Brief History of Crystal Red Shrimps

Normal Bee Shrimp below:

Groups Of Red Bee Shrimps and a Black Bee Shrimp eating below:

In 1996, Mr. Hisayasu Suzuki of JapanCaridina sp. among the usual black form offspring. He registered "Crystal Red Shrimp" as a trademark for this autosomal recessivemutation of the normal Bee Shrimp. The variety has gained wide popularity since in JapanJapan they are often known as Red Bee Shrimps. and worldwide and has been further refined by the founder and other breeders to produce specimens with larger white patches and intensified red. discovered a red form of red
 Red Bee Shrimps



High Prices Shrimps


As an example, Red Bee shrimp are divided into different quality levels and high-bred specimens have been known to reach astronomical prices, up to 9,000 euros/£8,300 for a single one.
Most fishkeepers face an agonising dilemma when deciding to buy either one shrimp or a compact car!


Of course, you could always buy shrimp, hope to get a large number of offspring and make some serious real money with these animals. But don’t count your chickens — or shrimp — before they hatch as these have some rather high requirements and often die tragically after a few days.
New keepers will then not only mourn the shrimp offspring they had counted on but the money they had invested in the first place. Here, the common mistake on the part of many shrimpkeepers had been to be impatient and not cater properly to their needs. 








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