This lustrous blue shrimp is well-known for its strikingly sky blue appearance with grading following a similar pattern to that of the Shadow Pandas, with the stronger blue being a higher grade. Although I believe it is more of a preference as a blue bolt with a nice white opaque body with a blue head can also be dashing. This is a shrimp that is always popular amongst hobbyists even with the Europeans and Asia.
Now, the breeding rate for these shrimps do appear to be slower taking a lot longer to settle in and establish in a new tank as well as growing and breeding. They can also be pretty finicky with parameters, when I first dripped them into the tank the colour wasn’t as vibrant as it is now, its certainly was lacking in colour intensity which took at least 2 months to fix. Note, that I had them as juvies which also lack colour, as they age the colour gets better, similar to wine in barrels. Some adults also occasionally have mood swings on certain days which results in less intense colouring but bouncing back a few days after.
Since these shrimps are also part of the Taiwan bees, the conditions that they thrive in will be similar to most bees like the Wine Reds, Shadow Pandas and Crystal Red shrimps etc. Optimising breeding within soft acidic pH and optimal temperatures is recommended for this shrimp. I also add almond leaves to help maintain these conditions as well as a Sochting Oxydator to oxygenate the water in case there are temperature swings.
For parameters I keep mine at:
pH = 6 – 6.4
Temp = 22 – 23*C
TDS = 130-160ppm
Overall, this stunning shrimp gets two blue thumbs up from me. Legit one of my favourites and can stare at them for hours.
