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rGenerally your Panda is easy to distinguish from your CBS - which is now a Mischling and should not be put into pure CBS colony- the Panda will have a black face -CBS have a white or dark face not pure black- the colour Of your Panda will be much crisper - deep solid black crisp white.The first pictures Panda and Shadow panda note the black faces and legs plus general colour, next pictures are CBS.

I'd read that Taiwan Bees carried 2 copies of recessive (2?) genes. If so, that'd make any Panda just a Panda in full. Have you had/known of Pandas/Shadow Pandas/King Kongs etc from mischlings crossed with TBs produce non-TB's? (in the above terminology, Panda MM x Panda --> non Taiwan Bee) I'd also add that the black on Pandas and King Kongs tends to be a deep, almost blue-black whereas CBS normally have a regular black to brownish black. It's often more evident in the babies - many of the TB babies I've seen look almost navy blue (and white).

If you separated the Shadow Panda MM, and then their offspring produces another Shadow Panda, then it is still a Shadow Panda MM. Shadow Panda MM x Shadow Panda MM = Shadow Panda MM. You could drop the MM suffix after a while if they produce pure shadow pandas after many generations.

I'd start with cherry shrimp personally and if they went well I'd add more varieties in a couple months.