10 x Pick N Mix Neocaridina Shrimp – Choose Your Colours – Ayr Aquatics

10 x Pick N Mix Shrimp – Bred in Ayr, Scotland

Pick N Mix lets you build your own pack of Neocaridina davidi shrimp from every colour Ayr Aquatics breeds in Ayr, South Ayrshire: Sakura Red Cherry, Red Cherry, Blue Diamond, Yellow Golden Back, Orange Sakura, Red Rili and Black Rose. You can choose any combination, all one colour or an even split. It is your tank, your choice.

This listing is for a pack of 10 Pick N Mix shrimp, our most popular size. Ten shrimp is the sweet spot for starting a breeding colony. It almost always includes a healthy mix of males and females, and it gives you enough shrimp to see them out and about grazing in a 20–40 litre planted tank. Once they settle, most keepers see berried (egg-carrying) females within a few weeks.

How to choose your colours

Every shrimp in a Pick N Mix pack comes from the same graded lines we sell as single-colour listings, including our Sakura grade cherries and Blue Diamonds, so you get full-quality colour whichever shrimp you pick. How to choose: after ordering, send us a message (or leave a note at checkout) with the colours and numbers you want, for example '4 Blue Diamond, 3 Yellow, 3 Black Rose'. If we do not hear from you within 24 hours we will send an even spread of our best colours.

Why choose Pick N Mix shrimp?

Pick N Mix is perfect if you want a particular colour scheme, such as blues and yellows for a contrast aquascape or reds and blacks for a dramatic look. It also suits topping up an existing colony with exactly the colours it is missing, or trying several varieties before choosing your favourite to breed.

Mixing colours: If you choose more than one colour for the same tank, they will interbreed and the colony will drift towards brown, wild-type colour over a few generations. If you want to breed a colour true, pick one colour per tank. You can order several Pick N Mix packs and only pay postage once.

Water parameters

• Species: Neocaridina davidi
• Temperature: 18–26°C (no heater needed in most UK homes)
• pH: 6.5–8.0
• GH: 6–10 · KH: 2–8
• TDS: 150–300 ppm
• Adult size: approx 2–3cm
• Lifespan: 1–2 years

Caring for your Pick N Mix shrimp

Add them to a fully cycled tank only, with zero ammonia and nitrite. Shrimp are sensitive to copper, so check any plant fertilisers or medications before using them. Use dechlorinated tap water and do small, regular water changes of 10–20% a week rather than large ones. Moss, plants, cholla wood and Indian almond leaves give them biofilm to graze on and hiding places when moulting. Feed a quality shrimp food every day or two, in amounts they finish within a couple of hours, plus the occasional blanched vegetable.

Acclimatisation

Float the bag for 20–30 minutes to match temperature, then drip-acclimatise slowly over 1–2 hours before netting the shrimp into the tank. Do not pour the bag water into your aquarium. Keep the lights low for the first day and do not worry if they hide at first. That is normal.

Pick n mix shrimp FAQs

What colours can I choose from?
Sakura Red Cherry, Red Cherry, Blue Diamond, Yellow Golden Back, Orange Sakura, Red Rili and Black Rose.

What if a colour is out of stock?
We will message you to offer a swap before we post anything.

Is Pick N Mix the same quality as single-colour packs?
Yes. They are the same shrimp, from the same graded colonies.

Delivery

Sent Royal Mail Tracked 24, Monday to Wednesday only so nothing sits in a depot over the weekend. Insulated packaging with heat or cool packs depending on the weather, marked LIVE ANIMALS. Buy more than one pack and you only pay postage once. Collection from Ayr is also available.

DOA guarantee

Live animals cannot be returned. Dead on arrival guarantee: if any shrimp arrive dead, send us a photo of the unopened bag within 2 hours of delivery and we will refund or replace them.

You will receive 10 healthy, mixed-sex juvenile to young adult Pick N Mix shrimp, approx 1–2cm. Also available in packs of 10 and 20 from Ayr Aquatics on UK Shrimp.