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.
