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sixftsam
25th Apr 2011, 07:13 PM
Heya guys!

Got my tank set up and cycled. Went to the LFS and found these two there listed as grade A shrimp. I think one is a no entry, the other I'm a little unsure of the grade. Could be an SS, SS+ or SSS (Didn't want to get too excited)

I'm fairly sure its a girl and a boy. Planning on getting more stock from a different sauce to diversify the gene pool, but I thought I'd share my first two, so here they are:

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1202/2shimp.jpg (http://img52.imageshack.us/i/2shimp.jpg/)

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8238/2shrimp2.jpg (http://img25.imageshack.us/i/2shrimp2.jpg/)

Can't really see the no entry too well, but it does have a small patch of red after the first dot on the more red shrimp. Now some of the one I'm unsure of. Anyone that can give their thoughts on the grade, I would appreciate. Not really for any other reason than for me to learn to be honest:

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/491/gradingh.jpg (http://img26.imageshack.us/i/gradingh.jpg/)

http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/9073/grading2.jpg (http://img852.imageshack.us/i/grading2.jpg/)

And then, just as a goodbye, some super close ups of the little lady. It was all done using a cheapish digital camera with no attachments, so I'm sorry for the kinda pants quality!

http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/8370/closeupq.jpg (http://img862.imageshack.us/i/closeupq.jpg/)

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/4148/closeup2h.jpg (http://img716.imageshack.us/i/closeup2h.jpg/)

Let me know your thoughts my shrimpy friends!

Sam
sixftsam
25th Apr 2011, 07:48 PM
On a seperate note, I just noticed that the pic of the two side by side shows clearly the differences between a girl and a guy shrimp. The size difference and curvature of the under side is very apparent in the photo.

If anyone wants to use the photo for a gender comparison article on this site, feel free. I don't think I will be able to put one together myself, but if its going to be posted here on shrimpnow, I'm happy for someone else to use it.
koji™
26th Apr 2011, 09:51 AM
It's a steal of get them as grade "A" only.:)
gr81
26th Apr 2011, 10:28 AM
Both very nice SS, congrats. Crossing fingers for couple :)
Mark
26th Apr 2011, 11:05 AM
2 very nice shrimp :)
sixftsam
26th Apr 2011, 11:48 AM
Thanks for the feedback guys, and thanks for the grading clarification gr81.

From what I can gather, there arent very many high quality shrimp in the UK, so it makes it even more strange to have found some pretty nice quality ones in a random pet shop.

As I get more I'll amke sure I update you all with pics!
Ecalyte
13th Jun 2011, 04:48 AM
If only I can be so lucky to find these shrimps labelled as A grade here! Haha!

Nice find! :)
logi-cat
30th Aug 2011, 10:31 PM
How are those grade a? You got the bargain of the century. How much did you pay for these grade "A" shrimps? lol.
vannel
30th Aug 2011, 10:45 PM
They probably got marked down due to the weak coloration (red looks to be faded in your pics). Some grading systems (japanese, I think. they prefer color over pattern) immediately put a shrimp in A grade if the coloration is not solid (usually only applies to PRL though). That being said, those are still some very nice shrimps and would generally not fall under A grade in most parts of the world imho.
Robs
30th Aug 2011, 10:51 PM
Nice work spotting a bargain, interestingly i was in dobbies garden centre and spotted a tank full of S+ being sold as A Grade, also.

I never bought any as ive got a tank full of S+ but it just goes to show its worth having a good dig around. :-)
Robs
30th Aug 2011, 10:55 PM
They probably got marked down due to the weak coloration (red looks to be faded in your pics). Some grading systems (japanese, I think. they prefer color over pattern) immediately put a shrimp in A grade if the coloration is not solid (usually only applies to PRL though). That being said, those are still some very nice shrimps and would generally not fall under A grade in most parts of the world imho.

Im not sure that is the case, i think for the most part, shops in the UK have not woken up to the shrimp phenomenon and so would stock a kangaroo as a jelly baby if you told them to.
madlan
30th Aug 2011, 10:57 PM
Hi Sam, which fish shop was it? Do they usually carry shrimp?