Moderate
Blue Bolt Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis, Taiwan Bee)
20–25°C · pH 5.5–6.8 · 20L
£42.99
Yellow cheek Sulawesi Caridina to ~1.3cm for warm, stable, biofilm-rich tanks. Expert care; 26-30C, pH 7.5-8.5, 40L+.
Adult size is the maximum length this species reaches at full maturity (scientific sources). The livestock you receive will be younger and smaller — pick a size variant above for the actual shipping size. Photos are AI-enhanced, so the animal may show subtle colour or marking differences.
Caridina sp. yellow cheek celebe
Caridina sp. yellow cheek celebe are a shoaling species — they need 6+ to feel safe and show their full colour. Larger shoals stay calmer, eat better, and look stunning.
Yellow cheek Sulawesi Caridina to ~1.3cm for warm, stable, biofilm-rich tanks. Expert care; 26-30C, pH 7.5-8.5, 40L+.
Adult size is the maximum length this species reaches at full maturity (scientific sources). The livestock you receive will be younger and smaller — pick a size variant above for the actual shipping size. Photos are AI-enhanced, so the animal may show subtle colour or marking differences.
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Maintain these water conditions for optimal health and vibrant colors
Read the name like a field note: yellow cheek markings on a Caridina from Celebes — the old name for Sulawesi — and you have the essence of this shrimp. It is a wild-flavoured specialist species of around 1.3 cm that, per its care record, does best in warm, stable, biofilm-rich aquariums where it can graze continuously across the bottom. The appeal is authenticity: an unusual locale animal rather than another colour morph of a familiar staple, with cheek markings that give you an identification point you can actually use when watching a colony at work.
Provision is everything with Sulawesi shrimp, and the yellow cheek's numbers are typical of the group: 26–30 °C, alkaline pH of 7.5–8.5 and hardness of 4–12 dGH, in no less than 40 litres. That is the most generous minimum tank among our Sulawesi shrimp — useful headroom when the job is holding warm parameters steady through every season of a UK year. Care is rated expert, the temperament is wholly peaceful, the diet is omnivorous, and the lifespan runs to about two years in well-managed conditions. Hold the warmth and the alkalinity inside their recorded bands and the rest of the husbandry is unremarkable.
Hold tankmates to the recorded shortlist: other peaceful dwarf shrimp, snails, and non-predatory invertebrates. Most fish are simply a liability for an animal of barely 1.3 cm — loaches, cichlids, predatory species and anything big enough to swallow a small shrimp are explicitly excluded, and crayfish are out of the question entirely. Non-predatory invertebrates round out the recorded options for anyone wanting more than shrimp and snails in the system.
Set the warm, alkaline system up first and let it stabilise; the shrimp should be the last addition to the tank, not the first. Order once the parameters have held steady for a stretch, not before. Available to UK keepers with delivery by licensed live-animal courier and our live arrival guarantee.
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