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It will be a bag of surprises if you mix pinto with tigers. They can inter-breed. So the pattern and colours of the offspring will depend on who mated with the female tiger. Hope you get some cool patterns.

Hi Guys, I recently set up a galaxy tiger tank (been going with the shrimp in for 2 months almost) and in these strange times one of the females got berried. I've never had such advanced shrimp have offspring as its my first time keeping them. There are only pinto shrimp in the tank, galaxy tigers and some nanashi patterns. I was wondering what offspring I should expect - do they breed somewhat true? Or do they back breed? Or both? They are all quite advanced to begin with, fully saturated b + w with blue accents and spider legs also. Or is it always a big bag of surprises with pintos?

hi all, a question that have always plagued me. when a fertile female has moulted I observe the thank in search of dancing undesirable males and remove them, leaving the ones I like ,to mate with her, what fascinates me, is that some babies join in the frantic dance while others dont, I have guessed that they were males and apply to them the same criteria as to the adult proven males, am I right or may I have been culling females too?

I wouldn't recommend culling the babies before adulthood as shrimps can still improve in color before adulthood. This I learned by experience when I culled some undesirable juvies and then found out that they colored up well. If you want to learn more about shrimp color, I can recommend you this article: https://aquariumbreeder.com/how-to-enhance-shrimp-color/ Edit: Though male shrimps do kinda color up less than females, it is still advisable to cull them when they reach adulthood as it is quite hard differentiating males from females when they are still juveniles.

I think the black came from wine reds as a dominant gene (correct me if I'm wrong). Yes I got them from there, no wonder these are award winning, absolutely stunning. The pics dont show them justice though, they all got blue hues as well, and the black bodies got purple reflections. Very excited to see what comes out of the bag haha. Besides, how good is her timing? Quarantine made exciting!

Great photo, hope you soon have some shrimplets to watch and like any new parent you will love them whatever they look like, even the funky ones (you may even like them more) that others would probably cull! Just so you can see what happens, I started with a couple of wine red, red ruby and blue bolt and this is what I got (only a small group photo, I had hundreds (if you > you can see more): https://skfaquatics.com/forum/gallery/image/799-dsc00440-editedjpg/?context=new I even had black ones and none of the shrimp I bought had any black! I think it is a bit like xmas, if you don't know what you are getting it makes it more fun? Mine were off ebay so not probably from multi generations of selection whereas a specialists may be more reliable, but you are mixing anyway, so thats irrelevant? Did you get the shrimps from Shrimpcorner as they are close to you and only one I know that has these type? Simon

Bit blurry from algae near substrate level but its her, as far as Im aware they are all taiTibee pintos, her being a galaxy tiger (spotted head with tiger stripes)?

You can't really go wrong with RO water and remineralisers like salty shrimp as it is perfectly balanced to shrimps requirements on all the parameters including PH! Ph of RO water is usually low but the products will correct that as well. It is widely reported that they breed a lot better with the RO + minerals than in tap water, even if the tapwater parameters are good? The RO will remove anything that could be a problem like copper so you can stop looking for that sort of problem! In such a large tank with only half a dozen shrimp I wouldn't feed the shrimp at this stage as there will be more than enough biofilm and the food that isn't eaten could cause more problems rotting etc (over feeding is a common problem)? Keep the food for when you have more shrimps or maybe a tiny bit as a sunday treat! Simon

If you are using RO water and mineralising that, you can just use the TDS pen to measure and all the 'others' will be in balance. In basic math, 1 scoop/10L will mean 80% of a scoop in a US 2 gallon (1US gallon is 4L), if it has 2 gallons of water, and it would probably have less than that unless there is nothing else in it and it is filled to the rim. I would try a little over half a scoop to start with as it s easier to add a bit more than reduce it! Make sure it is well mixed/dissolved before taking any readings! There is a range with all figures so don't fixate too much on exact numbers, just aim for those? When changing water with the shrimp in situ you should add the new water slowly, usually some sort of dripper is best! I assume though at this stage you are more focused on getting the tank ready for the new batch en route rather than the few that are left and probably weakened anyway? Simon

As Simon already mentioned, pH is too high for cherries. Driftwood or indian almond leaves will slowly lower this for you. Also just checking, you are dechlorinating yes? I've known a few people who never learnt about dechlorinating, but usually not shrimpers. All the best, Crabby