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It has been about a month since I first ordered my first bag of Hikari Shrimp Cuisine. I have been using it in one of my Red Cherry Shrimp aquariums as well as one of my Amano Shrimp aquariums since its arrival. My findings: I have found Hikari Shrimp Cuisine to be a good food […]

The nomenclature of Dwarf Shrimp has been muddy since the beginning of the hobby. Many shrimp have many different common names used in different areas of the world, and some exporters/importers even make up common names to make the nomenclature even more confusing. For example the common Red Cherry Shrimp goes by many names. Red […]

There has been a recent flood of wild caught shrimp to the American market as of late and many of these shrimp are difficult to identify. There are many wild shrimp that have not been scientifically described yet and many described shrimp that are new to the Dwarf Shrimp hobby. Many exporters, importers, retailers and […]

Researchers in China have given scientific names to the popular Bee Shrimp (the wild form of the Crystal Red Shrimp) and the Bumble Bee Shrimp. The scientist collected and described 4 species of Dwarf Shrimp from the Guangdong province of China.  2 of the shrimp are similar to the Bee and Bumble Bee but less […]

Different types of Neocaridina heteropoda: Selective breeding has shown its effects for many years in the tropical fish hobby, and now the dwarf shrimp hobby is starting to really reap its benefits.  The Tiger Shrimp (Caridina sp.) is bred in 3 color forms, wild type, blue, and even black.  The Neocaridina cf. zhangjiajiensis has been […]

Over the past five years or so my two hobbies have been raising dwarf shrimp and photography.  I have found that dwarf shrimp are one of the more difficult things to photograph.  They are always moving, they are small, and they live in an environment not ideal for photography. In my photography hobby I used […]

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 […]