All our shrimp for sale in this section are UK bred.
Standard shipping size is 1 to 1.2cm is maximum. This is to ensure you have maximum life with them and at this size, the shrimp will do well in transport.
These are premium shrimp. Black Fancy Tiger, originally from Thunder Line - but we are not allowed to use this name as of October 2022 as we didnt buy our breeding stocks directly from Vin, but from his resellers.
Grading photos are for illustration purposes so you know what patterns they would be
In Europe, a SS grade black fancy is current being sold at 250euros each, and SSS grade is 400+ euros per shrimp.
Name: Red Fancy Tiger Shrimp
Scientific species name: Caridina Cantonesis
Grade for sale: As photo, 1cm to 1,2cm size will not show much colouration as the adult, but will colour up. However the pattern are there already to define the grade. Please see the grading photos provided by VIN
Please note, for the S Grade, we will catch the shrimp with more (medium to good) solid body coverage, but there will be less black stripes, the white will be dominant colour.
Water parameters:
All these caridina species prefer aquarium with active soil. Active Soil is a substrate that buffer the Ph to be between 5 to 6.5, creating a thriving environment for freshwater shrimp species, especially for caridina shrimp. The recommended parameters are below
PH: 5.5 to 6.5
GH: 4-6
KH: 0 – 1
Nitrate: 0-20ppm for best results.
Temperature: can be anywhere between 20-23 degree but has to be stable.
Our recommendations:
The shrimp do well in a sizeable colony of between 10-20 shrimp. This is to ensure there is a good mixture of sexes within the colony. And the shrimp is more active once in numbers. We do not recommend keeping any fish with these shrimp species.
Usual maintenance: Feed the shrimp at least three times a week, with a wide range of foods. At Shrimp Corner, we feed our shrimp with Go Nature shrimp food, which is a natural shrimp food from natural ingredients. We also feed our shrimp with our A food, which is plant base protein containing seaweed, providing lean and optimal nutrients for shrimp. And once a week we feed our shrimp with Type B food, this is a protein base food to increase the growth rate of our shrimp, thus shrimp breed faster & females can carry more eggs. All of these foods were developed by us, over 10 years of breeding experience, we have bred thousands of shrimp.
On a serious note, do not feed shrimp with any foods contain copper.
