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Neocaridina heteropoda var. red




Apperance: Intensive red shrimp, colour type of Neocaridina heteropoda. Red colour can be strenghten by feeding them with aliments rich in carotenoids. Intensity of color depends also from mood, stressed shrimp might loose all its colors. Females are more colorful, especially when they are carrying eggs.
Origin: Taiwan (wild form comes from China and north Vietnam).
Size: Males to 2 cm, females to 3 cm.
Water conditions: Temp about 25 C, GH 12, pH 6,8-7,5. It's very sensitive to bad water conditions (nitrogen and copper)
Tank layout: They like tanks with sand substrate, plants and roots
Food: Algae, artificial aliments with spirulin. Natural and artificial aliments containing carotenoids, cyklop, arthemia. They love bananas :)
Breeding:No larvae stadium. According to some sources eggs are orange, others say that they are grey - green, some say that they change color from orange to dark green (Neocaridina heteropoda var. red breaded by us had orange eggs). Young shrimps born fully formed in number 30-50 and 2mm big. They become mature in age of 3 - 4 months. In the beginning they are transparent and hard to see in tank.



It's not completely sure if this shrimp exist in natural waters or if it was created from wild form. She loves algae, what (except for great look) says why it is so popular. Some sources say that they can even eat cyanosis. When there are no algae in tank they should be fed. In temperature less than 20 C it might not breed.
Other popular name for this shrimp is Neocaridina denticulata sinensis "Red Cherry" and Neocaridina denticulata sinensis "Fire Red"



  
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