S.Korea CRS

[CrystalMethShrimp]

Found a new store today with very low prices.
$5 for SS.

[mordalphus]

That's great!

I love the pricing of some stores in asia. When I was in Japan in March, I found one store that had shadow bee's (blue and black pandas) for 150 USD (17500 yen), and it blew my mind, since the same shrimp would be three times that price in the US market, and judging from auction house prices in Japan I was under the assumption that shrimp of that caliber were much more expensive overseas. Was eye opening. But I went to another store, and they were charging 50 dollars for a single SSS. Just goes to show that pricing can be somewhat random overseas.

Awesome thread by the way, I love excursion threads! Be sure and update with pictures! Go to an internet cafe for goodness sake!

[mickdeja]

This another great thread for learning for beginners. Dont forget about them pics now CMS.

[jiang604]

since you never answered me nor Sungmin (a friend of mine/ future partner with feelaqua/ and my translator to feelaqua) and last night I was given a suggestion by someone who I look up to, to bring this back up in to play and request a clarification. Want to explain this quote from you?

His S/S+ ($30) even has thick whites which really shows the quality of Japanese breed CRS (these are off spings of Japanese breed crs) In fact these are a Korea brand which have not been crossed with golden for a few generations now.

Thats like saying a Chinese couple goes to Vietnam and has a kid and is now not Chinese but in fact, Vietnamese.

feelaqua is the Korean branch of Benebachi, if Benebachi were to mistaken what your referring to is what feelaqua was insinuating to its customers that these were Korean lines because they were born in Korea. Who would take the blame if feelaqua were to lose its rights over benebachi?

[hibi]

Hmmm maybe the shrimplets are just korean citizens? Heheh just kidding.

Topic, from the story seems to be still expensive.
Here in philippines s grade is about $6-7 usd and ss is about $9 and sss is around $20 usd. Thing is its really hard to keep them at an average room temp of 30 degree C.

[jiang604]

His S/S+ ($30) even has thick whites which really shows the quality of Japanese breed CRS (these are off spings of Japanese breed crs) In fact these are a Korea brand which have not been crossed with golden for a few generations now.

:confused: I think that's a fair question to ask for clarification isn't it?

first your saying they are Japanese breed ( so Japanese breed can be anything like Benebachi, Crimson, MFF and so on) and suddenly they became a Korean brand meaning it belongs to Korea?? I'm confused by what your trying to say. Could you please elaborate.

Or do you mean that they are a Japanese breed of shrimps which are filial 1 (F1) that were born in Korea and deamed as K1 representing first generation born in Korea but still classified as the same Japanese line? but then what do you mean by "have not been crossed with golden for a few generations" ? does it mean they were crossed with golden bee before?

Please clarify.

I bring this up because you've had the chance to meet "experts/ store owners" in person and it could redefine the whole aspect of what Japanese breed really means and by what means it is used to reach a specific line of Japanese breed because of the last statement in regards to golden bee. Don't take this the wrong way, just want to be clear because what's stated is too vague. Trying to learn something new everyday or at least teach others something new.

[Ecalyte]

Hey guys, just thought I'd share what i've found in s.korea.
I went to 2 stores thus far

fishaholic
feelaqua

The first store didn't have much inventory and even his JPRL $250 were lacking in white intensity.
The latter store's owner was very nice in answering many questions and had amazing JPRL's and even the $60 SS mixed ones had thick white color and white legs!. removed
I think I speak for everyone here when I say there's nothing sexier then 4 pairs of skinny opaque white legs. His S/S+ ($30) even has thick whites which really shows the quality of Japanese breed CRS (these are off spings of Japanese breed crs) In fact these are a Korea brand which have not been crossed with golden for a few generations now. I took my time examining the tanks and I did not find any with red eyes/head patterns. In fact a few S/S+ even had red/white legs.



I've yet to bring up the first few questions about survival rate but I will ask next time. The following are his replies to my "interview" translated from korean =D

-I never do water changes, just top up.
-I feed everyday in small quantities to keep the water clean and I feed mostly spinach with some crs food.
-They prefer a low temp of 24-25 this is why I have the A/C on 24/7 during summer month.
-For breeding, the male will transfer most of the genes.
-It is not a good idea to cross the off spring with the parent for selective breeding. This form of inbreeding will lead to health issues.
-The best size to ship/transfer crs is above 1cm.
-When setting up a shrimp tank, layer it with soil powder on bottom then substrate then powder again. This can prolong the life of substrate by 50%.
This will also make the substrate more dense making it difficult for H2S to escape if the tank was agitated.
-They can survive off of bio film but the reason why we feed them is because they sometimes lack specific vitamins and nutrients that are not found naturally in fresh water tanks. Veggie based foods help enhance colors (beta carotene helps with red while high mineral levels and bright lights help white intensity) meat based foods increase growth rate and mating rates but it's dangerous to health if over fed.
-Don't use too many products in your tank unless you fully understand how it works. The most important equipment is a good filter.



So far i've decided to pick up the Korean brand S/S+ and SS. The are very stunning but two factors deter me. 1st the price is $150-$300 each. 2nd when I did a close comparison, the Korean crs appear very close, nearly +80% identical. I will show you guys pics for you to decide. It just seems like a very good deal to me. They might turn yellowish or pinkish when they get old but for the 500% price difference these will still be some of the most beautiful crs I've seen.
I'm also excited to say they have shrimp soil for around $60 9L bag. Before I left the owner gave me 2 free crs key chain toys
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and a bottle of food valued at over $60 and I didn't even buy a single thing.




And will be visiting this one tomorrow.
/hanaaqua



I will upload photos as soon as I can but essentially I'm beginning to see a few patterns with these stores.

-The prices are all stable with every store. They don't under cut each other.
-They all use t5h0 lights with 1 blue actinic bulb to show the white better.
-The sponge filter outlet/spray bars are all at water level, not under water, thus they produce surface agitation and add o2.
-They don't change their water.
-Every tank has these balls inside even the JRPL.
These mineral balls are made in Japan and slowly releases minerals while at the same time provide surface area for bacterium to grow.

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Are you able to send me these removed links to my PM please? I was browsing one of the links before it was taken down... wanted to use one of their pictures as reference to my impending project..