Practical guides to keeping, breeding and enjoying Neocaridina shrimp, written from over 22 years of keeping them. New to shrimp? Start with the first tank guide, then pick any topic below.
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How to Set Up Your First Shrimp Tank
Everything you need, how to cycle the tank, and the first few weeks, step by step.
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- Aquarium Clean-Up Crew: 3 Combinations That Work (and Which Are Shrimp-Safe)
Three popular aquarium clean-up crew combinations, what each animal does, and which are safe with cherry shrimp. - Why Are My Shrimp Dying? 8 Common Causes and Fixes
The eight most common reasons Neocaridina and cherry shrimp die, and how to fix each one. - Breeding Neocaridina Shrimp: A Simple Guide
How Neocaridina breed, how to sex them, what berried means, and how to get a colony growing. - Neocaridina Colour & Grade Guide: Solid, Rili and Jelly Explained
What rili, jelly and solid mean, how red cherry shrimp are graded, and how we grade our Neocaridina. - Can You Mix Neocaridina Colours? Skittles Tanks Explained
Yes, you can mix Neocaridina colours. Here is what happens when they breed, and how to keep a bright skittles tank. - How to Acclimatise Shrimp: The Drip Method Step by Step
How to drip acclimatise Neocaridina shrimp when they arrive, step by step, so they settle in safely. - Neocaridina Water Parameters: The UK Keeper’s Guide
The temperature, pH, GH, KH and TDS we keep our Neocaridina at, and why stability matters more than perfect numbers. - How to Set Up Your First Shrimp Tank
A step-by-step UK guide to setting up your first Neocaridina shrimp tank: what you need, cycling, water, acclimatising and the first few weeks.
