Red Cherry Shrimp

Description

Price is per shrimp. We send Juveniles and/or Adults when available.

Very good quality, outdoor bred Neocaridina Red Cherry Shrimp. These are the reddest ones we have though their may be some (especially males) that are not completely red, but we do not sort these into different grades other than normal Red Cherry Shrimp or lower grade  Red Cherry Shrimp.

These popular, hardy Red Cherry Shrimp are great for people wanting to start out keeping and breeding shrimp. They are bright so look great in a planted aquarium. They love to live in grass or moss so we recommend having a planted tropical aquarium. Cherry shrimp, Neocaridina davidi, have many common names including cherry red shrimp, fire cherry shrimp, fire shrimp and red shrimps. Colouration varies from a deep red, to a translucent red – various shades of red. We have lower grade red cherry shrimp which have more clear translucent colour to them, though their offspring can be very red – or very clear. You need to continuously ‘cull’ your shrimp from the ‘less red’ shrimp to keep your line of cherry shrimp as red as possible if you goal is to maintain a pure red line.

Cherry shrimp have a distinctive head with a pointy rostrum (nose) and four antennae (one pair longer than the other). Cherry shrimp have eyes that protrude on stalks on either side of the rostrum, and three pairs of short legs beneath the mouth that help the shrimp scavenge for food. The red cherry shrimp’s abdomen has six overlapping shell segments and five pairs of legs for swimming.

They are fine to keep with peaceful fish such as tetras and most live bearers, though keep in mind if your aim is to breed them then they are best kept on their own without fish because they babies will almost certainly be eaten by the fish.