Sakura Cherry Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi)

Pflegeparameter

Temperatur

18–26 °C

pH

6.5–8

GH-Härte

6–15 dGH

Größe ausgewachsen

2–2.5 cm

Mindestaquarium

20 L

Schwimmebene

Bottom — grazing plants and hardscape

Schwierigkeit

Einfach

Charakter

Extremely peaceful

Artübersicht

Sakura Cherry Shrimp is the most popular color morph of Neocaridina davidi, the hardy East Asian atyid that aquarists in Taiwan and Japan spent two decades selecting from wild stock for ever-deeper red. Compared with the original wild-type cherry, the Sakura grade shows an even, translucent pink-red over the whole body with a darker cherry saddle on the back. It reaches 2-2.5 cm, grazes algae and biofilm all day, and tolerates 18-26 °C across a wide pH and hardness range, which makes it the standard starter shrimp and a genuinely useful cleanup crew in planted community tanks. It breeds readily in pure freshwater: the female carries 20-30 green eggs under her abdomen for about three weeks, and the hatchlings emerge as miniature adults needing no special food beyond fine powder and the biofilm of a mature tank. Keep ten or more for stable groups, avoid copper medication, and provide dense moss so the young survive alongside small fish.

Natürlicher Lebensraum

Lebensraum

Any stable freshwater community aquarium

Strömung

Gentle current

Gelöster Sauerstoff

Moderate oxygen

Aquascaping & Technik

Substrat

Fine inert gravel or shrimp-safe sand

Harte Dekoration

Java moss and driftwood for grazing

Pflanzen

Dense moss and fine-leaf plants

Charakter, Fütterung & Vergesellschaftung

Schwarmverhalten

Groups of 10 or more

Fütterung

Algae and biofilm grazer; color foods keep hues intense

Empfohlene Mitbewohner

• Other Neocaridina color morphs — Interbreed freely — keep one color per tank for pure lines
• Small rasboras, tetras and ricefish — Ignore adult shrimp; shrimplets need moss cover
• Otocinclus catfish — Perfect algae-eating companion, same gentle temperament
• Nerite and small freshwater snails — Share the cleanup crew role, no competition

Nicht vergesellschaften mit

• Large crayfish and big-mouth cichlids — Will prey on shrimp of any size
• Copper-based medications — Lethal to all invertebrates — read labels before treatment
• Pesticide-treated plants — Residual insecticides wipe out an entire colony

Zucht & Hinweise

Geschlechtsdimorphismus

Females are larger, deeper-bodied and far more colorful, with a rounded underbelly and a visible saddle of developing eggs; males stay smaller, slimmer and almost transparent pink.

Fortpflanzungsart

Breeds prolifically in pure freshwater. The female molts, releases pheromones, then carries 20-30 green eggs under her swimmerets for about three weeks; hatchlings are fully formed miniature shrimp. No larval stage and no salt needed — a mature, mossy tank produces new batches monthly.

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