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
Orange Eye source stock and intensely red Bloody Mary commercial stock
Reported actual crossing or selection sequence
Orange-eye trait reported bred into Bloody Mary-colored line; exact mother/father and generation not disclosed
Observed phenotype
Deep red carapace and orange eyes
What author claims
Baumann and Häsler reference Red Demon as earliest reported OE Neo breeding strain in their 2022 magazine coverage (recounted in 2026)
Measured brood counts
Not published
What remains uncertain
No unique genetic founder certificate, dosage of eye locus or tested F1/F2 brood ratios
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
- Rare Shrimp, breeder-linked OE strain history — Secondary breeder-associated account
Not a genomic locus test and describes project outcomes qualitatively