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Some of my results from cherry programs


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Hey guys, I thought I'd whack up some pics of my cherry program progress, enjoy! :encouragement:

Blues from blacks :)

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Yellows :)

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More to come :D

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Hahaha, yeah there were no survivors(there was only 3 CBS culls in there) & it was full of clado, looked like someone had filled the tank with green cotton wool & the temp was 29°. I've cleaned the tank out & it looks pretty good again & I decided to put about 20 yellow cherries in there, should be a bit tougher. :encouragement:

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Ooooh love the strong coloration om the yellows dude! good stuff! but yeah we want more pics! The people are revolting! (Just don't tell us or we might get offended :p)

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Ooooh love the strong coloration om the yellows dude! good stuff! but yeah we want more pics! The people are revolting! (Just don't tell us or we might get offended :p)
That's no way to talk about everyone' date=' I'm sure they're not that revolting! Hahaha. :rofl:
You start a thread and stopped at two pics?! You cruel man! Amazing shrimp btw :D
Whoa! Whoa! They will be coming, just gotta get my camera out & tank some shots, can't put them all up at once! Otherwise the thread would die after a page or two. :victorious:
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Anymore pics yet?? :)

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Ok, ok! I've been taking some more shots, hope you all enjoy them!

Choc :)

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Another choc with an interesting strip colour

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Baby blues from blacks & a red from a choc

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Beautiful black girl with an interesting green with black tiger stripes

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A better shot of the black & green variation

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Another shot of my yellows

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More yellows

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Black with blue genes

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Black with choc genes

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I know these technically aren't cherries but they are so cool, my snowballs

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Drool! Snowball shrimp are on my list of must haves! Are these from Bluebolts or are they from a different source? (if you dont mind me asking)

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Awesome cherry collection! Had to turn the brightness of the screen down to look at the yellows :cool-new: Most impressed!

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Drool! Snowball shrimp are on my list of must haves! Are these from Bluebolts or are they from a different source? (if you dont mind me asking)
Nah' date=' different source but I think BB got his from the same place I did. :D
Awesome cherry collection! Had to turn the brightness of the screen down to look at the yellows :cool-new: Most impressed!
Hahaha, yeah they are bright & I turned the brightness down in post editing as well. :victorious:
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Nice collection of cherries Squigg...Love the variation of colours and also those snowballs...Thanks for sharing the great pics

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Great pictures and shrimp there Squiggle, the yellows are intense and the snowballs almost as blinding in their own way.

Keep up the good work.

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Those sexy snowballs... I quote planetinverts.com "The Snowball Shrimp is extremely prolific, meaning that they breed readily and virtually around the clock." I hope to see them for sale soon so all us hungry campers can pick some up instead of the dreaded "sold/on hold" :D

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