Anyone have a true black diamond?

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Gshock;4483077; said:
Most rays won't even take the shell and just de-shell the shrimp manually.


i never peel the shells and about 95% of the shells get eaten it has alot to do with size of rays your feeding and size of shrimp.i feed medium size shrimp to rays that are 12" or bigger and they usually swallw them whole.

"most rays" ,how the hell do you know that most of our rays wont take the shell anyways
 
If you want to bring mike into the picture, most of his pups that I have seen on here have white spots even at birth. His breeding stock are pretty damn white as well so I have no idea why you're even bringing up Mike. Your BD in that first pic only has that slight hint of yellow. Barely enough to be even called yellow. Take a look at the BD from star of the amazon. Each and every one of their rays are completely solid black with pure white spots. Then take a look at regular leopoldis and honestly think about how each of them match up to each other. If you think they both still have yellow spots, then you're definitely missing some glasses. Proven the theory my ass, you can barely even speak honestly especially with your rediculously 5 pounds of salt per 2 gallons of water treatment a year ago. I don't even know if its possible to actually dissolve that much salt in that little water LOL. Go do a bit of research before you start regurgitating information. Carotene in shrimp shells, as well as in carrots, krill, and mealworm shells are all similar types of carotene. They enhance RED and ORANGE pigments, hence, shrimp turn orange when cooked, krill turn orange when dried, and carrots are just naturally orange. If your so called shrimp theory actually worked, your BD would already have the completely pure white spots. I dont know how enhancing red and orange pigments could end up making spots more white, but if you'd like to explain this, please, educate me. Put your crap in one post instead of trying to bump your damn post count damnit, its annoying to read.
 
heres two of my regular leos they both have whiter spots than any of my bds.color of spots on bds means nothing.thats not how you distinguish
the two apart.point of origin.sao felix

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Gshock;4483489; said:
If you want to bring mike into the picture, most of his pups that I have seen on here have white spots even at birth.

look at the 4th bd pup picture i posted.that is one of mikes pups i bought from him at 3 weeks old.you are telling me that its not a bd because its spots are yellow.well mikes bds spots are not white at birth.you dont know what your talking about buddie

this picture was when she was a few days old
 
and mikes the one who told me about the shrimp theory

so maybe you should keep your stupid remarks to your self ray genius.how many bds have you owned,how can you honestly comment when you have no experience with black rays.

and gshock you pretty much just ruined this thread.keep your rude comments to your self buddie
 
Gshock;4483489; said:
. Your BD in that first pic only has that slight hint of yellow. Barely enough to be even called yellow. Take a look at the BD from star of the amazon. Each and every one of their rays are completely solid black with pure white spots.

the bds from star of amazon have been feed shrimp with shells on.or maybe they have another secret food that makes the spots go white.this is a fact gshock leo, bd , hen and p14s spot color is based on diet.the color of the spots dont mean anything
 
heres a picture gshock, of the same ray & even another black ray beside it both 2 days after importing.notice the spot color buddie yellow for sure,now a freind of mine tells me to leave the shell on the shrimp and those spots will go white.i do it and to my amazement it works and you still have to say some stupid crap.just keep your stupid remarks to your self.i know this from experience.i have done it so have others and i guarantee star of the amazon did it too.i dont know how it works but it seems too for many of us.now i am done this arguement go ruin another thread elsewhere

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There are more than one 'grade' of BD...they aren't all equal. Some common Leos are perfectly marked with brilliant spots, and some BD's are marked better than others. That's what some Bd's are $1500 and some are $3000.

This one is BD x Leo... all that means is that I got a better price.

Mike

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Clearwater guy;4483592; said:
There are more than one 'grade' of BD...they aren't all equal. Some common Leos are perfectly marked with brilliant spots, and some BD's are marked better than others. That's what some Bd's are $1500 and some are $3000.

This one is BD x Leo... all that means is that I got a better price.

Mike


bds are $2500 minimum for wilds and high grades sell for way more than $3000.try like $10,000.now cbs are selling for around 2k for crappy ones

nice bd x leo by the way
 
I didn't mean to cause a fight over this. Just wanted some opinions on the matter. With that said, is this a BD or Leo? lol...
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