Got my first neocaridinas yesterday!
The new tank has been cycling for six weeks and the water parameters have been good for the last three weeks, so I decided it was past time to add more livestock to the tank so the Nerite doesn’t get lonely.
I decided on Yellow Golden Backs because I thought they’d stand out in my tank, and ordered 20 from LVexoticfish.com. I have to give them props - as advertised, all the shrimp arrived alive.
They were very well packaged - they had a regular fish bag with the shrimp and a bit of mesh for them to hold on to, inside a heat-sealed outer clear bag to contain any leaks (there weren’t any though) from the inner bag, and that bag was inside the silver thermal bag here.
They shipped me 22 instead of the 20 I’d ordered. This was great because while I was temp acclimating them to my tank, one little guy managed to crawl part way into the knot in the bag and I accidentally crushed him while trying to untie the knot. Totally my fault.
I’ve included a couple of pictures of the shrimp from this morning, but I took them with a phone and they don’t do the color justice. They’re already brighter than when they were in the bag and I’m looking forward to seeing them color up as they get used to the new tank.
I will definitely order from LV Exotic Fish again if I decide on a different color morph for my next tank.