Green Jade Shrimp are a selectively bred Neocaridina carrying a rich, deep jade-green body colour -- a darker and cooler-toned green than the vivid warm green of Green Venom, sitting in the deeper, more saturated part of the green spectrum where the colour reads as jewel-like rather than vivid. The jade quality of the colour is the defining characteristic: at its best in well-bred, high-grade individuals the green is deep and slightly cool rather than warm and bright, with the opacity of a well-selected colour line producing the jade-stone character that names this morph. Green Jade and Green Venom both occupy the green Neocaridina colour space but in clearly different positions within it -- Green Venom reads as warm and vivid, Green Jade reads as deep and cool. Together on dark substrate they provide a within-green contrast that demonstrates the colour range achievable within a single Neocaridina colour category. Hardy, beginner friendly, broad parameter tolerance, breeds freely in freshwater. Do not house with other Neocaridina colour variants to prevent colour reversion.
6.8-7.8pH
6-14GH
2-8KH
65-78FTemperature
What to Expect
Colour Depth and Character
Rich deep jade-green -- darker and cooler than Green Venom -- the green of Green Jade is distinctly different from the warm vivid green of Green Venom at a glance -- darker, more saturated, and cooler in colour temperature. The jade quality is most evident in good-grade individuals at optimal conditions: a deep, clear green with the slight blue undertone that gives jade its characteristic coolness, rather than the warmer, more yellow-inflected green of the Venom line.
Colour opacity improves with each generation in stable conditions -- like all colour-grade Neocaridina, Green Jade improves progressively through generations of selective breeding in stable, well-maintained conditions. Selecting the deepest, most opaque, most clearly cool-toned individuals as breeding stock across successive generations moves the colony toward the deepest and most jewel-like expression of the jade-green colour.
Dark substrate maximises colour depth and cool-tone visibility -- the deep jade-green reads most clearly against dark substrate where the contrast is between the cool-toned green body and the dark background. On pale substrate the depth of the green colour is less apparent and the cool undertone that distinguishes jade from other greens is harder to read.
Hardy and beginner friendly -- same care as all Neocaridina -- Green Jade carry the full broad parameter tolerance and robust constitution of all Neocaridina. The depth of the colour grade does not reflect any increased care requirements.
Do not house with other Neocaridina colour variants -- Neocaridina interbreed freely across colour variants. Keep Green Jade in a species-specific tank or alongside only other same-colour individuals to maintain colour quality across generations.
How to Set It Up
Getting Started
1Dark substrate and stable parameters before introduction -- black aquasoil or dark sand, pH 7.0-7.4, GH 6-8, KH 3-5, temperature 72-75F. Run and confirm stability before introduction.
2Drip acclimate over 45-60 minutes -- float bag 15 minutes, drip at one drop per second for 45-60 minutes.
3Dense moss and biofilm surfaces established before shrimp arrive -- Java Moss, Christmas Moss, or Flame Moss provides biofilm and shrimplet shelter from the first breeding cycle.
4Select deepest, most jewel-toned offspring as future breeders -- when offspring develop, identify the most deeply coloured, most opaque, most clearly jade-toned individuals as breeding stock for the next generation.
Bonus TipGreen Jade and Green Venom shrimp in adjacent tanks side by side on the same shelf -- or in a divided display tank if colour purity is not required -- create the clearest possible demonstration of the within-green colour range available in the Neocaridina catalog. The warm vivid green of Venom next to the cool deep jade of Jade reads as two fundamentally different colour characters despite both being unambiguously green, and the contrast makes both colours more vivid and more clearly legible than either viewed in isolation.
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