side ! Be great to see some macro pics, and/or side profiles etc... 1st dips on the shrimplets !

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wow that's a super cool variation Boss... but with your tank space i'm sure it's not that much of an anomaly ;)

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yep as soon as the camera is charged up ill get some better pics. :)

i say the odds of them being easier to line breed because there are 2 is pretty good. i think if there was shrimp gods they are watching :)

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That's great Dean' date=' and a pair ! The shrimp gods must be on your side ! Be great to see some macro pics, and/or side profiles etc... 1st dips on the shrimplets ![/quote']

Is there any shrimp you don't have first dips in BB?

@Dean, mate you so lucky! As always excellent shrimp!

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lol there is always plenty of weird colors mate :) but i think this is the new favorite :)

wow that's a super cool variation Boss... but with your tank space i'm sure it's not that much of an anomaly ;)
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It looks like it has an aqua blue color in the photo. Is that correct?

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yes aqua blue with a tinge of lime green through it.

Sounds like a new cocktail drink. Lol

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Well done dean

absolutely beautiful :)

you have my postal details

so just send em when ever your ready mate

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you have my postal details' date=' so just send em when ever your ready mate [/quote']

Settle Garry, I've got 1st dips remember. LOL

Boss's "Turquoise Cherry"

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They look awesome dean, can't wait to see if they breed true, well done mate :victorious:

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Whoa turquoise cherry! My favourite colour!! Can't wait for macro pics!!

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Very nice and looks like exciting times ahead.

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They look beautiful! Love the colour on them, they look like the colour of the water you see around tropical islands.

I'm really hoping you can get them to breed true.

Please put me on the list in front of BB and 2OFUS ;)

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That is very different. Exciting times.

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Gorgeous colour well done Dean if anyone can get a new line out of them you can. Look forward to seeing how they go. can't believe the luck of having a pair half the work is done already. Shame you don't know the parents:encouragement:

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As "Aqua"thumb I believie I should have firest dibs on these when you sell. LOL!

But jokes aside. Dean you truly are an asset to the Australian shrimp keepers Hobby. Fantastic work. cant wait to see these on the open market!

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Whoa turquoise cherry! My favourite colour!! Can't wait for macro pics!!

NO! It's MY favourite colour!

Dean is breeding them for US!

They are MINE! MY Preciousssssss!

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Wow!!! I didn't think this new color would get people so excited lol.

I need to first cross the 2 I found and see if I can even get them to bread a small % true before

We all get to excited.

Cherries are hard work to get breeding true and it only takes 1 bad cross to ruin the line or put you back many months

In a breeding program :)

I'll keep you all posted with the progressand hears hoping they do well for us all ;)

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