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Hey Everyone, As you all know, I'm a bandit for posting a pic & I like to pride myself in the fact that I never repeat a pic. So sometime in the next 7 days I am going to purposely post a double up on one of the pics I have already posted, I know shock horror! This is where the fun starts, the first person to copy that post & paste it into this thread will be the winner of a pair of Red Halfmoon Bettas, a trio of Black Bar Endlers & a trio of Red Chilli Endlers. The rules are simple First to copy & paste the doubled up post into this thread(must include the pic) will win! The easiest way to do this is to hit "reply with quote" copy the whole quote & then paste it into this thread. Dean will be notified prior to the double up so we will have an impartial judge. The double up will be a pic that has been posted recently, either in the last 7 days or in the next 7days. I am not going to post similar pics to try & fool you, it will be a very obvious pic to make it easy.

There's been several discussion on SW's & GB's. General views 1. Snow White's are derived from Crystal Black Shrimps (CBS) 2. Golden Bee's are derived from Crystal Red Shrimps (CRS) 3. Snow White's carapace is entirely opaque 4. Golden Bee's carapace is transparent or display "cracks", are are of a yellow/Golden hue 5. Snow White has black eye's 5. Golden Bee has red/orange eye's 5. Snow White is a higher grade Golden Bee Shrimp There's still several speculations and debate of the origins of SW/GB. I've been selectively breeding Snow Whites for 2+ years now, and my selective breeding program is focused on .... 1. Solid & Thick WHITE throughout it's entire body - Head, Legs & Body, with no cracks, and/or transparency. 2. Completely no carapace marking WHATSOEVER These are my personal goals, and whether the SW are derived from CBS's, or the other general views mentioned above, is irrelavent IMHO. 9-12 months ago, the tank experienced a HUGE nitrate spike, and I lost several of my high grade SW's. Also, a rilli pattern strain started developing/contaminating my colony. So after some heavy culling etc...the program survived, and today the colony is recovering well. Low Grade Snow White - White not solid, carapace marking, and transparent legs Mid Grade Snow White - White is solid/thick, no/minimal carapace marking, and coloured legs Low Grade Golden Bee - Marking on carapace, and crack/transparent shell. Body colour golden/orange hue Mid Grade Golden Bee - Minimal marking on carapace, and thick shell. Body colour golden/orange hue I have not achieved or seen what I would consider a HIGH Grade SW or GB. A TRUE high grade would need to be absolutely SOLID in all aspects of its head, legs & body, with no markings on it's carapace....and a macro pic taken to fully scrutinise it.....it'll be the equivalent of a PRL/PBL. So that is the challenge .....