Blue Dream Shrimp
These shrimp can vary in intensity from individual to individual.
Blue dream shrimp. The blue dream shrimp is a selectively bred blue shrimp that has a darker deeper blue color than its counterpart the blue velvet shrimp. Some blue dream shrimp can look like they ve rusted on top. The blue dream shrimp is a product of the selective breeding of the red cherry shrimp for different colorations.
The blue dream or blue velvet shrimp is a darker variety of the common blue jelly shrimp. Sexing blue dream shrimp can be difficult until the shrimp reach sexual maturity. We ve noticed that the darker your substrate the darker your blue.
The natural coloration of the shrimp is green brown. Black head coloration is generally considered less desirable than an even blue color with no hints of black. Bred from the same wild type as sakura red cherry shrimp the dream blue velvet shrimp is a color variant of the neocaridina davidi formerly neocaridina heteropoda species.
These shrimp are intense blue and only the fantasy blue or blue diamond shrimp shows a deeper blue. Blue dream neocaridina davidi is a freshwater shrimp originating from taiwan which is commonly kept in aquaria. Take a picture of your un opened bag of livestock if dead ones are visible.
Our line is a hardy multigenerational true blue blooded breeding line. Little is known about how this variant came to be bred but they are slowly gaining in popularity within the dwarf shrimp hobby due to their stunning coloration and ease of care. Like most neocaridina davidi they are peaceful tank inhabitants and go about cleaning algae and bio films quite.
A top grade blue dream shrimp should be a deep and even blue all over. The steps to follow when claiming your d o a can be found below. This trait can occur in all grades and most shrimp keepers agree it doesn t affect grading.
We send them out at unsexed juvenile age so they re not completely full grown and not completely colored up. You will receive 5 shrimp. Blue dream shrimp shrimp are decent algae eaters and also fond of decaying organic matter from plants to worms and even other deceased fish and shrimps.
Blue dreams sometimes also referred to as blue velvets are a striking display of a dark blue neocaradina shrimp. Blue dream shrimp neocaridina davidi var. Disease and pest free.
The shrimp you will receive were born out of our colony originally purchased from a very reputable usa based home breeder. You can feed them any shrimp food meant for caridines and neocaridines as well as freshly boiled vegetables. Blue dream shrimp were bred from blue velvet shrimp to produce the richest brightest blue color possible.
