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Looks like its time to bug the Wife for a new tank haha. Or get rid of some shrimp .... Noooooo!

Another year has passed and I haven't updated this thread in that time. I'm not sure why a lot of the pictures are missing but I think it has something to do with the forum upgrade so I will put a few new ones up today. lots has happened over the last 12 months with my Taitibees giving me some great shrimp. I have traded and given away a lot of them and kept the babies for this year's projects. A slight change in direction now.

Thanks to @newbreed. Ordered some food, mineral balls and the Nest net a couple of days ago. I didnt expect them until after Xmas but they arrived today, along with some bonus moss shelves. Much appreciated.

I was lucky enough to be given 4 pure TB Bluebolts at the beginning of December - they were given to me because I had mentioned I had every colour pure TB except the BB. I have quite a few Taitibee BB but no pure ones. I decided to keep these guys in a seperate tank from the other TB because they came from a line that bred only BB when bred to each other. Anyway we thought there might be 2 pair but definitely 1 female. I was very pleased to see her berried within a few weeks of getting her and settled in inpatiently to await the arrival of shrimplets. Imagine my acute disappointment when a couple of weeks later I saw her not berried -complete devastation. The BB's don't come out much during the day as there were only 4 in the tank and probably didn't feel safe. The girl came out a bit but didn't get berried again so today I thought as they didn't seem particularly happy I would put them into my main TB tank so they had company. The other TB haven't given me any BB so I would know the BB were from these guys initially. Anyway I caught out a very berried female- surprise number 1 and excitement plus- then I caught out a male - no surprise, then another male -oh well we weren't sure there were 2 pairs. I had taken out the plants and couldn't find the last shrimp which was very disappointing but I thought I better just double check the plants and sure enough there was this most gorgeous deep blue berried girl- surprise number 2- so maybe the first one didn't drop her eggs after all and I had been seeing a different girl . Anyway on to the next tank they went and they are already out and about- nothing like a bit of company to make them feel a bit more secure. Back to the empty tank and replacing the moss etc. now for surprise number 3 and one of those moments- sure enough once I was tidying up the tank i saw movement -blue movement -there were little baby - like very little baby - Bluebolts swimming around! so not only did my girl have her babies but she must have gotten berried again straight away. The sad side is now That I have moved the adults I can't really move them back straight away -even though my tanks are all very similar I don't want to take the chance that the girls might drop their eggs with 2 moves on the one day. So if the babies survive -my shrimplet survival rate these last 12 months have been excellent so they should survive- I will be overun with Bluebolts both pure and hybrid! I would never have dreamed of owning so many Blue bolts just a few short years ago - I'm very very happy- apart from having pulled a family apart -bring on the blues.

I had them in with my pure TB but the breeder stated these bred only Bluebolts when bred together . I'm not mixing my pure lines with my Taitibees. I'm glad I put them back though as it will be good to know I can breed all BB's in that tank. Surprisingly my Taitibee TB are breeding 90% true to their colours too. I have separated them into colours as well - again not with the pure TB- I'm getting 100% TB from the Taitibee tanks but just an occasional panda from the Reds and an occasional red from the panda.!

And if Nitrates are high for Notshrimpboy, I'm sure Larrymull remembers what we did to reverse it !

That's my room as it stands today ! 11 tanks Disciple plus my big one in the lounge ?? . The room still looks the same only difference is the lighting and the addition of a reverse cycle air conditioner @larrymull I love the mixed bag the Taitibees give. I am disappointed that they are reverting to the pure lines but I'm hopeful that adding some fresh Tiger genes will fix that. On the other hand I love the TB patterns I'm getting

Awesome! I wish I had 8 tanks! Do you have a recent pic of how the whole room is set up? I am trying to get idea for when I set a room up. Please don't wait another year for the next update. haha

@ineke it's like getting a mixed lolly bag, you just never know what you are going to get. Sometimes you get some rippers sometimes some dreadful colours. hahaha

I have a shrimp very similar to this one....they look great.

Yes please. Would be totally awesome if you could maintain a stable line of blues like those in your photos! Very beautiful mate! Super envy!

Awesome blue! Worth pursuing . Congrats!

+1 on clearing it out and trying to nail down the blue line dude! they look beautiful!

Definitely worth pursuing Disciple they are truly awesome. I think they could become firm favourites with those of us that love the blues'! Well done you.

they are very sneaky haha, there are heaps of shrimp in here they are hiding little turds lol

Thanks to @Kitz. Made an order for food and alder cones over the weekend and it arrived yesterday along with a free sample of a different shrimp food. Great service so close to Xmas.