Neocaridina "Orange Sunkist" Shrimp Orange Sakura Orange

Neocaridina Orange Sunkist Profile

• Scientific name: Neocaridina davidi Bouvier, 1904
• Common name: Shrimp Orange Sunkist, Orange Sakura
• Difficulty level: Easy, suitable for Beginners
• Color: Bright red, some females with a lighter back line
• Life expectancy: 18 to 24 months
• Water parameters: GH 3 to 30, KH 3 to 30, pH 6.5 to 8.5, temperature 5 to 30 ° C
• Aquarium size: From 20 liters, recommended more than 30 liters
• Reproduction: Easy, after four to six weeks, 20 to 40 young are born
• Behavior: Pacific, can live with small fish, crabs, other prawns, crabs, and snails

Characteristics of the Orange Sunkist Prawns

Prawn Sakura Orange It is highly regarded as a waste user and omnivore in the aquarium. These agmbas not only eat algae covers and other biofilms, but also use food scraps, dead plant parts, etc., thus acting as sanitary guards and cleaning equipment. Prawns Orange sakura They also take advantage of the shrimp diet specially adapted to their needs. Especially important: adequate protein feed should be given twice a week. The other days they like to eat foods with mainly vegetable components. Basically, you should always have a brown fall leaf lie in the aquarium, which not only has a positive effect on the water, but also acts as a hiding place and food supply.

Like all prawns of the genus NeocaridinaHe is a very peaceful representative who likes to live in a group. 10 to 20 animals are also a suitable starting stock for nano aquariums. They can also be kept together with small fish, freshwater crabs, snails and mussels .. If you put the gmabas Orange sakura Along with other prawns, you should keep in mind that the demands on water values ​​are at least roughly comparable. It can be crossed with other colors and species of the genus Neocaridina. So the offspring may have a different color and can no longer be inherited.

Females release between 20 and 40 young shrimp after three to four weeks, during which time they carry the yellow eggs on their swimming legs below the abdomen. Young animals are immediately viable on their own and can remain in the aquarium with the parent animals. They do not pose a threat to them. In the company of fish, moss is a recommended plantation. Here the young shrimp find shelter and enough food. With all the color ways of Neocaridina, you can intensify the color through selective selection.