Dwarf Shrimp Compatibility Chart

This chart was designed as a quick reference for freshwater dwarf shrimp compatibility.  This chart is intended to prevent dwarf shrimp hybridization.  All these shrimp will live together with out causing deaths, but many will hybridize, and TheShrimpFarm.com highly advises against hybridizing shrimp.  This is by no means a full list of dwarf shrimp, but represents the most popular shrimp in the hobby.  The list will be updated from time to time with more species.

Common Name

Amano Shrimp Bamboo Shrimp Bee Shrimp Blue Pearl Shrimp Bumble Bee Shrimp Cherry Shrimp Crystal Red Shrimp Ghost Shrimp Green Shrimp Neocaridina heteropoda Snowball Shrimp Tiger Shrimp Yellow Shrimp
Amano Shrimp      
Bamboo Shrimp      
Bee Shrimp     X     X
Blue Pearl Shrimp   X  X  X X
Bumble Bee Shrimp    
Cherry Shrimp X   X X X
Crystal Red Shrimp  X         X
Ghost Shrimp      
Green Shrimp        
Neocaridina heteropoda  X  X    X X
Snowball Shrimp X X X   X
Tiger Shrimp X X  
YellowShrimp X X X X    

= Full compatibility | = Compatibility with caution * | X = Not compatible
= Ghost Shrimp may eat smaller or sick shrimp of all species, no risk of hybridization.

This is a list of common names used in the chart above correlated with their species name.

Common Name Species Name
Amano Shrimp Caridina multidentata
Bamboo Shrimp Atyopsis moluccensis
Bee Shrimp Caridina cf. cantonensis
Blue Pearl Shrimp Neocaridina cf. zhangjiajiensis
Bumble Bee Shrimp Caridina sp.
Red Cherry Shrimp Neocaridina heteropoda
Crystal Red Shrimp Caridina cf. cantonensis
Ghost/American Glass Shrimp Palaemonetes paludosus
Green Shrimp Caridina sp.
Neocaridina heteropoda Neocaridina heteropoda
Snowball Shrimp Neocaridina cf. zhangjiajiensis
Tiger Shrimp Caridina Sp
Yellow Shrimp Neocaridina heteropoda
 

 

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