Caridina Taiwan Bee "Blue Bolt"

Profile of Caridina Taiwan Bee "Blue Bolt"

• Scientific name: Neocaridina davidi Bouvier, 1904
• Common name: Taiwan Bee "Blue Bolt"
• Difficulty level: Easy, suitable for Beginners.
• Color: Bright red, some females with a lighter back line
• Life expectancy: 18 to 24 months
• Water parameters: GH 3 to 30, KH 3 to 30, pH 6.5 to 8.5, temperature 5 to 30 ° C
• Aquarium size: From 20 liters, recommended more than 30 liters
• Reproduction: Easy, after four to six weeks, 20 to 40 young are born
• Behavior: Pacific, can live with small fish, crabs, other prawns, crabs, and snails

Characteristics of Taiwan Bee Prawns "Blue Bolt"

Blue bolt belongs to taiwan bee / Shadow bee and falls from the vines Panda y King Kong. Blue bolt impresses with a bluish head area where the blue runs back towards a predominantly white abdomen, but is highly variable, sometimes more bluish or sometimes whiter ...

At a temperature of 20 to 26 ° C, the pH value should be somewhat in the acidic range with low carbonate hardness. Blue bolt grows max. 2 cm tall and around 2 years old, the males being a little smaller and thinner than the females.

The Taiwan-Bee they have no special requirements for aquarium furniture… here you can design it as you wish. A little bit of moss and wooden roots is enough for them… if there are some hiding places (eg pipes) or leaves (beech or oak) in the pool, the Taiwanese really don't lack anything.