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bro blue tigers have orange eyes so dont think urs is blue tiger
Bought a bag of Tigers last week to test the water of my new tank and they turn out to be bluish.
One week on they are still light blue. Does anyone else have Blue / Bluish Tigers? If so please share your pictures
Here's a picture of mine
Last edited by Aria; 7th Jul 2009 at 00:24.
bro blue tigers have orange eyes so dont think urs is blue tiger
Are you referring to this? Golden-eyed Blue Tiger.
A blue tiger would look something similar except black eyes.
Last edited by Xmant; 30th Jun 2009 at 01:49.
Nice Dark Blue Tiger bro. And pregnant some more. CongratsOriginally Posted by Xmant
Are you referring to this? Golden-eyed Blue Tiger.
A blue tiger would look something similar except black eyes.
Haha mine are not the branded ones but the 1 for $1 type
The Tiger pictures I usually see are transparent with brown stripes so I'm surprised to find that mine are light blue.
Just wondering if light blue is common and whether others have also. Thanks
Hi Aria,
The tiger shrimps that most LFS are selling are those transparent body, the stripes are usually black, some have white outline on the black stripes. Some of the tiger shrimps may appear a bit orange or light blue in colour.
To bring out the normal light blue tiger to a nice blue, you have to do selective breeding for many rounds.
Sometimes, tiger can turn to deep blue due to great stress and revert to normal color once they have settled down. In fact, many shrimps did show that especially for those light brownish type of shrimps.
Happy keeping.
Last edited by Xmant; 30th Jun 2009 at 16:24.
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I love blue shrimp those are nice of course if you do manage to breed eve bluer shrimps in the future do post it up Aria
...I'm dain da deep blue
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Hi Aria,Does anyone else have Blue / Bluish Tigers? If so please share your pictures
I have bluish tiger like yours which are wildcaught offsprings. They have black or magenta stripes and dark eyes. They may be even dark blue. The blue tiger orange eye are real beauties too. I'll post pics when I am at home.
Imke
Thanks for the info
What pH and temp are you keeping your Golden Eye Blue which is obviously successfully?
Thanks for the encouagementI love blue shrimp those are nice of course if you do manage to breed eve bluer shrimps in the future do post it up Aria
Would love to see their pictures
Oh what beauties looks like you've done a great job keeping them imke
I wonder if the blusish tinge passed on to their offsprings. Also beautiful red antenaes is it due to good nutrition or are they genetic?
Btw had a glance at your blog - good infoWill go back to read more when I have the time
hi Aria, think the bluish tint is normal. i have one like that too, and at one point, had another two with green tint too
Haha I've updated my pix. That's the bluest of the lot
Yup I'm with you on that beetroot. More than 2 weeks on they are as voracious as ever and still bluehi Aria, think the bluish tint is normal. i have one like that too, and at one point, had another two with green tint too
Hey imke that Yellow Tiger is simply stunning! Thanks for sharing...and that|s why wildcaught tiger are soooo special and so beautiful! I have had green, red and yellow, too.
Imke
I wonder if the colour is due to early environmental conditioning or genetics.
Have you tried to breed them imke?
I think it's both: a genetic disposition and environmental conditions like water parameter or colour of the ground level. The yellow shrimp on the pic was a female which unfourtunately died a few weeks ago. I put it from black to brown soil to test the colour variation - but it was orange-yellow anyway (see pic attached). Males are less colored but in general; but the red one above is male.
I havn't bred them yet because I am occupied with other 'projects'. But it is definately worth a try I guess!
Imke
Last edited by imke; 7th Jul 2009 at 01:37.
hi there,
my old pictures, they are on a ketapang leave - sorry not very clear but you have an idea..
I think it's both: a genetic disposition and environmental conditions like water parameter or colour of the ground level. The yellow shrimp on the pic was a female which unfourtunately died a few weeks ago. I put it from black to brown soil to test the colour variation - but it was orange-yellow anyway (see pic attached). Males are less colored but in general; but the red one above is male.
I havn't bred them yet because I am occupied with other 'projects'. But it is definately worth a try I guess!
Hey that's interesting. Yup with all those gorgeous colours you're getting may be a good idea to see if you could breed out yellow and red Tigers
I haven't had a chance to experiment with my Tigers yet but my experience with my green shrimp has let me to believe that pH plays a large part in colour. I normally house them in pH 7.5 and they are consistently green. However I placed a few of them in pH 6.5 for a week and they all turned dark brown. Put them back at pH 7.5 and they are green again
ImkeWhat beautiful shrimps thanks for sharinghi there,
my old pictures, they are on a ketapang leave - sorry not very clear but you have an idea..
I'm surprised at the variety of colours.
Its interesting that not a lot of people 'play' with Tigers to breed out different colours as much as they do with the neocaridinas.
Well at least for me the limiting factor would be Tiger's requirement for chiller to breed. Imagine having a few tanks of Tigers in different brilliant colours
Hi
3 of my Tigers was berried in quick succession
Here's a picture of one of them
wah so fast 1 month only then berried le
I find Tigers to be voracious eaters they make a great clean up crew that's for sure
A result of that is they were growing and berrying in no time. I've heard that Tigers do not berry easily but that hasn't been the case for me. I suppose it boils down to water parameters
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