Neocaridina Blue Dream data sheet
• Scientific name: Neocaridina davidi Bouvier, 1904
• Common name: Blue Dream or Blue Velvet prawn
• Difficulty level: Easy, suitable for Beginners.
• Color: Bright red, some females with a lighter back line
• Life expectancy: 18 to 24 months
• Water parameters: GH 3 to 30, KH 3 to 30, pH 6.5 to 8.5, temperature 5 to 30 ° C
• Aquarium size: From 20 liters, recommended more than 30 liters
• Reproduction: Easy, after four to six weeks, 20 to 40 young are born
• Behavior: Pacific, can live with small fish, crabs, other prawns, crabs, and snails
Characteristics of the Blue Dream Prawns
The females of Blue Dream they have green eggs. The females reach a height of 2,5 to 3 cm, the males stay a little smaller. Its extremely attractive color and the fact that these prawns are very easy to care and robust make them a very good choice. Animals are especially comfortable in well-planted aquariums with plants such as moss.
As for the food, the prawns Blue Velvet They are not particularly demanding and are omnivores. You like to eat plant-based foods like nettle, spinach or plant-based shrimp feed, but should receive a protein food biweekly. The dry leaves must always be present in the shrimp as permanent food.
As peaceful group animals, these prawns are very comfortable in a starting group of 10-20 prawns. Prawns Blue Velvet They can also live with other animals, as long as their companions are peaceful and not too nervous or intrusive. If this requirement is met, the prawns Blue Dream they can be kept together with fish, crabs, river crabs or snails. In principle, they can also be socialized with other types and colors of prawns. In this case, you need to make sure that the water parameters are similar. The descendants of mixtures with other types of color generally do not maintain the color line.
Prawns Blue Dream they are easy to breed and often reproduce in good condition. After carrying the eggs under the abdomen for approximately three to four weeks, the female releases 20 to 40 fully developed young prawns. These are also blue.
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