{"product_id":"ultra-blue","title":"Ultra Blue","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"sz-acc\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"sz-acc__title\"\u003eUltra Blue Shrimp (Neocaridina) | Single Grade Colony\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003clabel class=\"sz-acc__row\"\u003e\u003cinput type=\"radio\" name=\"sz-acc-ultra-blue\" checked\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/label\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"sz-acc__panel\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bright blue shrimp — solid blue all over, not patchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArrives young and paler. The blue thickens as they grow, and needs a strong light to show properly — under a weak light they look almost black.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne price, no grades.\u003c\/strong\u003e The colour comes with age, so sorting juveniles would be guesswork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeocaridina — the easier of our two shrimp families, hardy and quick to breed, and a good first shrimp. Numbers in the FAQ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003clabel class=\"sz-acc__row\"\u003e\u003cinput type=\"radio\" name=\"sz-acc-ultra-blue\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/label\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"sz-acc__panel\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Neocaridina usually come as one of two things: a Blue Dream, which often goes pale and patchy, or a Blue Diamond, so dark it reads as black in the tank. Our Ultra Blue (also sold as Super Blue) was line-bred from Blue Diamond stock for a brighter blue that keeps the Diamond’s thick, full-body pigment — so it stays visibly blue moving through the tank instead of vanishing into the shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe family trees of the blue Neocaridina are tangled — Blue Dream is traced by different breeders to Carbon Rili or to Chocolate stock, Blue Diamond to Chocolate — so we describe ours by what it does, not by a pedigree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the photo.\u003c\/strong\u003e The shrimp pictured is one of the best-looking adults from the batch, under a strong light. Juveniles arrive lighter and more see-through; the blue packs in with each moult.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003clabel class=\"sz-acc__row\"\u003e\u003cinput type=\"radio\" name=\"sz-acc-ultra-blue\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColour \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/label\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"sz-acc__panel\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo things shape how an Ultra Blue looks in your tank:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pigment is dense enough that a weak or plain white light cannot get through it, and the shrimp reads dark. A strong full-spectrum (WRGB) light brings the blue out.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColour builds with age:\u003c\/strong\u003e Young Neocaridina are naturally more see-through. The blue thickens and fills in as they grow, until the body is solid blue at full size.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003clabel class=\"sz-acc__row\"\u003e\u003cinput type=\"radio\" name=\"sz-acc-ultra-blue\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrading\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/label\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"sz-acc__panel\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUltra Blues are not sortable that way, because the solid blue is tied to age: a paler juvenile today is simply younger, not lesser. Tiering them on shipping-day colour would be charging you for growth that happens in your tank anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo Ultra Blues are \u003cstrong\u003eone grade, one price\u003c\/strong\u003e — robust unsexed juveniles from the same colony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sz-acc__rule\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sz-acc__note\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SZA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52666718650680,"sku":"SZ-ULTRABLUE-STD","price":9.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/3339\/6280\/files\/DSCF1471_21807dfb-e4e7-41c0-8086-fc27d522c016.jpg?v=1781155481","url":"https:\/\/shrimpzone.com.au\/products\/ultra-blue","provider":"Shrimp Zone ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}