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Information about these elusive shrimp called the black fancy tiger does appear to be lacking and after speaking to various breeders in Taiwan and Germany, i have learnt quite a few new things.
Breeders normally breed something that would sell or fetch a high price in the market, hence the Red Fancy Tiger was the focus point when this Fancy tiger was first bred out. After a few years, the Red Fancy Tiger continue to be bred by many breeders to strengthen the gene pool. High quality red fancy still fetches a high price in Taiwan even today (2018 July)
Coming back to black fancy, what is interesting is that if black fancy tiger has pinto/nanashi gene in it. It will look darker and shrimplet coloration are more stable vs black fancy tiger without pinto/nanashi gene. However, if one is not concern about the outcome, yes i think it still have some beauty in it. on the other hand if one is more concern about the lineage then a pure bred black fancy tiger is difficult to come by and highly sought after.
Below are some female stock for breeding purposes, hopefully in a few generations, we will get what we want.
It wasn’t Long before I got the order to keep black fancy tiger.
Apparently being new to the shrimp hobby I wasn’t aware that black fancy tiger is relatively new in the shrimp keeping hobby. The high price tag on the black fancy tiger ranges from $200-$1.5k SGD. What contributes to the high price of the black fancy tiger? Let us take a look at how it was bred. Firstly, a Pure Black Line is cross with either a Red Tiger or Blue Tiger. It was mentioned by hobbyist and breeders that the Red Tiger Cross with PBL has a higher percentage of getting a black fancy tiger. Additionally, good genetic are selectively taken out from the group to be cross back with PBL or strengthening the gene crossing with another fancy tiger. The irony is the good looking/strong gene females of the black fancy fetches a high price but it is possible to get black fancy male at a relatively reasonable price of around $500. With a good male, you can even cross it with a red fancy female to obtain black fancy shrimplets. Red fancy on the other hand is relatively more in abundance compared to black fancy.
Water parameters:
- pH 6
- Total dissolved solids : 80-90
- kH : 0
- GH: 4
- nitrite, Ammonia 0
- Nitrate <10ppm
- Temp 24-26 degrees celcius
Wasn’t easy to actually obtain the good shrimp as hobbyist are reluctant to let go of their prized possession. It is through built friendship that one will allow the other to purchase their shrimp.
Once they are happy with the water condition they will thrive and breed.
One of the easier to breed shrimp that has the deep wine red is really captivating. It is important that water quality is key for continuous breeding.
Water parameters:
pH:6.0
Kh:3
GH:2
TDS:110
Ammonia, nitrite and nitrate :0
Mosura wine red is one of the many wine red types but is highly sought after. Even within mosura wine red, there are different looks that people like. For example this mosura wine red male has no spots on the body.
Compared with this has red spots at the tail area.
Both have one similarity which I think adds to the overall look of the shrimp is the often overlooked legs. The legs are either white with red or white or red by itself. It accentuate the overall appearance of the shrimp by that finer touch of elegance.
When selecting shrimp it is important that you select something that you enjoy looking at. Reason being is that you are going to look at it for the longest time. Not your friends.
Many a time a simple shrimp like the mosura wine red is often overlooked as chasing the next new line bred species is the in thing.
Given good water conditions my mosura wine red breeds readily in the given parameters above. Should you require further information about mosura wine read, please do not hesitate to contact me.
PowerHouse. That is what I would like to share in this post. Being one of the most sought after filter media, there is currently no distributor in Singapore. The reason is that due to the high prices for the media, not many customers are willing to fork out $200 for a 5L of filter media.
While it is ok to settle for lesser quality filter media which does still work but why would you place your prize possession in less than ideal condition. Fundamentally I think it is important that water conditions becomes the most basic requirement for shrimp keeping. This applies to fishes as well.
I have shared the link and you can read the awesomeness of the media.