Caridina babaulti green - Aquarium Shrimp for Sale UK

Green on green is an underrated look. Caridina babaulti green is a dwarf shrimp whose emerald body colour works like living foliage in a planted aquarium — always moving, always grazing, and adding a useful layer of algae control while it goes. At a petite 1cm adult size it belongs in calm company, and a colony brings the kind of constant foreground activity that fish alone never quite supply.

Care sits at the Moderate level: not difficult, but worth doing properly. This strain handles an unusually broad temperature span of 18–27°C, so unheated rooms and gently heated tropical tanks can both work; keep pH between 6.5 and 7.5 and hardness in the 8–20 dGH band. A 20-litre aquarium is enough to start a group, and a mature tank gives a grazing colony far more to work on from the first day. As an omnivore it browses across the bottom for whatever the aquarium offers, topped up with sinking foods. Companions should be chosen with shrimp logic: small peaceful fish, fellow dwarf shrimp, snails and non-predatory bottom dwellers are safe, while large or aggressive fish, predators of any kind, crayfish, large cichlids and shrimp-hunting loaches will treat the colony as a buffet.

Watch a settled group for ten minutes and the appeal explains itself: tiny green grazers fanning out across leaves and substrate, picking constantly. As bottom-dwellers they occupy a layer most small community fish ignore, so they add activity without adding competition. The two-year individual lifespan sounds short, but an established colony renews itself — the practical unit of ownership here is the colony, not the single shrimp.

Green babaulti shrimp care essentials

• Temperature: 18–27°C — flexible across setups
• pH 6.5–7.5; hardness 8–20 dGH
• Tank size: from 20 litres
• Adult size: ~1cm; lifespan around 2 years
• Diet: omnivorous grazer, bottom-dwelling
• Peaceful — keep only with shrimp-safe tankmates

Building your colony

Dwarf shrimp do best in groups, so plan for several rather than a single specimen, and audit the existing stock list against the avoid list before adding any. Caridina babaulti green ships UK-wide with a licensed live-animal courier and our live arrival guarantee.