Ryan Curtis

In the Freshwater Dwarf Shrimp hobby there are many different species that have a great verity of breeding techniques.  There are two main types of breeding types, low order and high order.  High order shrimp hatch as miniature adults and have no specific care requirements, while low order shrimp hatch as larva and have many […]

Many times I am asked if a hang on back filter is compatible with a dw Many times I am asked if a hang on back filter is compatible with a dwarf shrimp aquarium.  The answer depends on if one would like to breed the shrimp and raise the young.  If breeding and raising the […]

It has become quite common to receive emails and other forms of questions about the compatibility of dwarf shrimp species.  These questions are surprisingly difficult to answer because of the often-mislabeled species names of dwarf shrimp.  So what dwarf shrimp are compatible? The general rules when trying to figure out compatibility is are the shrimp […]

I am often asked if snails should be kept in the dwarf shrimp aquarium.  The short of the answer is yes!  I almost all of my shrimp tanks I have Red Ramshorn Snails and Malaysian Trumpet Snails.  And many of my aquariums also have the common pond snail that have found their way in and established […]

Breeding behavior observed. Today I observed the male Cherry Shrimp swimming franticly around the aquarium that he is housed in with a female wild type Neocaridina heteropoda.  He was also observed hanging out with and rubbing against the female.  This is typical of behavior displayed before this species of shrimp breed. This pair of shrimp […]

The shrimp have been introduced to each other.  1 male Red with 1 female wild type and 1 female red with 1 male red type.  They are held in individual 2.5 gallon bare bottom aquariums with a small sponge filter in each.  Java moss has also been added to the aquarium. Both females are saddled […]

As of today I am conducting an experiment with Neocaridina heteropoda. I am going to attempt to describe the genetics of the red coloration found in the Cherry Red Shrimp (Neocaridina heteropoda var. Red). I will be crossing the wild type and the red verity of the Neocaridina heteropoda and then crossing the F1 offspring […]

The Cherry Shrimp Gets a New Name: The cherry shrimp (or cherry red shrimp) has been recently described as Neocaridina heteropoda var. red. (Formally Neocaridina denticulata sinensis var. red) This comes as no surprise to those who are active in freshwater aquarium shrimp community. Very little is know scientifically about these shrimp, and as they […]