Soothing Shrimp

Did a test cross of a female Nessie with a male wild colored neo. After shrimplets were released, P1 was taken out and the F1 allowed to breed randomly. As expected, F1 was muddy. But F2---> F4 and beyond, Nessie coloration was pretty much taking over! I'm aborting the crossing project this week and culling them, but that puts forward a fascinating theory. In theory, this means any rare wilds that may pop up down the line would not have to be removed, as the colony would not revert to wilds. Fascinating! To my knowledge, this is the only coloration that does this! What do I have on my hands here? This is one crazy mutation!

Oh, I gotcha. I got confused as to which you were talking about.

Was it? I thought galaxy was a wild shrimp with that pattern?

Some beautiful corals. How do you acclimate them? Do you have to do some type of dip to avoid critters that hitch?

I set up a cardinal tank to cycle.

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I thought that was meant to be a cross in competition, too. (TiB)

LOL!

Always good to hear from first hand experience.

Oh, and these coral can be kept in super small spaces. The zoa polyps are only about 1/4" wide. great for macropics! Yeah, I'm getting excited!

Looking forward to seeing them. Researching today, I found shipping frags is like shipping shrimp, only without the moss. Awesome! I guess many sellers will only ship the frags and you have to mount them yourself. Otherwise, if mounted- they make break during travel.

So here's some nice eye catching zoanthids I ran across: Eagle Eye Eye of Jupiter Fruit Loops and a great site for some pictures of Zoas http://www.aquariumcreationsonline.net/zoanthid.html

How long have you had them?

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Nice. Heh, you have more guts than I having it in the kitchen by the cabinet doors. I'm so clutsy I'd accidently knock it over in no time flat!

Louie, what does the crossed out words mean?

Such a shame neos are often just a side note.

Is that a TT? Going for pseudos, are ya?

I'd like to enter my Nessies if they have an AOC neo catagory.

Have you seen this poster, River? I'd love to order one, but the only store I can find that has it online is www.coralreeftn.com , but they require a minimum order of $30.

If in doubt, don't buy. It's a hard philosophy sometimes to stick to, but most times a necessary one. That's why seller trust is so important.

"look up fruit loop, bam bam, and rasta Zoas) " Wow! Those are gorgeous! So do breeders cross colors to make new colors, or are we pretty much limited to grow from what is found?

Ask and it shall be done.

Exciting! Of course I agree with colony starting!