Identity and breeder
Neocaridina davidi (ornamental attribution) — Michael Häsler
Published date and report type
2026 original report; First-person line-development account unless noted
Illustrated breeding family / evidence tree
Reported original source stock
Established Blue Dream body-color line with OE project ancestry, involving a black OE base in breeder program
Reported actual crossing or selection sequence
Trade-line cross and years of selection to reduce black component in blue body
Observed phenotype
Selected blue body with orange eyes
What author claims
Co-authored account says stabilizing pure blue without black required substantial selection
Measured brood counts
Not published
What remains uncertain
Do not assign specific red/black dominance or founder identity to unrelated OE Blue Dream stocks
Care, selection, authentication
Maintain lineage-specific stock labels, isolate genuine known mating pairs in a matured tank, document sex and source of each parent, hatch-date cohorts and scored F1/F2 offspring. Color and orange eye often segregate differently in breeder accounts. Record water parameters rather than assuming one eye-color gene governs body color.
Claim-level citations
- Philipp Baumann and Michael Häsler, Orange Eye line overview, February 17 2026 — First-party breeder co-authored trade publication
Breeding recollections and limited estimates, not numbered genotype-tested brood tables
- Michael Häsler, first-person breeder interview, March 9 2025 — Named breeder interview
Competition results and tank counts are interview claims until primary event sheets are checked