Description: These are popular among the shrimp hobby and are great for people getting into the hobby. A general rule of thumb of keeping shrimps is 10 shrimps per gallon. Blue Dream are non-aggressive and spend most of their time eating algae and biofilm off plants, glass, and substrate. They make excellent clean up crews for aquascape tanks. Blue Dream are easy to care for as they require remineralized RO water or tap. If you are using tap, keep in mind to check for any harmful metals or chemicals in the water as all tap water is different and some arent safe to use. When using fertilizer, make sure it does not contain copper as it is harmful to the shrimp’s health. Although there are multiple colors of neocaridina in the same line, it is not recommended to mix them to keep the genes to be the purist it can be. If you do however mix the colors, you will most likely end up with wild brown colored offsprings. Common Name: Blue Dream Shrimp, Blueberry Shrimp, Deep Blue Shrimp, Blue Sapphire Shrimp, Fantasy Blue Shrimp Blue Dream Shrimps have amazing coloration and are beautiful in every way. The grading is judged by how opaque the blue is. The more opaque it is, the higher the grade is. Check out our store for high quality food for your shrimps