Blue Bolt Caridina Shrimp
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- Inventory on the way
- Live Arrival Guarantee
- Fast shipping
- All our live fish, shrimp, snails are care with love and passion, when through minimum of 14 days quarantined and shipped from Splashy Fish facility in Springfield, Virginia, USA
This is only apply to live fish order.
Live Arrival Guarantee:
We have a lot of experience with shipping live fish orders. In 2021, Our records showed that we only have a 0.5 % Dead on Arrival rate for all live fish orders, compared to the industry standard is at 1.5%. This means that out of 1000 live orders that we shipped to our customer only 5 orders would have fish that arrived dead.
At Splashy Fish, we ensure that our customers are happy and satisfied with their orders. We offer a 100% Live Arrival Guarantee on all of our animals that are shipped to the customer via USPS, UPS, and FedEx.
Splashy Fish has the right to void Live Arrival Guarantee protection if these circumstances include:
- The customer has chosen USPS First Class Mail as a shipped method.
- Shipping address to a PO Box
- The order was refused delivery by the customer.
- The order was return to sender for any reason such as but not limited to wrong shipping address, the address is undeliverable, etc.
- The order was held for pick up at USPS, UPS, FedEx offices no longer than 24 hours after the last update on the tracking number.
- Live Arrival Guarantee claim does not include all the requirements mentioned below
- Live Arrival Guarantee claim made after the arrival period is mentioned below.
- The Fish/Animal have to be in original packaging.
Live Arrival Guarantee Claim Period:
For Live Fish and other invertebrates: one and a half hours (1.5 hours) of posted delivery time or customer received time.
For Snails: 48 hours of posted delivery time or customer received time.
How to claim for Splashy Fish's Live Arrival Guarantee:
If there is an incident when your fish are delivered "dead on arrival,”
- Take 1 picture of the shipping box and the shipping label.
- For live fish and other invertebrates: Take 2 pictures of each of the fish bags that is dead on arrival (the pictures have to show the bag in its original condition, unopened with the original rubber band)
- Send us an email to DOA@splashyfishstore.com with the subject line: DOA and Your Order Number OR messaged us on our social media
- Body of the text: Your tracking number
- The claim must be sent within the claim period mentioned above.
After submitting all the information required above it will take us 1 to 3 business days to determine the cause of dead on arrival. If the claim was valid and approved by our team, Once We approved your claim, You will
- Received the store credit for future purchase of the dead on arrival fish excluding the shipping cost.
If the Live Arrival Guarantee claim doesn't include all the requirements listed above, Splashy Fish has all the rights to reject your claim.
Shipping live animals and plants is a complex process, and temperature plays a crucial role in ensuring the safe and secure delivery of your order.
If the highest daytime temperature in your location and the lowest nighttime temperature here in Springfield, Virginia—where our facility is situated—fall below 40°F or exceed 90°F, we will proactively delay your order. This measure is taken to prioritize the well-being of the animals and plants.
For the safety of our living cargo and to protect your investment, we retain the right to suspend shipping as necessary due to extreme weather conditions. Our Splashy Fish team will assess the situation and determine if it is unsuitable to ship, considering the safety of the animals.
To stay informed or address any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to our dedicated Splashy Fish Support team via email at support@splashyfishstore.com.
Once our team prints and packs your order, we'll notify you via email. This notification will include your tracking number and the expected arrival day. If you opt for UPS 2 Day shipping, your package should arrive within 2 days after shipment. Similarly, if you choose UPS 1 Day, your order will reach you the day after it is shipped. In the case of orders containing only plants or dry goods, they may be shipped via USPS, provided that this is the selected shipping option during checkout.
We ship all of the customer orders from our warehouse located in Springfield, VA. We pack and ship our orders depending on the orders with the exception of someday we cannot ship out live fish.
All Live Fish orders will be shipped out on Tuesday and Wednesday each week for overnight shipping by UPS.
Monday to Saturday: We will pack and ship out all orders that do not contain live fish.
Sunday: (Splashy Day) Today is the day we let our hard-working team members and our fish to destress and ready for the following week's shipment.
For more information regarding about shipping please visit us our Shipping Policy and Schedule
The eye-catching Blue Bolt Caridina Shrimp (scientific name: Caridina cf cantonensis var. 'Blue bolt') is believed to be the result of selective cross-breeding among golden bee shrimp, crystal black/red shrimp and snow whites. The freshwater shrimp has a blue and white coloration distributed all over its body subject to different specimens originally found in Taiwan.
Blue Bolt Shrimp, like other Caridina species, are relatively challenging to care for beginners, not like neocaridina. They are sensitive to water changes and are not recommended for newly cycled tanks and stable water parameters. The shrimp require soft and slightly acidic water conditions and freshwater aquarium substrate in a cooler range of temperature to thrive. Shrimp Tank's water is absolutely a must and ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels should be kept within limits. More importantly, no copper is allowed to be found in the aquarium as it is considered deadly to them.
Blue Bolt Caridina Shrimp appreciates live aquarium plants. Blue Bolts feel comfortable and secure when surrounded by java moss, buce plant, or anubias as they provide a surface area for food. High-quality food is recommended, but you can feed them with zucchini vegetables, and Indian almond leaves. Putting some decorations such as rock caves or driftwood into the tank will benefit them a lot. As this provides hiding places that are necessary for them on most occasions, especially when they are in molting and breeding periods or feel threatened. These freshwater shrimp females carry eggs and hatch the baby shrimp.
Blue Bolt Shrimp should be kept in groups. Ideally, a colony of 6 to 12 specimens is highly recommended. They like to gather with each other and stay relaxed when in large groups. Peaceful and non-territorial as they are, Blue Bolt Shrimp are great invertebrates, inhabitants of any tankmates fish as long as it contains the species sharing similar temperaments. However, many experienced aquarists recommend the shrimp-only tank be better considering its dwarf size and low defensive capability.
What You Can Expect From This Shrimp:
- Eye-catching blue and white pigments
- Required moderate care
- Active even in daytime and non-territorial at all
CARE REQUIREMENTS / TANK PARAMETERS:
- Temperature: 68° - 72°F (20° - 22°C)
- pH: 6.0 – 6.8
- KH: 0 – 2 dKH
- GH: 3 – 6 dGH
- TDS: 100 – 150
- Minimum tank size: 10 gallons
CARE GUIDELINES:
- Diet: They are omnivores and feed on algae, biofilm; however other high quality shrimp foods such as sinking shrimp pellets, crushed flake foods, baby brine shrimp, etc. are all accepted. Vegetation like spinach is also encouraged.
- Social behavior: Peaceful, non-territorial
- Origin: Tank-bred
- Average adult size: 1.25 inches (3 cm)
Checkout more info about Care Guide for Caridina Shrimp
Picture credit to Caro Toth
+1 in the title means that it is a free additional shrimp that we include when you purchase to cover for any Dead on Arrival during transit. We are not going to charge for any additional shrimp that is sent to customers above the amount customers purchase.
