CULLING NEOCARIDINA SHRIMP

[@mellewedin8221]

None of them are ugly. I think all shrimp are adorable.

[@neighborhoodman323]

Melissa Wedin We all do! There’s nothing wrong with keeping a line pure. It’s all about preference :)

[@ShrimpLife]

The video is intended to teach about culling. Ofcourse there are plenty of people who dont care to cull .. thats perfectly ok. Many people don't realize how it affects a colony or why people even do it. Without culling there would not be any of the many color variants of shrimp available today. For me culls go into a community shrimp tank (no killing) Thanks for watching :)

[@mellewedin8221]

No I understand that and why it is important to do. I really do not know much about shrimp. I do keep glass shrimp in my 40 breeder. They are awesome lil maids. Plus I love watching them. I did get some cherry shrimp. I haven't seen them since I put them in my tank. I do have alot of hiding spots for them. I have a lava rock pile that is kind of set up more like several caves for them to hide from the fish. I just believe no shirmp is is ugly, the less pretty ones, yes I wouldn't let them breed and would remove them from my tank into another. I do this with my mystery snails. In doing so I got a clutch that gave me a bunch of jade mystery snails. I hope I didn't offend anyone, that wasn't my intention.

[@ShrimpLife]

Nobody is offended! When i first started out I did no culling at all. As I progressed, my goals changed and I began culling to see really great results

[@nenaj1]

I know they are adorbs. I buy cull shrimp. I just sit down and watch them while I drink my coffee. You should sell them on ebay. Lots of people buy cull shrimp on there.

[@neighborhoodman323]

Black neos are the most interesting to work with. It’s like an empty canvas of the shrimp world. I’ve gotten grey, blue, black, clear, red, and even red rili’s.

[@ShrimpLife]

Yes exactly. They do have many various color and quality offspring which is what inspired this video. To refine the color... increasing the chance of black offspring can happen with persistent culling. Simply keeping only your best adult shrimp at all times .. thanks for watching!

[@tracylee4297]

Lol...the red rili must hv been quite a surprise!

[@neighborhoodman323]

Tracy Lee indeed it was! Haha

[@AirQuotes848]

I am looking for black roses

[@israelgarcia4419]

Your videos are always so interesting. I have black roses too I ordered 10 from flipaquatics but as they matured some turned blue, brown or red 🤔 2 females are pregnant right now, it'll be interesting to see what babies come out. I'll probably have to do some heavy culling by relocating some to a culling aquarium. Keep those videos coming please.

[@ShrimpLife]

Hi Israel! Thanks for watching :) Sounds like you are in the same situation as myself with the Black rose!I think many people who have Black Rose can confirm those same type of results of varied offspring. Just keep separating your best Black Rose shrimp from the non Black Roses and you will really be on your way to better results in future offspring, thats my goal! :D

[@UKSkateboarding]

I've internationally placed 4 types of neocaridinia along with 1 caridinia. The shrimplets are various in colour. I'm going to split them into dark and light soon. I would love to get some completely clear. Like glass shrimp but cute lol

[@tracylee4297]

Great video! I love the Black Rose too...my gosh they're beautiful.

[@ShrimpLife]

Hi Tracy!! They are one of my favs

[@blondievolleyball6]

Where did you get your tanks!? Love them!!

[@rickcolbert924]

Wow Great video.You have the perfect voice for your narration.Your set up looks really nice.And your shrimp are Beautiful.Thank you for sharing. Rick in San Diego.

[@ShrimpLife]

Thank you so very much!! :D

[@horrortherapyhysteria]

Thank you so much for the information! We will be culling from our blue dream neocaridina tank for the first time soon. They are our only shrimp currently (besides some ghost shrimp for our axolotls).

[@ShrimpLife]

Hi Cerulean Aquatics! Thanks for watching :) Thats great to hear. I dramatically improved my blue dreams that are now breeding a very high percentage of high quality offspring because I cull regularly. Good luck with your Blue Dreams :D

[@TexanGent12]

Just out of curiosity, what do you do with the culls?

[@konliner9286]

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[@marcleroux3426]

question, can you develop higher grade shrimp if you started with an average quality grade with doing culls over time or should you start with high grade?

[@james__anna_burns4885]

you can develop higher grade shrimp from average ones, it will take much more time tho

[@MrJaman0083]

There’s a guy from Warrensburg Missouri in the middle of fucking nowhere. He breeds all secondary and tertiary colors of NeoCardenia

[@NiX_aKi]

So why delay the culling if you don't want the ugly ones breeding? I think it would be best to do it early to be as efficient as possible, don't you think?

[@texn7526]

Gorgeous Black Rose shrimp

[@ShrimpLife]

Ty!!! :)

[@hasanulmanzar3101]

i have black coco..but their baby like rili shrimp..can i know what happen?

[@themichaelmartinify]

How many shrimp will you let live in that size aquarium? And what model is it?

[@yohjokromwood2327]

never heard of them i have black sakura that have out standing collor after culling them fore 2 years

[@ShrimpLife]

Thats great to hear!

[@brendanorton5929]

Where do you get all of your wood in your tanks at? And what are those suction cup thingys on the side of the tanks?

[@ShrimpLife]

I buy at my local fish stores, I also sell cholla and nano Manzanita and the Moss Ledges on my website www.shrimplife.net

[@jackhb7552]

Your comment about the adults all dying and babies surviving was a bit of a relief to hear. Exact same thing happened to me. Must've bought like 12-18 shrimp in total and all but 2 ultimately died, primarily from my water hardness being so high but also the first batch got stuck in my tanks heater housing (which I removed after). The last lot I bought, one female was pregnant. And although all the adults in that batch died in the course of about 2-3 weeks, the babies are all alive and happy and I've finally got about 11 or so shrimp in my tank!

[@silverword1913]

do you have any videos on how to tell on young shrimp gender ?

[@josephstanley200]

I know this is a old video hope it worked better for you My question is are you sure they are good full back rose? Mine have a stripe down there back. My very black blue diamonds tend to look like them

[@ShrimpLife]

culling is needed or else you'll end up with lots of blue brown and brown blotchy shrimp in your black rose tank. Mine are doing great and they are black rose.

[@bjornmundt5801]

1:30. You didn't really waste money. You got many experiences, you share with many followers.

[@ShrimpLife]

thanks Bjorn, thanks so much for your positivity. There is always a positive to come from even "negative" , its the experience and knowledge gained.

[@bjornmundt5801]

@@ShrimpLife It is absolutely fascinating just to watch scrimps moving in their tank. It's like a 3D live screen. I hope, until summer i will have my own tank.

[@ShrimpLife]

@@bjornmundt5801 yes!!! agreed! for me its so relaxing to sit and enjoy them. Especially at feeding time. I think you will enjoy your shrimp tank, when you get it :D

[@pawsitiveresultsk-9trainin588]

What do you do with the culled shrimp?

[@ShrimpLife]

put them in a cull tank or sell them as culls

[@squiddart]

I usually just put them in other tanks as clean up crew, but if they are expensive you can put them in special tank, breed them and sell for lower price.

[@carlapappalardo1901]

You say you have high pH in this video, sorry if you've answered this elsewhere, but I've only just found your channel. So, what is your pH so I can compare what you consider high? Thanks.

[@ShrimpLife]

About 7.5

[@saler1423]

Blue is.ok, what do you do with blue shrimps?

[@schauman1]

Yep I need to cull now, I just set up a 3 gal. Cull tank! I don't know what to do with them!?

[@ShrimpLife]

Sell them or setup a cull tank

[@KAYSWORLD365]

Love your videos always 🙌

[@philthytanks4952]

Nice shrimp!

[@ShrimpLife]

Thanks so much!

[@PlayofWel]

Can i ask something is that black rose like blie dream? How i can tell if my blue dream is a black rose .

[@ShrimpLife]

No, black rose is not the same as blue dream. They look very different. I never seen a black shrimp come from my blue dream colony.

[@marthanewsome6375]

My blue dreams all had pure black babies. So my blue colony eventually turned completely black.

[@Joricano]

interesting..what was the cull rate on the second batch?

[@ShrimpLife]

I will be posting an update video in about 1 month on these :D

[@Joricano]

I just started what I think is a black rose tank. But if they don’t breed true, then I might make it a green jade tank

[@ShrimpLife]

@@Joricano Black rose do not breed true, neither do green jade but black rose seems to be the one that breeds the least true

[@Joricano]

Shrimp Life :(

[@ZimmFor3]

Can you use sand for these?

[@ShrimpLife]

Yes, it’s recommended that you only use inert to sand or gravel for all Neocaridina Shrimp.

[@ZimmFor3]

@@ShrimpLife what’s inert sand? Is that like normal sand?

[@ShrimpLife]

@@ZimmFor3 Yes regular sand or regular gravel for Neocaridina.. A lot of people use what is called shrimp soil but that is actually meant to be used for a different type of shrimp (caridina)

[@darinthavong]

I’m in Ottawa, do you send there?

[@ShrimpLife]

I ship across Canada www.shrimplife.net

[@agimatplays1828]

Awesome video 😎

[@u01ijm7]

How do you cull them?

[@ShrimpLife]

u01ijm7 I don’t kill them, I put them in a cull tank

[@rbo350]

thanks for the vid. what is your substrate

[@ShrimpLife]

Ada colorado sand

[@vinishshetty8055]

There is a tendency shrimps just loose color to match gravel and surroundings. The only way you could keep black shrimp color is back crossing to parent stock this creates a genetically weak stock

[@sirpfa]

How many years a shrimp lives?

[@ShrimpLife]

Usually 2 years

[@kumarawijesundara4977]

I think 2yers

[@TriTran-in1qs]

Im seeing so many babies at 4:40 / 6:23!

[@jiki1356]

Loved it!

[@ShrimpLife]

Thanks so much Kelly!!

[@dannyc.howard492]

♡

[@jayav2877]

Natural selection v Selective breeding