Black Tiger Orange Eye
Caridina mariae
The Black Tiger OE is one of the most beautiful blue shrimp and is particularly interesting because of its orange eyes.
- deep black coloring
- bright orange eyes
- no aqua soil necessary
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Product description & details
The Black Tiger Orange Eye (OE) belongs to the species Caridina mariae and originally comes from southern China. This breeding form was created through the selection of the Royal Blue Tiger OE and shows a color that appears to be painted black and can shimmer slightly bluish in the light. The legs of almost all animals are also completely colored. The bright orange eyes are 100% inherited as long as no animals with black eyes are crossed, and they stand out particularly strongly due to the black body color. So if you want a particularly dark and intensely colored shrimp strain, this shrimp is just right for you. We have been selecting the animals in our strain for a long time so that they have excellent coloring and almost no transparent or striped offspring are produced.
Prizes won by our strain:
- 1st place, Shrimp Championships Germany 2011
- 1st place, category 6 (Black Tiger and new blue variants), Austrian Shrimp Championships 2013
- 1st place, International Shrimp Championships, Hanover 2015
- 2nd place, category 3 (Tiger), Austrian Shrimp Championships, Linz 2015
- 1st place, category 6 (Tiger), Austrian Shrimp Championships, Stockerau 2019
- 3rd place, category 7 (Tiger variants, full color), TGISC, Dortmund 2022
Blue Tiger OE Grades:
Blonde Tiger OE – transparent with black stripes
Blue Tiger OE – light to medium blue with black stripes
Deep Blue Tiger OE – dark blue with black stripes
Royal Blue Tiger OE – dark blue, no stripes
Rusty Blue Tiger OE – dark blue with rust colored back
Black Tiger OE – black, no stripes
Care in the aquarium
The Black Tiger OE is a not a particularly demanding shrimp as long as it has the right water parameters. Keeping this beautiful shrimp is possible in aquariums with a capacity of 10 liters or more, but since the water values fluctuate significantly less with more volume, we recommend an aquarium that holds 20 liters or more. The Black Tiger OE requires clean, oxygen-rich, soft and, if possible, lime-free water, which is why it is best kept on salted osmosis water, but is also potentially suitable for soft tap water (CH below 5). The Bee Shrimp Mineral GH+ is suitable as a mineral salt. Unlike Bee shrimp, no aqua soil is necessary to keep Tiger shrimp. We ourselves keep our Tigers on neutral, dark ground, where the animals show their best potential. It is also important that the temperature of the water does not exceed 25°C for long periods of time, even in summer. In order for this sociable dwarf shrimp to feel safe, it should be kept in a group of at least 10 animals and in a well-planted aquarium. The plants, but also roots, stone structures or shrimp tubes offer it protection and places of retreat. The Black Tiger OE is ideally kept in a pure shrimp aquarium, preferably together with snails. Socialization with small, peaceful fish that do not prey on shrimp is also possible, but this may result in loss of shrimp offspring.
Feeding
As a classic leftover recycler, the Black Tiger OE feeds on biofilm and algae growth as well as detritus (dead plant material, carrion, leftover food). In the aquarium it can be fed with special types of shrimp food, leaves, algae powder and occasionally frozen food. Ideally, there are always brown autumn leaves in the aquarium, which represent optimal permanent food for the animals.
Sexual characteristics and breeding
Sex determination is usually not possible in young animals, but only in sexually mature animals. Juveniles and males have a narrower underside of the abdomen, while sexually mature females have a wider underside that covers the swimming legs like a “skirt”. This widening of the abdomen serves to protect the eggs, which the female carries and cares between her swimming legs until they hatch. As with most dwarf shrimp, female Tiger shrimp adults are slightly larger than males and tend to be more intensely colored. The Black Tiger OE reproduces in fresh water and can be bred in an aquarium without any problems as long as the water parameters are right. After a gestation period of around 3 to 4 weeks, the female releases around 10-30 fully developed shrimplets, which initially feed on microorganisms present in the aquarium and can be fed with dust food.