Neocaridina shrimps are tiny crustaceans with almost clear long bodies. Many aquarists like them because of simple care and rich color variety. Under good conditions they reach full size in 3 until 4 months.
Maximum length is around 2 inches, while most females grow to 1.5 inches and males to approximately 1.25 inches. Adults usually measure between 1 and 1.5 inches. Males commonly are a bit more small and less colorful than females.
Neocaridina Shrimp: Size, Colors and Care
They become well known because of vivid solid colors, like red, blue, yellow, black and orange. Exist many types, also red cherry shrimp, yellow shrimp, blue velvet shrimp, blue pearl shrimp, snowball shrimp, rili shrimp, green shrimp and black rose shrimp. Rare are black pinks, carbon rili, red riding hood, painted reds and green jades.
Red cherry shrimp is especially liked and easily found. Its bright red range of pale pink at kids until deep, opaque red at adults. The strong red tone probably comes of thin interference because of high count of erythrophores in the species Neocaridina davidi.
Others tones are hypnotizing blue velvet, attractive yellow, green and chocolate. Some blue copies have deep blue-green shade. It looks especially nice above dark soil.
Orange shrimp seems vivid, because eyes clearly show against the orange shell. Orange well looks in planted water. Red shrimp shines in tank, because red resists green.
Green shrimp easily misses between leaves, blue slightly blend, during yellow shrimp well contrast above black soil.
Seriously know that blending of different Neocaridina colors can create troubles. Crosses from various types give brown wild type kids soon later. In two or three generations of breeding commonly appear brown, gray, green either transparent kids.
Because they are selectively bred for separate colors, do not advise to keep several colors in one tank. They can accidentally mate and bear colorless kids. For keep pure color, best are keep one type each tank.
The natural wild color is spotted brown.
