There have been many confusion of what is a Super black crystal, panda and black ninja. Are they all the same shrimp?
No.
If anybody say they are one and the same then you are in for a ride.
Reason being is very simple, a Super black is a selective bred PBL for its black properties and it will throw out PBL “no entry” at times.
A black ninja is a reverse selection process to obtain the black and white mask on the head and will not throw out PBL no entry.
A black ninja looks like a Super black and so does a gene BFT that has been selectively bred with black ninja to make it blacker.
So how can you discern which is which? Ask the seller. If they say it’s all the same then you are better off walking away. If fundamentals such as this isn’t clear, those sellers are trying to rip you off. In other words their integrity is questionable. Happens a lot in Singapore and with the frequent communication in Taiwan and US, it appears it’s the same.
This is a black ninja
This shrimp is call 4 section (created from Extreme black)
4 section denotes the white area. Picture from Hwa shrimp Taiwan
Here is a Super black (credit to shrimp and scape Uk site : https://www.shrimpandscape.co.uk
Super black and extreme black are different shrimp but all originated from PBL. The black ninja can be seen with more prominent black legs as compare to Super black. The Color and coverage of the black ninja is almost 100% covered from head to tail. The Black ninja is around for a Long time even before the Super black was created in Germany and Taiwan. Super black will never breed out black ninja because they ain’t the same shrimp.
A Super black would need 3 years of selective breeding to obtain extreme black and then reverse the selective breeding to get 4 line and then slowly selectively bred to get black ninja. So a Super black would probably cost $1-2 but with the number of years needed for black ninja to be created takes a Long time hence the high price tag on it.
Black ninja and black ninja one line is the same as it is being translated from Chinese 蒙面侠一线.
Don’t be taken for a ride if you are trying to keep the black ninja by getting the Super black.