Asia Pacific Shrimp Contest - Results!

The results are in from the Asia Pacific Shrimp Contest, held from October 15, 2011 to October 22, 2011 in Japan. Follow the link to see which shrimp took home prizes this year: 2011 Asia Pacific Shrimp Contest

Happy November!

Winter is definitely coming as the temperatures outside are gradually getting cooler and the days are getting darker sooner. But things are heating up in my tanks as several females are berried. My Super Tigers have finally picked up breeding again - I think the hot Summer months really slowed them down. I also finally saw some activity with my Black Tigers, although it was a male BTOE x female Super Tiger; I suspect my original Black Tigers were all males, a similar experience shared with other breeders. And my Red Tigers have berried and released, but it is difficult to pick out the shrimplets from the mass of Red Rilis in the same tank. Finally, my Taiwan Bees have picked up activity as well. I removed all my CRS/Hybrids from this tank (except for two female CRS and their recently released shrimplets) and am sure the male responsible for the berry is either a BKK or Wine Red. Now comes the hard part of maintaining the berry and shrimplets upon release.
Fingers crossed ;)

March of the Hybrids!

With hybridization, the limit of shrimp varieties are ever expanding.  For example, there are numerous Tiger/Bee (TiBee) hybrids out there, as well as suspected TiBee/Taiwan Bee hybrids; even the famed Taiwan Bees (TB) themselves are believed by some to be the result of TiBee hybrids.  All of these shrimp are very attractive and unique in their coloration and patterns.

Such hybrids show how closely related all these shrimp species really are.  In fact, I once read that given nature's mysterious ways, it may be possible for Neocardina to cross with Caridina!

What do you think of hybrid shrimp?  Beautiful, or freaks of nature/deliberate crossbreeding?

Pinto Bee (Possible TB/Tiger/TiBee Hybrid)
Breeder: Astrid Weber

Blue Bee/Black Bee Hybrid
Breeder: Marian Bungeroth

White Tiger
Breeder: Monika (http://www.doxon.de/blog/)

New Video: CRS/BKK/WR

Some new photos:

New Shrimp!

I got some new Wine Reds, plus others, this week. All are doing well; now, the challenge is to successfully breed them!

Happy September!

I finally moved into my new apartment, but my tanks are still 2.5 hours away at my parents' house :( It's eerily quiet without the hum of the air pumps and bubbling of the filters; hopefully soon I'll get them down here. Here's a picture of where they'll be going, still gotta clean up -_- What do you think, two more racks..?!