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Blue velvet shrimp
Selectively bredCommon in the tradeBeginner to keep

Red cherry shrimp

A variant of Blue velvet shrimp (Neocaridina davidi)

Red cherry shrimp

Representative Blue velvet shrimpphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.

The original selectively-bred color form of *Neocaridina davidi*, ranging from translucent 'sakura' to solid opaque 'fire red'. Decades of line-breeding from the wild brown/green form produced the stable red coloration.

Keeper tips for this variant

Cull weak-colored or clear individuals each generation to keep the line strongly red, and never co-house with other *Neocaridina* colors or offspring revert toward muddy wild-type brown.

This page covers the Red cherry shrimp variant. For full husbandry, water params, diet and health —General care: Blue velvet shrimp

Other Freshwater shrimp variants

Blue dream / blue velvetYellow (Golden Back / Neon) shrimpGreen jade, chocolate, black roseGreen jadeChocolateBlack rose