科: Atyidae
蓝波虾是匙虾科 Caridina cantonensis 的高阶选育品系，特征为蓝白渐层（头部深蓝宝石蓝向乳白尾部过渡）。需要软酸水质：20–26 °C，pH 5.8–6.8，3–8 dGH，亚硝酸盐趋近于零；可淡水繁殖但速度慢，适合专注养虾的玩家。
Blue Bolt Shrimp is a high-grade selective-bred morph of Caridina cantonensis, the Hong Kong hill-stream atyid whose famous red-and-white 'Crystal Red' form revolutionized the shrimp hobby after Japanese breeder Hisaaki Suzuki stabilized it in 1996 from bee shrimp × tiger shrimp hybrids. The Blue Bolt Shrimp wears a soft gradient that runs deep sapphire blue over the head into a milky, almost white tail section — prized specimens show a clean band between the two. Like every cantonensis-line shrimp it demands soft, acidic, ultra-stable water: 20-26 °C, pH 5.8-6.8 and 3-8 dGH, ideally over active soil that buffers the chemistry, with nitrate kept near zero through gentle filtration and small, regular water changes. It grows to 2-2.5 cm, grazes biofilm and specialized bee-shrimp foods, and breeds in freshwater — but slowly and sensitively: the female carries only 20-30 eggs, larvae are smaller and slower than neocaridinas, and swings in parameters trigger molting failures. This is a connoisseur's shrimp — dazzling in a dark, mossy tank, but happiest with a keeper who measures rather than guesses.
不适合作为第一只虾——它们需要软、酸、极稳定的水质，而新手缸很少做到。先从米虾（樱桃或蓝丝绒）入手，等你能把参数稳定保持数月后再进阶蓝波。
蜕皮失败——蜜蜂虾的经典问题。原因：GH 过高或波动、饲料矿物质不足、参数突变、或铜暴露。把 GH 稳定在 4–6，投喂富矿物质饲料，虾缸永远不用含铜药物。
3–8 dGH，比数字更重要的是永不波动。多数玩家用活性底床缓冲、4–6 dGH 的 RO 加矿水，每次换水与缸内差不超过 0.5 dGH。
性情上是和平的，但水质需求冲突：樱桃偏好中性偏硬的水，蓝波需要软酸——总有一方难受。除非你的自来水天然落在两者交集，否则分缸饲养。
看头尾过渡：头胸部蓝色浓密饱和、边界利落干净、尾部纯白。过渡浑浊、发灰或蓝色渗进尾部都降级。选最 crisp 的成虾繁殖以改良品系。