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Black Sapphire OE — original Orange Eye cross report

Line retained the Black Sapphire name due to unsatisfactory strength of blue plus stripe; improvement is ongoing

Identity and breeder

Neocaridina davidi (ornamental attribution) — Michael Häsler

Published date and report type

2026 original report; First-person line-development account unless noted

Illustrated breeding family / evidence tree

Breeder report for Black Sapphire OE. Parent stocks described, parent specimen IDs and genotype not recorded.REPORTED BACKGROUNDPreexisting black Orange Eye line +commercial Blue Sapphire stockPUBLISHED BREEDER ROUTE2026 authors explicitly describeintrogressing black OE backgroundinto Blue Sapphire and selectingOBSERVED / REPORTEDBlack Sapphire OE
Solid = first-person breeder account; full pedigree not independently established. Line retained the Black Sapphire name due to unsatisfactory strength of blue plus stripe; improvement is ongoing Source-to-selected-line diagram only; exact parental IDs and brood counts not documented.

Reported original source stock

Preexisting black Orange Eye line + commercial Blue Sapphire stock

Reported actual crossing or selection sequence

2026 authors explicitly describe introgressing black OE background into Blue Sapphire and selecting

Observed phenotype

Mostly dark blue/black pigmentation; desired dorsal stripe uncommon

What author claims

Line retained the Black Sapphire name due to unsatisfactory strength of blue plus stripe; improvement is ongoing

Measured brood counts

Not published

What remains uncertain

Identified as a cross direction at STOCK level; maternal/paternal identity, exact F1 and later generations undocumented

Care, selection, authentication

Maintain lineage-specific stock labels, isolate genuine known mating pairs in a matured tank, document sex and source of each parent, hatch-date cohorts and scored F1/F2 offspring. Color and orange eye often segregate differently in breeder accounts. Record water parameters rather than assuming one eye-color gene governs body color.

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