Green Shrimp
Remarks: Our line of green shrimp can display anywhere from a light olive color to a rich emerald green. The main photo is one of our adult, fully colored breeder females - yours will most likely not look like this right away as they are young- but they will have the potential to look like this! The second photo is a better representation of how they will appear when you receive them. Neocaridina, or cherry, shrimp are very popular among aquarists of all skill levels. They are easy to breed in a home aquarium, very tolerant of a wide range of water parameters for a shrimp, and fun to watch explore every corner of your aquarium. These shrimp exhibit a fascinating reproductive process beginning with the female molting and sending out pheromones to signal to the males she is ready to breed. After mating, the female will hold her eggs under her tail with her swimmerettes to keep them clean and aerated until they hatch into tiny shrimplets. As the shrimp grow, they molt many times and wi