Dream Blue Velvet Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi), Tank-Bred!

Description

Add some color and excitement to your aquarium with Dream Blue Velvet Shrimp!  These shrimp look great, clean your tank, and are a blast to watch!  Dream Blue Velvet Shrimp are very similar to the prolific Red Cherry Shrimp, but their coloration is a deep solid blue.  They are very active and breed very quickly.  A colony of these shrimp works as a very effective cleaning crew for your aquarium, cleaning up algae and waste.
These are freshwater shrimp and can live in almost any freshwater aquarium.  They are very popular for planted tanks and community tanks, and many people use them in large aquariums for waste management and algae control.  We generally ship young adult shrimp that are already of breeding age.
Dream Blue Velvet Shrimp belong to the same species as Sakura Red Cherry Shrimp (
Neocaridina davidi
), so their care requirements are essentially the same.  All Dream Blue Velvet Shrimp are extremely adaptable creatures that can live in almost any freshwater aquarium.  Our shrimp ship out as breeding age young adults that are about 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch in length.  Some of the younger shrimp have not reached their full potential yet and will grow into a bright blue color as long as they are comfortable in the tank.  Lower intensity lighting and dark substrate also helps them achieve the deepest blue coloration.
BREEDER COMBO PACK:
We also offer a "Breeder Combo Pack" for Dream Blue Velvet Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi).
This is a combo pack designed for optimal breeding results to help you quickly start a breeding colony of Dream Blue Velvet Shrimp.  It includes 10 female shrimp and 5 male shrimp, which ship out as breeding age young adults that range from 1/2 to 1 inch in length. All shrimp are bagged together in one bag
.
To purchase this pack, select the"Breeder Combo Pack" option at the top of this page.
What We Like About This Shrimp:
Beautiful deep blue coloration
Breeds easily in the aquarium
Completely peaceful with all non-aggressive tankmates
Safe with all plants
Excellent scavenger
RECOMMENDED TANK PARAMETERS:
Minimum tank size
:
2 gallons, recommended 10 gallon minimum for a colony
Temperature
: 64° - 78° F (17.8° - 25.5° C)
pH
: 6.8 - 7.5
dGH
: 6 - 15
dKH
: 0 - 10
TDS
: 180 - 400
CARE GUIDELINES:
Diet
: Scavenger that feeds continually.  Requires very little feeding in a well-established aquarium containing algae, biofilm, or decaying plant matter. In less mature aquariums, high quality dry foods with high plant content can be
fed multiple times daily.
Aquatic Arts Snowflake Premium Shrimp Food
&
Aquatic Arts Pollen Granules Premium Shrimp Food
are excellent supplements to the diet of any shrimp. Give them a try and your shrimp will thank you for the tasty treat!
Natural Botanicals
are a great way to boost the immune system of your shrimp and they will also provide lots of essential biofilm for the shrimp to graze on.
Social behavior
: Peaceful.  A small group can continually replenish and grow its population
Origin
: Tank-bred , but wild populations indigenous to Taiwan
Average adult size
: 1 - 1.5 inches (2.5 - 3.8 cm)
Average purchase size
: 1/2 - 3/4 inch (1.3 - 1.9 cm)
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