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Painted Fire Red Cherry
Painted Fire Red Cherry
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Description
Neocaridina Shrimp
Painted Fire Red Shrimp
A high-grade red Neocaridina variety, selected for dense red body colour and fuller red coverage on the legs.
Dense Red Body Colour
Fuller Red Leg Coverage
Neocaridina davidi
pH 6.8–7.8
High Grade Red Line
Selective Breeding for Colour
Painted Fire Red Shrimp are a high-opacity colour grade of Neocaridina davidi. Compared with Fire Red, the usual distinction is more uniform red pigmentation across the body and legs, with fewer translucent areas. They share the same basic care needs as other Neocaridina colour varieties.
6.8–7.8pH
6–14GH (dGH)
2–8KH (dKH)
65–78°FTemperature
What Sets Painted Fire Red Apart
Denser coverage: Painted Fire Red generally sits above Fire Red in the conventional red cherry grading scale, particularly for opacity and leg colour.
Individual variation: males and juveniles may look less opaque than mature females. Grading names are not a universal certification, and appearance changes with age and condition.
Maintain the line: keep colour varieties separate and select breeding stock. Offspring do not all inherit identical coverage, so ongoing selection helps maintain the grade.
Tank Setup
Care & Display
Dark substrate can help the red colour stand out. The complete red colouration of the Painted Fire Red reads most vividly against dark substrate where there is no pale background competing with the red of the legs and underbelly. On pale or white substrate the full-body coverage is still present but the visual impact is reduced. Fine black sand or dark gravel produces the most dramatic presentation.
Standard Neocaridina parameters -- no special requirements despite high-grade status. pH 6.8 to 7.8, GH 6 to 14, KH 2 to 8, temperature 65 to 78°F. Test your source water before use, dechlorinate it, and use a mature, fully cycled aquarium. Confirm zero ammonia and nitrite and stable parameters before adding shrimp.
Dense planting and biofilm surfaces encourage active foraging and visible behaviour. Java Moss, Subwassertang, and Cholla Wood provide foraging surfaces and shrimplet cover. The full-body red coverage of Painted Fire Reds is most apparent when the shrimp are moving actively across open hardscape surfaces where all angles of the body are visible simultaneously.
Grade Comparison
The commonly used order is Cherry, Sakura, Fire Red, then Painted Fire Red. The distinction concerns colour coverage and opacity; it does not make them separate species.
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Care & Compatibility
Neocaridina color lines
Neocaridina davidi
Published care guidance. Recommendations can vary between sources; these are not measurements of our current stock or survival limits. Avoid rapid changes to an established aquarium.
Use an established freshwater aquarium with stable water quality, a protected filter intake and plants or other sheltered grazing surfaces. Keep ammonia and nitrite undetectable. Offer suitable shrimp food alongside natural grazing. Larger fish can prey on shrimp; a dedicated shrimp aquarium provides a safer setting for young. Confirm the requirements of the specific color line and compare your measured water before purchase. These references do not describe the holding water of our current stock.
Published reference values (Aquarium Industries):
Temperature: 22–27°C (approximately 72–81°F)
pH: 7.0–7.6
General hardness (GH): 100–200 ppm
Adult size: up to 4 cm (approximately 1.6 in)
Carbonate hardness (KH): not specified by this source; confirm the specific line’s needs before purchase.
These values are a published care reference, not a reason to change stable aquarium water rapidly.
- Feeding
- Omnivorous biofilm grazer
- Breeding
- Young hatch as miniature shrimp and develop in freshwater.
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I was really happy about how they all turned out. The colors were a deep, opaque red. The store gave me a couple extra to account for the shipping risks, which was really nice. Everyone settled in the tank nicely and even the smallest one survived.
J
Color was good but only 1/2 survived shipping
Thank you for your feedback, Jessica. We’re glad the color looked good, but we’re sorry to hear that only half survived shipping. Please contact us at support@superiorshrimpaquatics.com so we can look into your experience.
C
These shrimp are quite literally the most amazing red cherry shrimp you could get! They are so vividly red
Thank you, Codie! We’re so glad you’re enjoying the Painted Fire Red Cherry shrimp and their vivid color. We really appreciate your kind review! If you have any issues, please email us at support@superiorshrimpaquatics.com.