A colony is a group big enough to breed. Three is a start. Six or more is a colony. These bundles are priced so the colony is the easy choice. One box of thirty costs the same to post as one box of three. Express post is $29.99, or $9.99 once your shrimp come to $149. The blue bolt and crystal boxes need very soft water. The cherry, blue dream and Skittles boxes live in tap water. Each card says which.
Each picture is an illustration we made to show the kind and the number of shrimp in the box. It is not a photo of your shrimp. The line under each name says exactly what you get. How the pictures are made.
Six blue bolts, which is enough to start breeding from. No other Australian shop could send you these when we checked on 17 August 2026.
6 × Blue Bolt
Soft water only. Usually RO water (tap water with everything filtered out), or tap water you have tested and know is truly soft. Water & care →
Five crystal reds and five crystal blacks. A proper starting colony (a group big enough to breed) in both colours.
5 × Crystal Red (CRS) + 5 × Crystal Black (CBS)
Soft water only. Usually RO water (tap water with everything filtered out), or tap water you have tested and know is truly soft. Water & care →
Ten cherry shrimp at $3.60 each. Enough to start breeding straight away, instead of waiting for a small group to grow.
10 × Cherry Red
Tap water is fine Tap water with a conditioner (it takes out the chlorine). Add minerals if your tap water is very soft. Water & care →
Twenty shrimp in mixed colours for $45. Fills a tank in one go.
20 × Skittles Mix
Tap water is fine Tap water with a conditioner (it takes out the chlorine). Add minerals if your tap water is very soft. Water & care →
Ten blue dreams. Enough to breed from, in the colour Australians want most.
10 × Blue Dream
Tap water is fine Tap water with a conditioner (it takes out the chlorine). Add minerals if your tap water is very soft. Water & care →
Six blue bolts and four fancy red tigers. When we checked on 17 August 2026, no other Australian shop had blue bolts in stock, and only one had fancy red tigers. Ten hard-to-find shrimp in one box, for one lot of postage.
6 × Blue Bolt + 4 × Fancy Red Tiger
Soft water only. Usually RO water (tap water with everything filtered out), or tap water you have tested and know is truly soft. Water & care →