Familie: Atyidae
Schneeball-Garnele: die porzellanweiße Zuchtform der Neocaridina zhangjiajiensis, etwas größer als die Cherry. 2,5-3 cm, robust bei 18-26 °C und fruchtbar; kreuzt sich nicht mit N. davidi-Farben.
Snowball Shrimp is the milky-white morph of Neocaridina zhangjiajiensis, a close relative of the cherry shrimp named after the sandstone scenery of Zhangjiajie in China's Hunan province, where the wild stock was first collected from cool, well-oxygenated hill streams. Taiwan breeders selected the palest wild individuals until the snowball line bred true — an opaque porcelain white that glows against dark aquasoil and green moss, one of the brightest-looking shrimp in the hobby. It grows slightly larger and stockier than N. davidi at up to 2.5-3 cm, and keeps the family's famous hardiness: 18-26 °C, pH 6.5-7.8, moderate hardness, and an easy-going appetite for algae, biofilm and standard shrimp foods. In the aquarium it is as active and visible as a red cherry and breeds with the same ease in pure freshwater — females carry a conspicuous snow-white clutch visible through the transparent underside. Because it is a different species from the davidi color morphs it will not hybridize with them, so it can share a tank with cherries without diluting either line.
Anfängergeeignet und fehlerverzeihend. Extremely peaceful. Groups of 10 or more.
Ideal sind 18–25 °C ohne starke Schwankungen.
Wird 2–2.5 cm; lebt bottom — grazing plants and hardscape. Mindestens 20 L.
Algae and biofilm grazer; color foods are unnecessary. Es wühlt in fine inert gravel or shrimp-safe sand — lass etwas Futter den Boden erreichen.
Extremely peaceful; Groups of 10 or more. Gute Partner: Neocaridina davidi color morphs — Different species — no hybrid risk, colors stay pure, Small peaceful community fish — Adults safe; moss for shrimplets, Otocinclus catfish — Gentle algae crew companion.Nicht mit Copper-based medications — Lethal to all invertebrates, Large predatory fish — Shrimp are prey, High-temperature tanks above 27 °C — Shortens lifespan and fades the white.
Stammt aus Selective-bred form of the Chinese Neocaridina zhangjiajiensis; lebt in any stable freshwater community aquarium. Gentle current; moderate oxygen.
In der Zucht: breeds readily in pure freshwater. Females carry 20-30 creamy-white eggs for about three weeks; the white clutch shows clearly through the transparent swimmerets — a favorite sight in a mature tank. Hatchlings are miniature adults.. Females are noticeably larger and stockier with a deeper, rounded abdomen; males are slim and almost glassy white..