Crystal Red Shrimp

Crystal Red Shrimp
Caridina cf. cantonensis
Crystal Red Shrimp derived from a Japanese Bee shrimp breeder who had a colony of several thousand Bee shrimp and observed a mutation of three Red Bee Shrimp which was later known as Crystal Red Shrimp.
Some may recognize Crystal Red Shrimp as a species that is very hard to as long as you have the right water parameters and keep them stable, they will breed prolifically. The following water parameters are recommended:
Percent of Hydrogen Ions (pH): ~6.4
General Hardness (GH): ~5 (make sure there is Calcium and Magnesium)
Carbonate Hardness (KH): will not directly affect the shrimp but will raise pH
Total Dissolved Substances (TDS): 100-250
Temperature: 70-76
*A wider range of water parameters can be tolerated
I have been breeding low grade CRS (from C-S grades) since December of 2008 in the conditions mentioned above. I was told that CRS would not breed in small tanks due to the fluctuations of water parameters but I was persistent and wanted to show others that keeping these shrimp was not as hard as people described on online forums. So I setup a five gallon CRS tank with Aqua Soil Amazonia 2 and two HOB filters with a sponge slipped over the intake. Four months later, the result was 50 adults and about 150 juvenile CRS.
Since May 2009, after my move into a more spacious house I setup a several more tanks for breeding various dwarf shrimp. Mainly Caridina Sp. I want to share the knowledge I have acquired from keeping various freshwater dwarf shrimp and also help others gain knowledge in how to keep these wonderful aquatic pets.