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Planning a Shrimp Tank: What an Aquarium Simulator Can Predict
A planning simulator is great for layout and arithmetic, but it can't measure your water, your room or your cycle. Here's what the Neocaridina research says about temperature, density, ammonia... Read more...
(YE) Red Body — Neocaridina Shrimp
Shrimp Biofilm Explained: What's in It and How to Grow More
Biofilm is a living, slimy layer of microbes and matrix that Neocaridina graze all day. Here is what it contains, how it forms, and what the research and hobby practice... Read more...
Close-up of the orange eyes of an OE Blue Demon Marbled Neocaridina shrimp, with the dark center spot
Orange Eye vs Yellow Eye Neocaridina: Genetics Explained
What is actually known about orange eye (OE) and yellow eye (YE) Neocaridina genetics, what is still unknown, and the breeding math and habits that keep an eye-color line true. Read more...
OE Blue Demon Marbled Neocaridina shrimp
OE Neos Explained: Orange Eye Blue Demon Neocaridina
What "OE" means, how our orange eye Blue Demon lines are selected and graded, and how to keep them breeding true. Read more...