Archive for the ‘Caridina hodgarti’ Category

I have been told by an Indian shrimp keeper, that cardina hordgarti are called ‘Green Rocket Shrimp‘ in trivial there. I really love this name! He keeps his in 26 degree Celsius in a well planted tank. If you want to start with this little creeps buy a quantity of 20 or more shrimps. These [...]

The ‘Green Nose Shrimp’ (Caridina Hodgarti) was discovered and discribed by Kemp 1913 first. The scientist found this shrimp at the Brahmautra river in India, nearby the town Dibrugargh. I have done some research on water parameter and found this table (PDF). Therefore I decided to keep them in soft, low acid water for the [...]