Ghost Yellow | Golden Eyes Genetic
$20.00
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Juveniles are young shrimp — they travel best at this size, and many strains only show their full colour as they mature. After display-ready adults? Contact us.
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Description
Ghost Yellow Shrimp (Neocaridina) | Single Grade Colony
A yellow shrimp with gold eyes instead of the usual black.
The gold eyes are there from day one. The yellow body arrives paler and deepens as they grow.
One price, no grades. The eyes either carry the gold or they don't — there is no scale to sort on.
Neocaridina — the easier of our two shrimp families, hardy and quick to breed. Numbers in the FAQ.
Ghost Yellow is a yellow Neocaridina davidi carrying the golden-eye ("ghost") mutation — gold eyes in place of the usual black — over a warm, buttery-yellow body. Like all Neocaridina, they're hardy, forgiving of beginner mistakes, and breed readily once settled.
About the photo. We ship unsexed juveniles, so treat the pictured adult as the target, not the arrival. The yellow opacifies with age — juveniles run paler — while the gold eye is a fixed trait carried by the line from the start.
Two things define this line:
- The gold eye: A genetic mutation that swaps the standard black eye for gold — the "ghost / golden eyes" trait this strain is named for.
- Buttery-yellow body: A warm, solid yellow that deepens and turns more opaque as the shrimp matures.
The gold eye is either there or it isn't — a fixed trait, not a gradient — and the yellow body follows the usual Neocaridina maturity curve. So Ghost Yellows are one grade, one price: robust unsexed juveniles carrying the gold-eye trait from our line.
The photo shows a high-grade or best-looking adult from the batch. We ship unsexed juveniles, 0.6–1.2 cm — too young to tell male from female. Shrimp arrive pale from the trip and colour back up within days. For detailed water parameters, tank setup guides, and our 100% Live Arrival Guarantee, see our FAQ.
Guarantee & dispatch
Live arrivalClaim within 8 h
Claim within 8 hours of delivery with photos and a short video, ideally of the sealed bag. Your choice of a refund of the livestock value, free replacements, or store credit — all at no cost to you.
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0.6–1.2 cmUnsexed juveniles
10+ of one lineColony starter
Unsexed juveniles at ten all but guarantee both sexes — about 1 in 500 odds of a single-sex group, against 1 in 8 at four — and a group settles faster than a pair. Our 10+ and 20+ prices are built around that. In a fully cycled tank held in their temperature band, fed lightly and left alone, expect the first berried females in around three months. How to get a colony going →
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Full guarantee policy →Water parameters — Neocaridina
TDS
150 – 250 ppm
Total dissolved solids — the quickest single number to check. Ours is what they are raised in: match it on arrival, then keep it steady. Swings hurt more than the number itself.
GH
6 – 10 dGH
General hardness — the calcium and magnesium they build shells with. Too little and moults fail; too much and shedding gets hard.
KH
2 – 6 dKH
Carbonate hardness — the buffer that stops pH drifting between water changes.
pH
6.8 – 7.8
Set by your substrate and KH far more than by dosing. Hold it steady inside the band rather than chasing a number.
Temp
20 – 24 °C
Cooler slows moulting and breeding; warmer speeds everything up and shortens lives. Stay inside the band.
Tank
20+ L
The minimum for a settled colony. A bigger tank holds its water steadier, so we recommend larger groups in larger tanks — stability is what keeps shrimp alive.
Commonly kept 18–28 °C; breeding slows markedly below ~20 °C. Raised in remineralised Melbourne tap water.
Full care & acclimation guide →
