Black Shadow Pinto

You will receive Black shadow pinto shrimp around half an inch to an inch in size. The Black Shadow Pinto shrimp have unique patterns and colors due to their unique genetics. Blue bolts provide the genetic line for these shrimp to have their blue color which is referred to as a "shadow" gene.

Pinto shrimp are bred my mixing Taiwan bee shrimp and tiger shrimp to create a tibee shrimp. Once you get your tibee shrimp, you can continue breeding those offspring with Taiwan bees to create what is called a taitibee. At this stage, you will start to see the pinto patterns develop. The three main categories of pintos are zebra, fancy, and spotted head. You can breed for the pattern style you like the most.

The Pinto shrimp are one of our favorite “fancy shrimp”. Shadow Pintos have a striking contrast of blue and black against white that is not seen in aquarium shrimp. The best part is the multitude of patterns that the pinto shrimp can produce. 

We keep our pinto shrimp at the following parameters:

Tank Parameters:

• Ph: 6 to 6.7
• Gh:3 to 6
• Kh: 0 to 1
• TDS: 90 to 130
• Temp: 68 to 72

Our Tank Equipment Includes:

• Filter: Matten Filter
• Substrate: Brightwell Rio Escuro or Cafe Soil, ADA Amazonia
• Water: RO/DI Water remineralized with Salty Shrimp GH+
• Decor: Malaysian Driftwood, Java Moss and Indian Almond Leaves