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Thought id post a few pics of my crs colony..

im pretty happy with them, and the way that there colours are coming through, i have not added any goldens ever to this colony although somebody must have before i ever had them because they do through out at last count 8 goldens/snow white from about 100 crs

There colours are fairly solid only due to my selective breeding and some add ins from others colonies, actually ive only bought a few shrimp from JPN07 and Bluebolts to inject more genes and colours

Anyways enough crapping on..:D

Pics of colony

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Single shots of some of my favs..

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Soooooo what do you guys think.. ?

Pics where taken on my phone camera so its as good as it gets until i buy a proper camera ..lol

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Well, you did alright on the pictures front and the shrimp look great. How long have you had these guys breeding for?

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Thanx guys .. ive been breeding these for 2-3 years..

dont know what F generation im upto..

Initially i didnt have any luck keeping them alive for the first 6months..lol..

And my original ahrimp came from a good friend in perth "shrimpdreams"

But i didnt start selective breeding them till just over a year ago...!

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Very nice...there's some there that's gorgeous.....can I have them back ? LOL Keep up the great work !

Can I have them back bwahaha

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Very nice...there's some there that's gorgeous.....can I have them back ? LOL Keep up the great work !

Lmao.. what a crack up..

Your such a tripper...!

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Very nice...there's some there that's gorgeous.....can I have them back ? LOL Keep up the great work !

So that's why Marcus is so generous, he expects them back once you have put the hard yards in and getting results...Indian Giver!

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So that's why Marcus is so generous' date=' he expects them back once you have put the hard yards in and getting results...Indian Giver![/quote']

You're catching on..... Care to show me pics of your shrimps then...bhahahahah

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Oh shucks :o

Really appreciate the feedback..

It looks like when they grow a lil more im gonna do a heavy cull, and only keep wat i need..

Dont reqlly like culling as the numbers go right down, but gets them breeding better..

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Yeah I just did the same thing & I haven't decided what do do with the culls, I put the best 25 in another tank & it looks bare. :victorious:

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Yeah I just did the same thing & I haven't decided what do do with the culls' date=' I put the best 25 in another tank & it looks bare. :victorious:[/quote']

Lol.. i know wat u mean ill be cutting down from a little over a hundred to a dozen :dejection:

I try and keep only 3 or 4 really nice males, rest fems..

And colony should be back up and pumpin in no time.. :)

I find my shrimp really slow down the breeding when i have too many..

Maybe due to not as much natural bio-film in tank..

Havent had any berried fems in a couple months..!

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