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Snowball Shrimp
Neocaridina zhangjiajiensis var. White
Family: Atyidae
Snowball shrimp are prized for their opaque white coloration and the pearlescent white egg clusters that females carry, which inspired their common name. Like other neocaridina variants they are adaptable and breed freely in established planted tanks. They add a clean, high-contrast element to darker aquascape substrates.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – biofilm, algae, shrimp pellets
- breeding
- Prolific in stable conditions
- lifespan
- 1–2 years
- max size
- 3.5 cm (1.4 in)
- tank size
- 5 gallons minimum
- temperament
- Peaceful
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.5–7.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 6–15 dGH
- temperature
- 64–79°F (18–26°C)