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Caridina sp. "Biene"


  


Apperance: Carapax in black and white stripes, tail gusset orange.
Origin: South China and Hong Kong
Size: Males to 2,5 cm, females to 3,5 cm. Females have bigger abdomen and they are generally bigger.
Water conditions: Temp 20 - 25 C, soft water with pH 6-7. This shrimp is very sensitive to copper in water.
Tank layout: They like tanks with sand substrate, lots of plants, you can put some beech leafes.
Food: Algae, artificial aliments with spirulin.
Breeding:No larvae stadium. Female carries about 30 eggs. Young ones born after 4 weeks and become maturity when they are 3-4 months old. It may not breed in hard and alkaline water, as well as in too high temperature.



One of the first freshwater shrimps in fish tanks. Often mistaken with Caridina sp, "Bumblebee" (Caridina sp. "Hummel") although it is easy to tell them apart. C. sp. "Biene" has a white head when C. sp. "Bumblebee" has a black one. Size of tank should be like for other Caridina - its best to keep a group in 20 liter tank and more. If you want to have other shrimps with them the tank should be bigger. Caridina sp. "Biene" is part of so called serrata group and that's why it shouldn't be accompanied by other shrimps from this group because they might mix. Popular name of it is Caridina sp."Bee" (that's why it is often mistaken for C. sp. "Bumblebee") and sometimes it is also called Caridina sp "Crystal Black", because from this shrimp comes Caridina sp "Crystal Red". You can also find it under name Caridina serrata (from this name of whole group was taken). Old name of this shrimp is Caridina cantonensis.



  
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