JayMarshal Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Looks like the right area to post this.. Got these lovelies in this weekend and looking for some opinions as to the sex of these shrimp. Thanks shrimp peeps ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eozen81 Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Defining male/female is really hard if female is not berried If I see right they are good looking CBS. Wish you babies ASAP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 They look like juvies as well, which is also hard to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMarshal Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Yeah these are juvies, wild bees but not cbs Will have to wait and see then ^^b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicente Mcdonnell Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Nice wild bees, really like the blue ones in the 1st picture. Where did you get them? Its hard to tell, but if i HAD to make a call on sex based on the pictures. Id say pic 1: male on left female on right. Pic 2: male pic 3: female Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMarshal Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Thanks mcdonnellv, yeah the blue ones are my fav too. Got these from a new friend overseas. I couldn't find any here in the states so I had to look for them abroad. I agree with you on pic 2 and 3. Pic 1 I think they are both female. I have more pics and some video that might help sex them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamashack Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 I think if pushed I would probably say pic 1 is of 2 females, pic 2 possibly male and pic 3 female altho if they are juvies only time will tell. Beautiful shrimp - all of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMarshal Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Thank you Mamashack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miwu Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Agreed with Mamashack but I'm not too sure about the one in the second picture, which looks like a juvie. The ones in the first picture seem to be almost breeding size. By the way, are you letting them breed with the (super nice) TB in the same tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMarshal Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Thanks miwu ^^ They are in my tb tank for now until their home is rdy, about one more month. If they happen to cross with the tb, that would be awesome! But for now I'm going to build up stock on these, then try out some crosses. I've got a divided 55g with 3 sections, 2 of which are for these shrimp. Can't keep all my eggs in one basket, ultimately I'll have 4-5 tanks for these. Going to try crossing all kinds of shrimp once stock is up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicente Mcdonnell Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Bummer. They dont sell these wild strains in the US? I thought i saw Will had some, might be mistaken. Would love to get my hands on some of the blue ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteam Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 They do sell here. I know a local guy who sells them all the time on aquabid. They never cross breed or at least mine refused to with tigers or CRS. Here's a picture of the ones I had. They're tiny next to other shrimp. I posted and old pic I had of an adult blue bee with a juvie OEBT and adult Cherry to get an idea of their size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigori Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 The cherry looks like a dwarf cray in the last photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMarshal Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Nice pics! Yeah I have Blue Bee paracaridina in a tank too. But these are Super Princess Bee or Princess Bee paracaridina from Vietnam. Got these from a homey in Malaysia, and I'm pretty sure nobody has these in the usa right now, but I could be wrong if someone has been hoarding them =p. After Christmas I'm going to try to locate Camouflage and Mustang paracaridina ^_^b Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMarshal Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Here's a pic of one of my blue bee, berried a couple months back colony is going good so far. These also can be crossed, sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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