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Wine Red Caridina Shrimp

Caridina spp.

Common names: Wine Red Caridina Shrimp, Wine Red Shrimp, Wine Red Taiwan Bee

Breeding lineCaridina Shrimp
Wine Red Caridina Shrimp (Caridina spp.)

Adult size

Up to 3 cm

Typical adult length 2–3 cm.

Up to 3 cm

Countries of origin

  • See all stock from Taiwan

Good fit for your tank?

Good fit for

  • A Taiwan-bee display where you want deep burgundy or wine-red pigment with clear white banding.
  • A dedicated breeding tank used to select richer red colour, clean white areas, and consistent band placement.
  • An advanced keeper already successful with cool, very soft, slightly acidic Caridina water.

Think carefully if

  • You expect a bright scarlet shrimp like a red Neocaridina. Wine Red shrimp are valued for a darker, deeper red tone.
  • You plan to mix them with Red King Kong, Crystal Red, Santa, or PRL shrimp and still keep a traceable Wine Red line.
  • You cannot provide active soil, remineralized soft water, or summer cooling when the room becomes hot.

A dark red Taiwan Bee–type Caridina line with rich wine-red pigmentation and limited white patterning.

Appearance and Identification

Deep wine-red, burgundy, or dark crimson body colour with variable small white markings.

Wine Red is a Taiwan Bee–type aquarium line. Naming can overlap with Red King Kong depending on pattern coverage and breeder standards.

Adult females are generally larger and deeper-bodied than males. Colour and pattern intensity are not reliable sex indicators.

Tank Requirements

Suggested filter
About 80–100 litres an hour
Suggested heater
About 25–50 W for this tank
Minimum tank volume
20 litres
Minimum tank length
30 cm
Minimum group size
6
Recommended group size
10
Activity level
Moderate
Flow preference
Low to moderate
Planting preference
Heavily planted
Hiding places
Yes
Lid recommended
Yes
Jumping risk
Low

Use a mature, cycled aquarium with active substrate or another stable soft-water setup, gentle filtration, abundant biofilm, mosses, leaf litter, and protected filter intakes.

Behaviour and Tankmates

Peaceful dwarf shrimp that graze biofilm, algae, detritus, leaf litter, and prepared foods.

Best maintained in a group with other compatible Caridina lines sharing the same water requirements.

Not normally territorial.

Peaceful community fish may still eat shrimplets. Keep breeding colonies in shrimp-focused aquariums. Different compatible Caridina lines may interbreed and alter colour or pattern outcomes.

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Water Parameters

Temperature
20–23 °C
pH
5.5–6.5
GH
4–6
KH
0–1
TDS
90–140
Stability importance
Very important

Keep in soft, acidic water with near-zero KH. Use active substrate and stable remineralized reverse-osmosis water.

Parameter caveat
Stability matters more than chasing a single number. Avoid abrupt changes in temperature, pH, GH, KH, or total dissolved solids.

Feeding

Diet types
Aufwuchs Grazer, Detritivore, Omnivore
Feeding frequency
Daily
Preferred foods
  • Mature biofilmPrimary natural grazing resource.
  • Complete dwarf-shrimp foodFeed sparingly and remove uneaten food.
  • Leaf litterProvides grazing area and slowly decomposing natural food.

Omnivorous biofilm grazer. Provide mature natural grazing surfaces and small portions of complete shrimp food, leaf litter, algae-based food, and occasional protein-rich food.

Avoid overfeeding. A mature aquarium with continuous biofilm is more important than heavy supplemental feeding.

Breeding

Breeding type
Direct Developer
Breeding difficulty
Moderate
Breeding temperature
22 °C
Breeding pH
6.2
Brood or egg count
Approximately 15–30 eggs, varying with female size and line
Incubation
28 days
Parental care
Maternal care
Baby foods
  • Mature biofilm and fine powdered shrimp foodShrimplets need constant access to microscopic food on established surfaces.

Direct-developing freshwater shrimp. Females carry eggs beneath the abdomen and release miniature shrimplets. Line purity and pattern consistency depend on selecting breeders and preventing unwanted crosses.

Habitat and Origin

Geographic origin
Captive Bred, Taiwan
Natural habitat
Freshwater Stream
Aquarium contexts
Breeding Aquarium, Planted Tank, Shrimp Tank
Audience level
Advanced, Intermediate

Classification

Profile type
Breeding line
Genus
Caridina
Family
Atyidae
Species group
Caridina Shrimp

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Care level
Beginner
Adult size
3–5.5 cm
Minimum tank
40 litres
Temperature
18–28 °C

Black Galaxy Caridina Shrimp

Caridina spp.

Care level
Intermediate
Adult size
2–3 cm
Minimum tank
20 litres
Temperature
20–23 °C

Black King Kong Shrimp

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Care level
Intermediate
Adult size
2–3 cm
Minimum tank
20 litres
Temperature
19–24 °C

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