Neocardina Blues

[Spid]

Here are some group shots of a tank of neocaridina blues aka blue shrimp sold at LFS. I found them not very glamorous in a tank of black soil as their color tone is bluish grey and it seems difficult to tweak their color back to dark blue, just like those sold in LFS.

Any guys here like to share their experience about this shrimp?

[Morgan01]

hi i need more of them so can you tell me which LFS has stock currently?

[beetroot]

yes for adults mostly bluish grey but more of blue. but after a few months, i find them not very hardy.
for kids, don't know when i can see their colour. some juvenile about 1cm still got no colour.

[Robert]

Hi,
I got such bluish Neocaridina more than 2 years ago. All of my original specimen were dark blue. But all the offspring were colorless, grey, brown or bluish brown. I never got back the color of the orignal ones.

Some of them show a nice pattern of creme and brown but the majority are rather boring. The are the only shrimp inhabitants in my show tank and I can hardly see them on the coarse grey gravel. They don't breed that much but the populations seem to be stable with a few dozen specimen.

Maybe I will replace them one day with my Neocaridina heteropoda 'yellow' or Neocaridina palmata 'blue pearl' when I got enough of them from my breeding tanks. You know, mixing Neocaridina species is no good choice because they easly cross-breed.

[Spid]

hi i need more of them so can you tell me which LFS has stock currently?

C328 and polyart do sell. C328 comes in pack of 10 while those at polyart you are able to choose.

yes for adults mostly bluish grey but more of blue. but after a few months, i find them not very hardy.
for kids, don't know when i can see their colour. some juvenile about 1cm still got no colour.

Hi,
I got such bluish Neocaridina more than 2 years ago. All of my original specimen were dark blue. But all the offspring were colorless, grey, brown or bluish brown. I never got back the color of the orignal ones.

Some of them show a nice pattern of creme and brown but the majority are rather boring. The are the only shrimp inhabitants in my show tank and I can hardly see them on the coarse grey gravel. They don't breed that much but the populations seem to be stable with a few dozen specimen.

Maybe I will replace them one day with my Neocaridina heteropoda 'yellow' or Neocaridina palmata 'blue pearl' when I got enough of them from my breeding tanks. You know, mixing Neocaridina species is not good choice because they easly cross-breed.

Yes seems like the case and its difficult to have their offsprings resemble their parents or better. For me, this species is more hardy than other neocardinas and their breeding capacity is comparable to cherry, which means they can produce quite fast.