Common Names: Green Shrimp

Scientific Name: Caridina cf. babaulti

Availability in the UK: Medium availability in the UK, usually online.

Overview: It is unclear at this point what species this shrimp belongs to. It has anatomical features that resemble Caridina babaulti, but according to Mustafa Ucozler, it is clearly not C. babaulti. They are a very beautiful shrimp. The only draw back being that when kept in a heavely planted tank, they all but become invisible, due to their green coloring.

Incompatible Shrimp: Non-aggressive, but should not be kept with any other Caridina sp. Can be kept with any of the Neocaridina shrimp.

Feeding: Not a picky eater, it will eat almost anything offered.

Sexing: The males are smaller and less colorful than the females. The females have "full-bodies" much like Tiger shrimp and other Caridina shrimp.

Breeding: Being one of the easier Caridina varieties in my opinion, they are very undemanding and easy to breed. They are however, very slow growing and it takes considerable time to develope a colony.

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