caridina
Crystal black shrimp
Caridina cantonensis
medium
Quick stats
🪣Min tank
30L
🌡️Temperature
20 to 24C
🧪pH
5.8 to 6.4
💧GH
4 to 5
💧KH
0 to 1
⚡TDS
100 to 150
⭐Difficulty
medium
⏳Lifespan
1.5 to 2 years
🎨Color
Black and white
🦐Type
caridina
📝Care notes
CBS the black version of Crystal Red. Identical water requirements and grading system. Can be crossed with CRS to produce panda variants over multiple careful generations of selective breeding.
🍽️Feeding
Bee shrimp foods, biofilm, blanched soft vegetables in small amounts. Feed very sparingly.
🐣Breeding
Same as Crystal Red. 30 day gestation. Complete water stability is absolutely required during this period.
⭐Grading
Same grading system as Crystal Red from C through SSS based on pattern coverage and definition.
🤝Good tankmates
Other caridina only, Snails
