High grades will revert unless you stay on top of it. There will always be lesser shrimp, the key is to get as many out ae you can without them passing on their genetics. You want to start with the best possible shrimp you can get.
If I ever decide to do another tank I’ve gotta do shrimp. After watching these videos it’s made me want to start again. I had an unfortunate incident with an exterminator in the past, he basically killed all my expensive fish in my 100 gallon tank and I was so crushed I threw my entire set up out and decided I was done. But your shrimp videos have made me think about possibly starting over, maybe in a year or so. My problem is going to be choosing which color … I love the orange, and I love the blue dreams … but I can’t have both in one tank or they will end up being all brown and stuff, right? What would happen after a year or two if I had both colors in one tank?
Sorry to hear that. Keep in mind that shrimp are way more sensitive than even fish when it comes to insecticides. Shrimp are pretty much bugs that live in the water, so the same chemicals that kill bugs are also super super deadly to shrimp. I have a very very strict no bug spray type of stuff any where near the house. When you mix colors you definitely get lower quality shrimp when compared to a good line, and you will end up with more and more wilds eventually, but I like mixed tanks because of all the different varieties. But if your goal is the best quality shrimp then you definitely want to keep your shrimp separate. My skittles tank in this video is a tank with shrimp from all my lines all mixed together, that's what mixed tanks look like lol.
Thanks so much for the reply. Well, it would just be a hobby tank, I’m not a breeder .. that being said, baby shrimp would be super cool, but If all my shrimp started mixing and turning brown it wouldn’t be as nice to look at. Is it possible to keep only males? Or is that to difficult to order only males? Or is it inhumane to keep males with no females in the tank?
@@cynymin6420 If shrimp are doing good they breed. Shrimp are fairly expensive, so the way they work is you usually buy 10 or so then they breed and you end up a lot. The fun of keeping shrimp is that they make more. Never heard of only having 1 sex to keep them from breeding.
On the other hand .. wouldn’t you sell a lot more shrimp if people like me kept all males so they could have a variety of bright colors without allowing them to breed? Haha.. I’m just teasing you now at this point because I’m sure you think I’m totally nuts. Just thinking out loud. Lol
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So do you start out with low grade ? Or can high grade turn to culls
High grades will revert unless you stay on top of it. There will always be lesser shrimp, the key is to get as many out ae you can without them passing on their genetics. You want to start with the best possible shrimp you can get.
If I ever decide to do another tank I’ve gotta do shrimp. After watching these videos it’s made me want to start again.
I had an unfortunate incident with an exterminator in the past, he basically killed all my expensive fish in my 100 gallon tank and I was so crushed I threw my entire set up out and decided I was done.
But your shrimp videos have made me think about possibly starting over, maybe in a year or so.
My problem is going to be choosing which color … I love the orange, and I love the blue dreams … but I can’t have both in one tank or they will end up being all brown and stuff, right?
What would happen after a year or two if I had both colors in one tank?
Sorry to hear that. Keep in mind that shrimp are way more sensitive than even fish when it comes to insecticides. Shrimp are pretty much bugs that live in the water, so the same chemicals that kill bugs are also super super deadly to shrimp. I have a very very strict no bug spray type of stuff any where near the house.
When you mix colors you definitely get lower quality shrimp when compared to a good line, and you will end up with more and more wilds eventually, but I like mixed tanks because of all the different varieties. But if your goal is the best quality shrimp then you definitely want to keep your shrimp separate. My skittles tank in this video is a tank with shrimp from all my lines all mixed together, that's what mixed tanks look like lol.
Thanks so much for the reply.
Well, it would just be a hobby tank, I’m not a breeder .. that being said, baby shrimp would be super cool, but If all my shrimp started mixing and turning brown it wouldn’t be as nice to look at.
Is it possible to keep only males? Or is that to difficult to order only males? Or is it inhumane to keep males with no females in the tank?
@@cynymin6420 If shrimp are doing good they breed. Shrimp are fairly expensive, so the way they work is you usually buy 10 or so then they breed and you end up a lot. The fun of keeping shrimp is that they make more. Never heard of only having 1 sex to keep them from breeding.
Haha.. well I guess I will just have to choose one color and enjoy having happy shrimp.
On the other hand .. wouldn’t you sell a lot more shrimp if people like me kept all males so they could have a variety of bright colors without allowing them to breed? Haha..
I’m just teasing you now at this point because I’m sure you think I’m totally nuts. Just thinking out loud. Lol
What size tanks do you use?
I use anything from 20g tanks to 110g stock tanks.
Nice! it’s Dave.
Thanks