DIY Neocaridina "Green Demon" breeding group

With our do-it-yourself (DIY) Green Demon breeding group, you can cross your own Green Jade OE ("Green Demon") strain with bombastic quality through simple breeding steps. This will be much cheaper than buying a starter group from the high-grade line .

The breeding group is composed as follows:

• 4x Green Demon (midgrade) males with orange eyes (OE)
• 6x Dark Green Jade highgrade females with opaque deep coloring

Our comment: We now offer this breeding group with green males. These animals are of mid-grade quality, meaning they are not fully colored but show irregular or overly dark coloration. However, they carry the genetics for orange eyes and green body color. Patience pays off: our Green Demon won first place in Category 1 (Neocaridina) at the International Shrimp Contest in both 2023 and 2025, and we were honored to present them in Caridina magazine (Issue 01/2024).

Size for sale: When we catch them, we make sure that all animals we sell are already sexually mature. We catch the males with the best of intentions, but we cannot rule out the possibility that one of the animals might turn out to be a female later. We therefore do not guarantee the sex of the males with the orange eyes. Males are about 1 cm in size, while females are about 1.5 cm, so mating can begin immediately.

The procedure for crossing: The procedure: There are 4 simple steps necessary, which I have explained here .

General

Neocaridina with orange eyes? For about 2 years we have been offering offspring of our Neocaridina breeding lines with orange eyes (OE). The inheritance of the orange eyes is stable and they can also be crossed into other color varieties. Purely externally, the orange eyes of the Neocaridina can be distinguished from the orange eyes of the tiger shrimp, as they have a dark spot in the middle, which may indicate residual pigments. We have published a detailed report on these animals in the Caridina magazine (issue 2/2022). You can find more on this topic here .

Keeping and breeding: Like all dwarf shrimps of the Neocaridina genus, these animals are very adaptable and can usually be kept in tap water (18 - 26 °C) without any problems. In our facility, the tap water has the following values: pH 7.6, gH 10; kH 9, conductivity 600uS, 22 °C. The animals feed on conventional fish food, algae growth and dead animal and plant material. This means that they are ideal at using up leftovers and contribute to the biological balance in the aquarium. Keeping them with small and medium-sized aquarium fish can work, but it is recommended to provide sufficient hiding places such as moss and roots. Under optimal conditions, animals quickly grow into lively colonies.