Familia: Atyidae
Gamba Blue Dream: el morfo azul real intenso de Neocaridina davidi, criado desde líneas chocolate. Alcanza 2-2,5 cm, fácil a 18-26 °C y se reproduce en agua dulce; el color se intensifica sobre sustrato oscuro.
Blue Dream Shrimp is the deep-sapphire show morph of Neocaridina davidi, developed in Europe and Taiwan by crossing chocolate-brown lines and selecting the darkest, most velvet-blue offspring over many generations — a pedigree that explains why blue dream is often sold alongside chocolate shrimp and occasionally throws brown juveniles. Premium specimens show an intense, opaque royal blue that holds from head to tail with no transparency. Under the blue coat it is the same bulletproof species: 2-2.5 cm, 18-26 °C, pH 6.5-8.0 and a wide hardness tolerance, grazing algae and biofilm from dawn to dusk. It is one of the most photographed shrimp in the hobby precisely because the color deepens on a dark substrate under full-spectrum light. Breeding matches the rest of the species — freshwater, simple, prolific — but serious breeders cull any brown offspring to keep the line pure. A school of blue dreams cruising a moss-covered log is among the signature images of the modern planted aquarium.
Fácil de cuidar. Extremely peaceful; Groups of 10 or more.
18–26 °C con estabilidad; pH 6.5–8, GH 6–15 dGH.
De adulto mide 2–2.5 cm. Vive bottom — grazing plants and hardscape, así que 20 L o más.
Algae and biofilm grazer; color foods keep hues intense. Combina pienso con alimentos congelados o vivos.
Sí, con criterio. Extremely peaceful — combínalo con Other Neocaridina davidi morphs — Interbreed — keep blue-only colonies; cull brown throwbacks, Small peaceful community fish — Adults safe with tiny tetras and rasboras, Otocinclus catfish — Shares the calm algae-crew niche. Aleja Copper-based medications — Lethal to all invertebrates, Large-mouthed or nippy fish — Will hunt adult shrimp, Direct strong light without plant cover — Shrimp hide; color display suffers.
De Selective-bred form of the East Asian Neocaridina: any stable freshwater community aquarium, con gentle current.
En acuario: breeds prolifically in freshwater like every N. davidi morph. The female carries 20-30 eggs for about three weeks and the hatchlings are miniature adults. Because the line descends from chocolate stock, breeders cull brown juveniles so the sapphire line stays pure.. Females are bigger, deeper and carry a darker blue saddle; males are slimmer and slightly lighter royal blue..