Green Babaulti Shrimp

A small shrimp, usually bright green, with colour affected by diet and mood. The “cf.” often used in its name shows that its classification is not fully settled.

Aquarium stock is frequently sold as Caridina cf. babaulti or under broad Green Babaulti trade naming. Exact identification can vary between suppliers; use representative photography and avoid claiming a verified wild locality.

Females are usually slightly larger, with a fuller underside, particularly when carrying eggs. Males are slimmer, although the differences can be subtle.

Use a mature aquarium of 20 litres or more with plants, wood, and plenty of biofilm. Keep filter intakes guarded, and avoid sudden changes.

Peaceful and active, spending most of the day grazing on biofilm.

Maintain with conspecifics or peaceful shrimp-safe tankmates where ecological requirements overlap.

Not normally territorial.

Suits calm, small fish and other peaceful shrimp with similar water needs. Large fish may eat adults, and most fish will eat young shrimp.

Warm, roughly neutral water suits this shrimp. Published hardness figures vary widely, so keep it stable and avoid sudden changes.

Omnivorous grazer and detritivore. Maintain mature biofilm and provide varied small foods without allowing waste to accumulate.

Monitor body condition and avoid overfeeding or unstable organic waste accumulation.

Females carry eggs under the abdomen, and the young hatch as tiny shrimp in fresh water with no larval stage. It is usually considered straightforward to breed in good conditions.