Moderate
Caridina Taiwan bee red bolt
20–25°C · pH 5.5–6.8 · 20L
£35.99
Black-and-white crystal-pattern Caridina shrimp for expert keepers. Peaceful 1cm grazer; 22-26C, alkaline pH 7.5-8.5, 30L+.
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. Black & white crystal
Caridina sp. Black & white crystal are a shoaling species — they need 6+ to feel safe and show their full colour.
Black-and-white crystal-pattern Caridina shrimp for expert keepers. Peaceful 1cm grazer; 22-26C, alkaline pH 7.5-8.5, 30L+.
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
Monochrome, done properly: alternating black and white across a 1 cm Caridina body gives this crystal-pattern shrimp a graphic quality few freshwater animals can match. Make no mistake about the audience, though — its care record rates it expert, and the striking pattern is the reward for meeting genuinely exacting standards rather than a freebie for any community tank. Know that going in and the relationship works; assume otherwise and it tends not to. Crystal-pattern shrimp have long been the showpieces of the dwarf-shrimp hobby, and the black-and-white form is the starkest of those looks — pattern doing all the work, no colour required.
The headline requirement is stability in an unexpected range. The record calls for warm water at 22–26 °C with a distinctly alkaline pH of 7.5–8.5 and hardness from 4 to 12 dGH — numbers worth reading twice, because they are not the soft acidic conditions many keepers assume for crystal-type shrimp. Thirty litres is the recorded minimum, and for an animal this small with a two-year lifespan, consistency counts for far more than raw volume. Hardness matters as much as pH here: the record's 4–12 dGH window is the band to test for, not guess at.
Keep the community deliberately minimal. Other peaceful dwarf shrimp and small peaceful snails are the only recorded tankmates; loaches, cichlids, crayfish, large or predatory fish — and even merely boisterous, highly active species — introduce risk a 1 cm shrimp cannot absorb. In itself it is entirely peaceful, feeding as an omnivore along the tank floor and asking nothing of its neighbours except to be left alone.
Honest answer: only if you can hold those parameters steady week after week. Set the tank up around the shrimp rather than fitting the shrimp into an existing community, and the expert rating becomes a description of preparation rather than of daily difficulty. Experienced keepers ready for the challenge can order for UK delivery, with every shipment covered by our live arrival guarantee.
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