Ocean Red

Latin Name:

Caridina cf. cantonensis

Common. Name:

Ocean Red

Appearance:

Distinctive look of Red colour taitibee shrimp. The characteristic of this shrimp is clear opaque body. At young age, the shrimp will show more to orange/pinkish head colour, but will go red once matured.

Size:

up to 2.3 cm

Age:

up to 2.5years

Compatibility

Can be keep together with any other shrimps (if the water values match). Will cross breed with any other caridina cantonensis species, but not to any neocaridina cherry shrimp species

Grading:

The intensity of red depending on your water's parameters. Therefore sometimes the shrimp can show light red, sometimes deep red.

Food:

Omnivorous, feeds on algae, biofilm and commercial shrimp foods. Please avoid feeding your shrimp with any foods that contains copper.

Difficulty

Intermediate, previous shrimp keeping experiences is required.

Requirements & water values:

min. aquarium requirements

We recommend a tank of at least 25 L and minimum a group of 10 is require for a thriving colony.

Temperature

20 - 25 °C

pH value

5.5 - 6.5 mol/l

Total hardness (GH)

4 - 6 ° dGh

Carbonate hardness (KH)

0-1

TDS for RO (osmosis) water

approx. 120 to 180 ppm