Familia: Atyidae
Gamba Bola de Nieve: el morfo blanco porcelana de Neocaridina zhangjiajiensis, algo mayor que la cherry. De 2,5-3 cm, resistente a 18-26 °C y prolífica; no se hibrida con los colores de N. davidi.
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.
Apto para principiantes. Extremely peaceful. Groups of 10 or more.
Rango ideal: 18–25 °C. Evita cambios bruscos.
Alcanza 2–2.5 cm; es bottom — grazing plants and hardscape. Acuario mínimo de 20 L.
Algae and biofilm grazer; color foods are unnecessary. Forraja sobre fine inert gravel or shrimp-safe sand: deja que parte del alimento llegue al fondo.
Extremely peaceful; Groups of 10 or more. Buenos compañeros: 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.No convive con 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.
Originario de Selective-bred form of the Chinese Neocaridina zhangjiajiensis; vive en any stable freshwater community aquarium. Gentle current; moderate oxygen.
En acuario: 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..