Hand-Bred Blue Dream Shrimp & 10/10 Homemade Shrimp Foods
Small-batch shrimp farm in Liverpool. Home-built shrimp room in the garden, perfect water and perfect temps, with food mixed by hand for healthy, colourful shrimp.
What are Neocaridina shrimp?
Blue Dream shrimp are a colour line of Neocaridina davidi — hardy little freshwater shrimp that are perfect as pets, great for beginners, and brilliant for adding life to planted tanks.
Why people love them
- Peaceful pets – fun to watch grazing all day, no drama.
- Clean-up crew – they pick at biofilm, algae and leftovers.
- Great in planted tanks – love moss, wood and leaves, and make tanks look alive.
- Low space – a small tank can still run a nice colony.
What they can live in
- Temp: comfy around 18–24°C (stable is more important than “perfect”).
- Tank: best in a cycled tank with plants/moss and places to hide.
- Water: stable water. Avoid sudden swings and big shocky changes.
- Tankmates: safest with peaceful fish (or shrimp-only). Big fish can eat shrimp.
Breeding (if you want babies)
- Easy breeders once settled: stable tank + food + hiding places.
- Moss & leaf litter helps babies survive (loads of micro-food/biofilm).
- Start with a group – I recommend 25–100 shrimp to kick off a colony.
- No fancy tricks – keep it stable and they do the rest.
Tip: if you just want them as pets (no breeding), you can keep them the exact same way — you’ll just see fewer babies but these are breeding machines.
Small-batch drops from my shrimp room in Liverpool — while stock lasts.
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