Shrimp Rack Inhabitants

So far the shrimp species are all crystal and Taiwan bee varieties, with plans to add a few different cherry shrimp colours when funds allow.

Crystal Red Shrimp - Caridina cantonensis sp. 'Red' (CRS)

I have been breeding this colony of crystal red shrimp for over 5 years now, as far as I am aware this line was never introduced to golden or snow whites many years ago in the efforts of rapidly increasing the grading. I have been working on increasing the colouration brightness and thickness through generations of selectively breeding the best and brightest but this has been a slow process with many losses and lessons along the way. Most of the time they were kept in one tank and this meant that unless I sold or gave away the cull shrimp, they were breeding and virtually restarting the process.

The red is generally pretty bright but the whites have been a bit patchy. Now that I have my rack set up I can focus more on selectively breeding.

Taiwan Bee (Blue Bolt) - Caridina cf cantonensis var. 'Blue bolt'

The blue bolts are a recent purchase from a reputable Australian breeder. I have kept Taiwan bees in the past without much luck, but I have learnt a lot since that initial experience and hope to get these breeding to a large enough colony to begin selective breeding.
I started with 7 juveniles and these matured to give me 3 females and 4 males which I am extremely happy about as I have bought 'unsexed' juvenile shrimp in the past to receive all males.
I have had one female produce a pretty sizeable brood and have been able to see up to nine shrimp at a time in the front little section of the tank, so I can assume that there are more hidden amongst the plants.