Shrimplet Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Does any one have pictures of the newest taiwan bee i keep hearing about, but have never seen, the purple tb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 I have asked that same question a few times. I am starting to think its just a myth. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High5's Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 It's not a myth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimplet Posted December 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 yeah i know it exists, just i know nothing about it, or the way it looks. So is there atleast any news out there about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High5's Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 There are photo's, when they will be released idk, I too am looking forward to see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 This one was taken with my cell phone and the quality is pretty bad. MK took some good ones but I am still waiting to find time to sort all the ones taken from 13 different breeders. This one actually is a purple pinto I think. I have seen maybe 5 or 6 purple TBs in my trips, and not all are very intense purple. I guess that's one of the reason you don't see them available as breeders are still working on them to get better quality and quantity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 The one in the middle is also considered purple, but I have to say cell phone pictures don't do them justice. Both this pic and the one in the previous were taken from Yi's shrimp studio, he has many projects going on and this is one of them. The rest are probably all pinto related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High5's Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 I love the color purple, a tibbee the color of 中国茄子 Chinese eggplant would be my dream shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpy Daddy Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 Dude, That's not purple TB. It has been around for quite sometime. That's the end result of the Taiwanese initially bought Zebra Pinto from Germany and try to breed them out by crossing them with their TB. About 2 years back, they claimed that it is Zebra Pinto, and I bought a bunch of them. After that, they don't come cheap and I felt so cheated. Damn Taiwanese, always selling lemon to people. I kept them for about half a year and I gave all of them away. Due to this incident, I always buy high-end shrimp from Japan or Germany, and never ever buy high-end shrimp from Taiwan. Below is a photo of one of the shrimp I had: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 Dude, That's not purple TB. It has been around for quite sometime. That's the end result of the Taiwanese initially bought Zebra Pinto from Germany and try to breed them out by crossing them with their TB. About 2 years back, they claimed that it is Zebra Pinto, and I bought a bunch of them. After that, they don't come cheap and I felt so cheated. Damn Taiwanese, always selling lemon to people. I kept them for about half a year and I gave all of them away. Due to this incident, I always buy high-end shrimp from Japan or Germany, and never ever buy high-end shrimp from Taiwan. Below is a photo of one of the shrimp I had: Pinto (Adult Male).jpg I dont know how many Taiwanese sellers you have dealt with, but damning them due to one single incident isnt very convincing to me. But that is your opinion so I wont say much about it.I will get the better pic and post it again. the cell phone pics look horrible. And only the one in the middle of the second pic was purple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpy Daddy Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 I dont know how many Taiwanese sellers you have dealt with I'm living in a country next to theirs. So what do you think? After the gutter oil and the plasticizer added into food incident, I will never trust them as much as I wanted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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