For keepers weighing other Caridina against Sulawesi species. These guides compare their water, look at whether the two can share a tank, and help you pick the shrimp that suits the water you already run.
Yes, rabbit snails can live with Caridina shrimp, but only with the Sulawesi lake species such as Cardinal shrimp, because both are kept in the same warm, alkaline water. Crystal Red, Bee and Taiwan Bee shrimp are a different story:…
No. Sulawesi shrimp and Bee or Crystal Caridina are kept in two ranges that never meet. So a shared tank means one of the two groups is living outside its own range every day it’s in there. The genus name…
Sulawesi White Sock shrimp, also sold as the Cardinal shrimp (Caridina dennerli), are wanted for three reasons. The deep red body with bright white front legs is what the species looks like in the wild, so nobody had to breed…
Bee/Crystal Caridina and Sulawesi shrimp are both members of the genus Caridina, yet they sit at opposite ends of freshwater shrimp keeping. Bee/Crystal lines (Crystal Red, Crystal Black, Bee and related soft-water shrimp) want cool, soft, acidic water. Sulawesi lake…
