Common name: Bee (Europe/USA), Black Diamond (Hong Kong/Singapore/Taiwan), Black Bee (Japan), Bienengarnele (Germany/Austria/Switzerland)
Bred form is known as Black and White Crystal in (Hong Kong/Taiwan)
Scientific name: Caridina cf. cantonensis 'Bee'
Description: wild type has always three colors: white, orange and black; white head, stripes and dots on the orange tail, certain strains can lack the orange coloration
Size: 2.5 to 3 cm 1 to 1.2 inch
Water temperature: 21 to 28°C or 70 to 82°F
Water parameters: pH 6.5 to 7.2
Origin: Hong Kong, New Territories
High or low breeding form: high
Bred form is known as Black and White Crystal in (Hong Kong/Taiwan)
Scientific name: Caridina cf. cantonensis 'Bee'
Description: wild type has always three colors: white, orange and black; white head, stripes and dots on the orange tail, certain strains can lack the orange coloration
Size: 2.5 to 3 cm 1 to 1.2 inch
Water temperature: 21 to 28°C or 70 to 82°F
Water parameters: pH 6.5 to 7.2
Origin: Hong Kong, New Territories
High or low breeding form: high
The Crystal Red shrimp is a recessive mutation of the bee shrimp. It has a reduced amount of melanin (black pigments) but it is not a albinotic mutation. The color bee shrimp (Colorbienengarnele) is a variation of the wild type which shows only little white.
Bee shrimps can cross-breed with tiger shrimps. The offspring is fertile and as hardy as bee shrimps. This hybrids are called Tigerbees, Tigerbienen or TiBi.
Bee shrimps can cross-breed with tiger shrimps. The offspring is fertile and as hardy as bee shrimps. This hybrids are called Tigerbees, Tigerbienen or TiBi.
Caridina Spongicola (Sulawesi Shrimp)
English name: Harlequin Shrimp
Scientific name: Caridina Spongicola
Origin: Indonesia (Sulawesi, Lake Towuti)
Size male/female: 1.5 cm or 0.6 inch
Water temperature: 26 - 30 °C or 78.8 - 86 °F
Water Parameters: pH 7.5 – 8.5
Reproduction: in freshwater
Behavior: non-aggressive
Difficulty: expert
Description: Very nice but small shrimp with wine-red and white stripes, going horizontally and vertically. Don’t confound this shrimp with Caridina woltarecke, which looks very similar.
My experience on this species: Extremely shy and difficult species; should not be sold for home keeping.
Remarks: Endemic species which lives in symbiosis with a sponge and will not survive without. (Further reading: von Rintelen, K., von Rintelen, T., Meixner, M., Lüter, C., Cai. Y. & Glaubrecht, M. (2007). Freshwater shrimp-sponge association from an ancient lake. Biology Letters 3: 262-264).
Scientific name: Caridina Spongicola
Origin: Indonesia (Sulawesi, Lake Towuti)
Size male/female: 1.5 cm or 0.6 inch
Water temperature: 26 - 30 °C or 78.8 - 86 °F
Water Parameters: pH 7.5 – 8.5
Reproduction: in freshwater
Behavior: non-aggressive
Difficulty: expert
Description: Very nice but small shrimp with wine-red and white stripes, going horizontally and vertically. Don’t confound this shrimp with Caridina woltarecke, which looks very similar.
My experience on this species: Extremely shy and difficult species; should not be sold for home keeping.
Remarks: Endemic species which lives in symbiosis with a sponge and will not survive without. (Further reading: von Rintelen, K., von Rintelen, T., Meixner, M., Lüter, C., Cai. Y. & Glaubrecht, M. (2007). Freshwater shrimp-sponge association from an ancient lake. Biology Letters 3: 262-264).
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