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Been selective breeding the green in cherry shrimps for 12+ months, using yellows, blue velvet, reds!....that i identified carrying the colour variant... After F5-6, the colony is starting to produce

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Thanks ALL, it is a patient process.. Androo, yes, the colour achieved isn't via "the half way point"....but via variations of colours...the green cherry I've got is derived from a yellow having a

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Looks awesome dude, very nice colour! What happy dance did you do? Lol :encouragement:

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orange rilli....if only mr BB ;)

green cherries!!! dibs on baboes especially from johns lol. but seriously stunning mate great work!

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I just found a green cherry in my yellow colony! :congratulatory:

I't's not as green as your's, Marcus...but it is definitely green(ish)

I've got a crappy foto of it and you can see the difference to the yellow cherries up the top...and I swear that in real life he looked much greener than that.

Must keep looking...maybe I find more and then I can breed my own! :triumphant:

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Great Work Garny this might be that little moment where you finally decide a new direction to go in. Weren't you looking for that a while ago:encouragement:

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Great Work Garny this might be that little moment where you finally decide a new direction to go in. Weren't you looking for that a while ago:encouragement:

Yes, you are right Ineke! :) I was looking for that!

..and I have decided, that I really like cherries!

Give me a couple of month on my new "green-ish cherry" selective breeding program and I'm going to kick Marcus' butt, hehehe.

But first I must find another green-ish cherry of the opposite sex. :dejection: Oh well! :o

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….I'm going to kick Marcus' butt' date=' hehehe.[/quote']

Woah….play nice..LOL.

Have you determined whether it's a male or female ? After observing a colour variant for a while, I deliberately move them to another tank with a different PH, to see whether they remain that colour….if they do, then they go into selective breeding. Good luck

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Woah….play nice..LOL.

Have you determined whether it's a male or female ? After observing a colour variant for a while' date=' I deliberately move them to another tank with a different PH, to see whether they remain that colour….if they do, then they go into selective breeding. Good luck[/quote']

No, not really sure. I think it's a male though. :dejection:

I must wait until I see him again which is not easy in an overgrown little cube.

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I had some nice green shrimp from my blue velvets and gave them to Dean- they turned blue in his ph:(

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Very nice Michael :encouragement: Have you tried them at different PH levels?

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They're gorgeous Michael... Love the colour and vibrance,best I've seen :-) Do their colour/intensity vary ? Were they always like that ? What's your PH ?

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They're gorgeous Michael... Love the colour and vibrance' date='best I've seen :-) Do their colour/intensity vary ? Were they always like that ? What's your PH ?[/quote']

Thanks guys they were breed in a pH of 7.2 and we're green to start with. I culled down my colony and moved the greenest ones to a tank with a pH of 6.3 they breed and I picked the greenest of those. These are what u are seeing. Maybe 20 or so of these quality and currently and a few with nice big saddles

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Very nice results Michael!! And new saddles too!! Great start to the year!!

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Top stuff! Really loving the green on them, so you've managed to keep the green across a few generations now? I'm curious what do the culls look like? are they coming out just as a lower grade green or are you getting some strange colours popping out?

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Very nice work dude, great to see your hard work paying off, can't wait to see how far you can get these to progress! :victorious:

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Latest pics of my best green cherry

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Colony unfortunately not producing consistency in colour, and gonna introduce a green cherry I've found within my yellow cherry colony to intensify and solidify the colour...well, that's the theory anyway...jibdcb

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Latest pics of my best green cherry

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Colony unfortunately not producing consistency in colour' date= and gonna introduce a green cherry I've found within my yellow cherry colony to intensify and solidify the colour...well, that's the theory anyway...jibdcb

that's beautiful

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