Dark Red Panda

A shrimp banded in red and white, with a thick shell and colour that runs down into the legs.

Arrives young. The banding is already set, but the red deepens and the leg colour fills in over the following months.

One price, no grades. Some finish bright wine red and some almost crimson — that is just where each one lands. The shell thickness and leg colour are the same across every shrimp in the batch.

Caridina — needs soft, slightly acidic water, so a step up from a first shrimp. Numbers in the FAQ.

Red Panda is one of the classic Taiwan Bee patterns — alternating bands of red and white — and this colony is bred with extra dark red genetics on top of it, plus a deliberate focus on shell thickness and leg colour. Expect a natural spread from classic Wine Red through to a deep crimson “Dark Red Panda” look.

About the photo. We ship unsexed juveniles — banding and shell thickness are already set, but final colour saturation and leg colour take time to fill in. Treat the photo as the target, not the arrival.

Two things define this line, and only one of them varies.

• Colour is a spectrum: Individuals mature anywhere from classic, bright Wine Red through to a deep crimson “Dark Red Panda” shade — both ends are correct for this lineage.
• Shell and legs are not negotiable: Bred for thick, opaque banding — not the thin, translucent shells common in the market — and for pigmentation that extends down into the legs, not just the body.

We grade by the traits that genuinely vary within a batch — pattern density, colour saturation, how far colour wraps around the shell. Where those differences are visible in the tank from day one, we sort them and price each tier for what it actually is.

What varies naturally between individuals is only where they land on the classic-to-dark-red spectrum — the shell thickness and leg pigmentation stay consistent across the whole batch regardless.

So Dark Red Pandas are one grade, one price — the structural quality doesn’t change, only the shade.