Description
The Orange Sakura is a warm, even orange that in the best individuals covers the whole body from head to telson without a single transparent patch. It contrasts strongly against green and holds its colour well, which makes it an excellent choice for a first shrimp tank.
It is worth clarifying what Sakura means, because it causes real confusion in shops: it is not a species or a separate line, it is a grade of coverage. The whole scale describes how much opaque colour covers the body:
- Sakura: colour spread widely but with visible translucent areas.
- Fire: near-total, opaque coverage.
- Painted Fire: the highest grade, fully opaque including legs and face.
Grade sets the price but not the difficulty: a Sakura and a Painted Fire need exactly the same things and are equally hardy. If you are starting out, buying the highest grade gives you no care advantage, just a prettier animal.
Care is identical to the rest of the genus: no copper, minerals for moulting, a mature tank and no other Neocaridina variety nearby, or within three generations you will have brown shrimp.
Habitat
An aquarium selection of Neocaridina davidi. The setup is the usual one for the genus: moss, fine-leaved plants, leaf litter, gentle flow and medium hardness.
It is worth stressing one point that matters especially here: stability. Shrimp die not so much from a bad parameter as from a parameter that changes suddenly. The commonest cause of deaths in an established colony is neither pH nor hardness in themselves, but a water change that is too large or too fast, catching them mid-moult.
Hence the practical advice: small, frequent water changes of 10 or 15 per cent rather than one large monthly one. And always adding the new water slowly.
If one day you find several dead shrimp for no apparent reason, a day or two after maintenance, now you know what happened.
Habitats
🌊 Water parameters
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Enter your tank's values to see only the compatible species that fit them. Litres apply to fish.
Compatible fish
General guidance based on water parameters, behaviour and known exceptions; always review the individual animals' and aquarium's specific needs.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 24–26 °C.
They share water: pH 7–7.5 and 26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 25–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 24–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 20–25 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 24–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 18–24 °C.
They share water: pH 7–7.5 and 18–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 24–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7 and 24–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7 and 20–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.2 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 20–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 18–22 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 18–24 °C.
They share water: pH 7–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7 and 26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 6.5–7 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5 and 24–26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 6.5–7 and 23–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 23–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 20–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 23–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
Compatible invertebrates
General guidance based on water parameters, behaviour and known exceptions; always review the individual animals' and aquarium's specific needs.
They share water: pH 7–7.5 and 20–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5 and 20–24 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 7–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 7–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 20–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–6.8 and 20–24 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 6.5–6.8 and 20–24 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 18–26 °C.
They share water: pH 7–7.5 and 20–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 18–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 18–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 18–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 18–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 18–26 °C.
They share water: pH 7–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 7–7.5 and 22–26 °C.
They share water: pH 6.5–7.5 and 18–26 °C.
They share water: pH 7–7.5 and 18–26 °C.
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They share water: pH 7–7.5 and 18–26 °C.
Sources
- GBIFGBIF Secretariat (2026). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei. Consultado vía GBIF.org, 2026-08. Neocaridina davidi.
Taxonomy verified as ACCEPTED unless stated otherwise.
'Orange Sakura' is a colour variety obtained through breeding, not a taxon. GBIF recognises the species Neocaridina davidi; the variety has no entry of its own and never will.
The care values (pH, temperature and hardness) have no citable source: none of the accepted sources publishes invertebrate profiles. Seriously Fish has none and PlanetCatfish does not respond. A source for invertebrates is still to be agreed.