Soothing Shrimp Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Anyone have any green jades? I think these have disappeared off many seller sites due to people's dissatisfaction of the extremely low ratio of breeding true. (?) Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 neos or bee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Not TB, but neo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGardenofEder Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 I do but not very good quality yet just got my first batch of baby's today. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoterrapin Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Hi, new to dwarf shrimp and to this forum. I purchased some Jade Greens this summer from 2 different sources and none of them kept their colors - reverted to yellows. I do have offspring from them though and am curious to see how they will turn out. -Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteam Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 You guys have pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoterrapin Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 This is what they looked like when I first got them: This is what they looked like after 2 weeks: I went back to the lfs where I purchased them and the ones left are even more washed out and pale now. Is this normal for this strain?! -Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 Perhaps the green was made by food in the diet, and once leaving the facility (with the diet no more) they reverted back to yellow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoterrapin Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 Am I the only one that has experienced this? I purchased from 2 different sources and the same thing happened. You're likely correct about the green being brought on by diet unfortunately... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeshrimp Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 http://www.planetinverts.com/natural_or_artificially_colored.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Great article Pokeshrimp! I confirmed independently (without knowledge of this article) that the research is sound. I continued the experiment a bit further though and fed for 3 weeks. The shrimp did not stay a bluish, but changed to an ugly streaky brown. Took several months to revert back to yellow. Keep in mind I fed pure astax, so maybe by portioning it, or just feeding spinach, they would stay at a certain stage of color longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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