Red Snowfall

Name: Red Snowfall
Brand: Shrimp Zone
Availability: PreOrder

CaridinaPhoto vs. what ships

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. They arrive pale from the trip and colour back up within days.

Buffered (RO water)

$30.00 / juvenile shrimp

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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Grade

About grades

Grading is about pattern and colour, never health — every grade is equally hardy and comes from the same parents. In stock is available now; pre-order reserves shrimp for a later dispatch. See our grading standard →

Pre-order — this line is between batches. Order now and we'll ship when the next batch is ready. Most pre-orders ship sooner — 21 days is the longest you'd wait.

Description

Red Snowfall Shrimp (Caridina) | Entry, Mid, High & Collector

At a glance

A red Caridina shrimp dusted with fine white spray-spots — smaller and finer than a Snowflake’s, like spray rather than snow.

The red base stays strong as the shrimp matures. The white spotting sharpens with each moult and may develop a soft pink tone as the shell thickens. Tiger genetics also show through on the legs, where red-and-white patterning can become more defined over time.

Four grades: Entry, Mid, High and Collector, selected by the density, evenness, colour and overall expression of the pattern at shipping size.

Caridina need soft, slightly acidic water and a mature, stable aquarium.

Description

Red Snowfall is a distinct line carrying tiger genetics. Where a Snowflake carries heavy, snow-like spots across its belly, a Snowfall carries a finer scatter — small “spray spots” — over a red body. The red base stays strong; what develops with age is the sharpness and tone of the white spotting.

About the photo. The pictured shrimp represents the grade target. We ship unsexed juveniles, so the spotting and shell coverage may continue to sharpen with each moult. Adults are available on request.

Colour & Care

Three things develop as they grow:

Spray spots: Fine white scatter that sharpens into distinct small spots with maturity.
White tone: The red base remains strong, while the white may take on a subtle pink tone as the shell thickens.
Spider legs: Red-and-white patterning carried onto the legs; solidity follows shell thickness and can be less consistent on Entry.

Grading

We grade by what the shrimp shows at shipping size: the density and evenness of the spray, the strength of the red, shell coverage and overall pattern clarity.

Entry: Lighter, more scattered spray with visible gaps.

Mid: Denser and more even spray across the body.

High: Strong red colour with dense, balanced spray and clearer coverage across the body and legs.

Collector: Standout animals selected for the richest red, the most even and concentrated spray, stronger shell coverage and the clearest overall expression of the line.

Grading is done by eye at shipping size. Shrimp may arrive pale after transport and colour back up once settled.

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. 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.

Mon & TueDispatch days

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. Give them longer than Neocaridina — Caridina breed more slowly on buffering soil and reward stability over tinkering.

We don't ship live shrimp to WA, TAS or NT — message us for further enquiries: Messenger, Instagram or WhatsApp.

Full guarantee policy →

Water parameters — Caridina

TDS

100 – 150 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.

4 – 6 dGH

General hardness — the calcium and magnesium they build shells with. Too little and moults fail; too much and shedding gets hard.

0 – 1 dKH

Carbonate hardness — the buffer that stops pH drifting between water changes.

5.5 – 6.5

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.

Buffered RO water on an active substrate — near-zero KH is correct here, not a fault.

Full care & acclimation guide →

FAQ — before you buy 8 quick answers

What actually turns up in the bag?

Unsexed juveniles, 0.6–1.2 cm — about the size of a grain of rice, and too young to tell male from female. Shipping at this size gives the best survival and the easiest adaptation to your water, and you always end up with both sexes. Adults are available on request at roughly twice the juvenile price.

Will they look like the photo?

Not on day one. The photo is a high-grade or best-looking adult from the batch; the shrimp you receive is young and still filling in. The colour packs in with each moult, the white thickens, and on the patterned lines the tone the white takes on — blue, green, orange or pink — arrives with maturity. The body's base colour, red or black, never changes. Every shrimp is an individual, so no two carry exactly the same pattern.

What does the grade mean?

Appearance only — never health. An Entry shrimp is as healthy and from the same parents as a Collector one; it shows less of the pattern, and has more flaws in it. What we grade on differs by line, and the Grading panel above spells it out for this one. Grading is done by eye at shipping size; shrimp rarely move a grade as they grow. If you know the hobby's letters, Entry is roughly S, Mid SS, High SSS.

Can I keep them in my water?

If your tank matches the water card above, yes. Caridina want soft, slightly acidic water, which in practice means purified (RO) water with a shrimp mineral added back, over an active buffering soil that holds the pH down, in a tank that has been running a while. A near-zero KH is correct here, not a fault. A step up from a first shrimp, and a very stable one once the tank is right.

Full care & acclimation guide →

They arrived pale and barely moving. Is that normal?

Yes. Every shrimp arrives pale from the trip and colours back up within hours to a few days. Float the bag, then drip your tank water into it slowly over an hour or two before releasing them; the change in water should happen gradually. If any animal is dead on arrival, photograph it in the unopened bag and contact us within 8 hours of delivery — the Live Arrival Guarantee covers it.

Live Arrival Guarantee & DOA policy →

How do they travel?

Express post only, bagged with oxygen and insulated, dispatched on Mondays and Tuesdays so no animal sits in a depot over a weekend. Someone needs to be home to receive the parcel on the day — live animals cannot go to a PO box, a parcel locker or a safe-drop. We cannot send live animals to Western Australia, the Northern Territory or Tasmania.

Shipping policy →

How many should I start with?

Ten is the sensible minimum for a colony that breeds: with unsexed juveniles it all but guarantees both sexes, and a group settles faster than a pair. Our volume prices are built around that. Mixing colours of the same genus in one tank is fine to look at, but they will interbreed and the offspring drift back toward wild colouring — one colour per tank if you want to keep the line.

What do I do in the first 24 hours?

Lights off, bag closed. Float the sealed bag in the tank for 10–15 minutes so the temperature matches — darkness lowers stress.

Drip, don’t pour. Drip tank water into the bag slowly. A sudden change in TDS, GH or pH is the number-one cause of losses in the first week.

Something wrong? Photograph and video the unopened bag and email us within 8 hours — the Live Arrival Guarantee covers a replacement or a refund of the livestock value.

Full care & acclimation guide →