The Yellow Shrimp is bred from the same wild Neocaridina Heteropoda as the Red Cherry or RCS and is another very hardy and easy to keep freshwater shrimp. I have these shrimp in a 20 gallon long and my colony has been growing steadily since starting it with 20 shrimp and I now have well over 100 and will have some available very soon. Much of the keeping and care info is virtually the same as for RCS when you compare the two. I really enjoy keeping this shrimp and it is always very active and visible in the tank. These shrimp will eat any processed fish food, algae wafers, and boiled spinach as well and will all come running when food is offered.

The chart is a guideline only and these shrimp are very adaptable and will survive in much cooler water with lower or higher PH than shown, but the parameters shown are recommended for best health and color as well as breeding. As young your Yellow Shrimp show very little color, but as they mature the females will become a brilliant yellow while the males although not colorless stay somewhat clear with a yellow tint and are smaller than the females. If your water is to acidic (below 6.2) your shrimp may not breed at all, but I have had no problem in PH up to 8.2 and they still breed and have good color.

Keeping these shrimp happy and healthy is as easy as keeping the water very clean and using a sponge filter or keeping a sponge pre filter over your canister or hang on the back filter is recommended to keep baby shrimp from being sucked into the filter. As with all my 20 gallon tanks I run a HOB as well as a air driven sponge filter to assure a clean healthy tank. The young are not much more than 3 mm long at birth and easily sucked into your average filter. As with all Dwarf Shrimp it is recommended they be kept in a shrimp only tank as most fish will eat the young shrimp, yes even guppies and the shrimp will be much more active when not worried about being eaten.

These shrimp will breed easily and often when the tank they are in has the proper water parameters and temperature starting at about 8 weeks of age from juvenile. The female will develop a bright yellow "saddle" as the eggs develop in her ovaries then after fertilized she will carry the brilliant yellow eggs for about 17 days give or take a few. Then anywhere from 15 to 40 young will be released into your tank with the more mature females caring more eggs than the young ones.

My Yellow Shrimp are tank raised by me and kept in excellent health and I do have some available for purchase from time to time. I prefer to sell only juvenile shrimp from 1/4 to 1/2 inch long because they ship and adapt to your tanks parameters better and live a longer life than if you are sent adults that you have no clue as to age. Your Yellow Shrimp will live from 1 to 1.5 years on average so getting youngsters is a good idea. Please check my AZ Inverts Store for availability