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Caridina shrimp: Crystal, Taiwan Bee & Pinto

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Caridina are the high end of the shrimp hobby: Crystal Red and Black grades, Taiwan Bee colours, patterned Pinto, and Tiger lines. They're less forgiving than Neocaridina, and much more striking.

Water is everything

Most Caridina from the crystal and bee group want soft, slightly acidic water: roughly pH 5.8–6.8, GH 4–6, KH 0–1. That usually means RO water remineralised for Caridina, over an active soil that buffers pH down. Hard or alkaline tap water won't hold them long term. Sulawesi species are the exception: they want warm, alkaline water.

Why buy locally bred

Caridina are easily stressed by long shipping and sudden water changes. Shrimp raised in RO-based water nearby acclimate far more easily than imports. We match our water parameters to what we tell you, so you can prepare a tank in advance.

Our higher grades are produced in small numbers and go to the waitlist first.

Varieties

• Crystal Red shrimp: The classic red-and-white Caridina, graded from A to SSS by how much white it shows.
• Hinomaru Crystal Red shrimp: A high-grade Crystal Red: white body with one round red spot on the back.
• Mosura Crystal Red shrimp: A top-grade Crystal Red: almost all white, with a small red crown.
• Golden Bee shrimp: Bee shrimp with a white shell over orange flesh, giving a golden look.
• Boa shrimp: A Taiwan Bee-type pattern with a very broad stripe down the back.
• Galaxy Fishbone shrimp: Blue-black Caridina with white spine-and-rib markings and white speckles.
• Red Ruby Taiwan Bee shrimp: A solid red Taiwan Bee with little or no white.
• Tibee and Taitibee shrimp: Hybrids of Tiger and bee shrimp, with spotted heads and tiger stripes.
• Tangerine Tiger shrimp: Orange, slightly see-through shrimp with dark stripes and dots.
• Black Tiger shrimp: Near-black Tiger shrimp with orange eyes and faint striping.
• Harlequin Sulawesi shrimp: Candy-cane-striped shrimp from Lake Towuti, Sulawesi; one of the hardest to keep.
• Blue Leg Poso shrimp: Clear Sulawesi shrimp with blue legs and tail fan, from Lake Poso.
• Yellow Goldflake shrimp: Sulawesi shrimp from Lake Towuti, Critically Endangered in the wild.
• Crystal Black shrimp: Black-and-white Caridina, graded like Crystal Red.
• Blue Bolt shrimp: A Taiwan Bee with a sky-blue body, from pale to deep blue.
• Shadow Panda shrimp: A Taiwan Bee with deep blue-black bands on white.
• King Kong shrimp: A Taiwan Bee with a solid, glossy black body.
• Wine Red shrimp: A solid, deep wine-red Taiwan Bee.
• Galaxy Pinto shrimp: A Pinto Caridina with a starry pattern of spots on the head and body.
• Orange Eye Blue Tiger shrimp: A deep blue Tiger shrimp with bright orange eyes.
• Cardinal Sulawesi shrimp: A red-and-white Sulawesi shrimp from ancient lakes, needing warm, alkaline water.