Evidence and publication rules
Verified (primary) = direct first-person breeder/company statement; Reported (secondary) = attributed interview/specialist reporting; Catalogued = breeder sells/maintains/competes with line, not proof of original creation. A trade name or competition entry does not prove genotype or original breeder. Never infer a pedigree because two breeders use “Boa,” “Galaxy,” or “Fancy Tiger.” Specific water/feed practices are included ONLY when attributed to that breeder; general care g
01 — Skyfish / SKYFISH AQUA — Taiwan
Identity: Su Yao-long (Leon Su), founder; Taiwan. Evidence: Verified (company first-person).
Focus / breeder-associated strains: Galaxy Fishbone (creator claim), Galaxy Cape, Galaxy Zebra, Metallic Blue Boa. Skyfish is a major early developer of the Galaxy Fishbone/Boa family; other sellers' generic “Boa” are NOT automatically Skyfish genetics.
Methods that can be attributed: multi-year pattern development and selective refinement of Galaxy Fishbone and related Pinto shrimp; conversion of difficult Crystal/Taiwan Bee shrimp to repeatable facility breeding. Company does not disclose a trustworthy precise pH/GH or parent-pair pedigree on its cited About page; do not invent it.
02 — Larmax International / KC Wang program — Taiwan
Evidence: Verified company claims; distinguishes original creations from catalog holdings.
Strains / lines: Red Rili (company expressly claims creation), Red Volcano Rili, Orange Volcano Rili, Snowstorm, Blue Zebra. Other catalog lines include Rose, Fire, Sunkist Stardust, Ultra Gold, Blue Velvet, Ultra Blue and more; catalog presence alone is NOT creator credit.
Documented selection methods: multi-year selective stabilization and large-scale breeding. Larmax says Snowstorm was developed from translucent Snowball-stock toward thicker platinum-white pigment, exhibited in 2023, and bred for an additional year before production. Blue Zebra emphasizes stripe pattern rather than just body color. Exact crossing pairs, tank recipes and 2026 survival metrics are not published in cited sources.
03 — HWA Shrimp / Yang Zhenhua — Taiwan
Evidence: Reported interview / specialist breeder profile (2025), including quoted breeder descriptions.
Lines: Rampage (early Fancy Tiger), Fancy Tiger foundational lineage, Galaxy Snowfall / Galaxy Sandstorm, Lava Tiger, Black/Red Snowfall Tiger, Red/Black Ultimate Snowfall Zebra, Full Red/Black Ultimate Snowfall, Red/Black Melting Snowfall.
Documented methods: early Fancy Tiger development by crossing Crystal Shrimp × native Tiger Shrimp, with subsequent selection (project ~2008; Rampage public 2014). 2012 “Cannon Tube” filtration adaptation using drinking-water filter housings; experimentation with thin buffering soil; line-selective multi-year breedouts. Galaxy Snowfall selection prioritized fine, distributed speckling rather than large blotches; Lava Tiger was a multi-year red/black pattern program. Article r
04 — VIN Shrimp / VIN Fish — Taiwan
Strains / lines documented in current catalog: Red/Black Galaxy, Red/Black Galaxy Fishbone, Fishbone, Golden Galaxy, red “Stars” Galaxy Fishbone, Blue Boa (“Blue Bao” catalog transliteration); also sells Fancy Tiger, PRL/PBL, Taiwan Bee, metallic and orange-eye product families. “Sells” is not synonymous with originator of all named families.
Documented methods: company states a 3+ year program of systematic sorting and selection to improve washed-out color, weak color, shell coverage/integrity and consistency of offspring/heritable display in its Galaxy lines. Selection targets are company-reported, not independently measured.
Gaps: original founder of each named lineage, detailed parent crossings, actual population metrics, water and diet practices.
05 — Michael Häsler — Germany
Evidence: First-person specialist article coauthored with Dr. Philipp Baumann (2026).
Line associations: Red Demon / Bloody Mary OE, Black Rose OE, Blue Dream OE, Black Sapphire OE, Green Demon / Green Jade OE, Orange Sakura OE. Some are collaborative/widely held traits; do not imply sole original inventor without direct proof.
Methods: selective breeding and outcross/backcross into color backgrounds to carry orange-eye traits while stabilizing body coloration. Article describes Black Rose OE as a donor for Blue Dream and later Red Onyx; Green Demon created via Black Sapphire OE × Dark Green Jade followed by backcrossing Dark Green Jade; Orange Sakura OE appeared incidentally in a Green Demon group. Blue Dream OE required extended selection to avoid black pigment admixture.
06 — Dr. Philipp Baumann — Germany
Evidence: Coauthored first-person 2026 article; credit specific photographed/covered strains without inferring solo ownership.
Line associations: Blue Jelly OE, Red Onyx OE, Green Demon OE work, plus co-described broader orange-eye Neocaridina progress.
Methods (jointly described by Häsler and Baumann; individual breeder attribution unresolved): their coauthored article describes Bloody Mary OE × Blue Jelly with intermediate OE-carrying Red Rili segregants and repeated Blue Jelly matings, followed by color-selective removal of red pigmentation. It also describes selecting Black Rose OE with rust-red markings across generations, then crossing into Red Onyx to intensify body color. The shared text does not identify which coaut
07 — Peiwen Shrimps — Taiwan
Evidence: Specialist breeder interview (Rare Shrimp, 2025); contest entries, not inventor certificate.
Identity: Peiwen Shrimps is publicly profiled as a family-operated breeder team. A third-party interview identifies individual operators by name; Aquapedia leaves personal identification at the reporter-attributed level pending first-party business confirmation.
Strains entered / known for: PRL Red Bee, Black Bee, Super Crystal Black, Black Pinto, Red Pinto, Ocean Blue, Orange Eye Blue Devil, Blue Metallic Tiger and Fishbone/Galaxy-pattern competition entries. Fishbone Fancy Tiger is separately named by the Rare Shrimp interview as a Peiwen-invented variant, with Peiwen reporting about 9% of progeny retaining the fishbone pattern (breeder-reported observation, not independently reproduced). Entry/retail line association does not prov
08 — Garnelen-Pott — Essen, Germany
Evidence: First-person operator's current nursery and strain catalogue; marketing claims not independently audited.
Strains / lines bred/maintained: Neocaridina Bloody Mary, Blue Dream, Blue Dream OE, Blue Jelly, Yellow Fire Neon, Green Jade, Dark Green Jade, Orange Sakura, Black Sakura, White Pearl, Red Blue Rili (single bicolor catalog line), Orange Rili, Green Rili, Red Onyx; Caridina inventory includes Taiwan Bee, Tiger, Pinto and Galaxy Fishbone forms. Do not infer founding credit for any of these.
Methods: breeder reports own captive production in ~75 aquaria with no imports for listed lines; per-line tank separation for color stability and grade sorting. Operator specifies Caridina RO water with GH 4–6, KH 0, pH 5.8–6.5, active buffering soil, 21–24°C. A Blue Dream OE product page specifically reports keeping that line in local tap water; do not generalize tap-water setup to Caridina.
09 — Flip Aquatics / Robert Lupton — USA
Evidence: First-person company history and husbandry FAQ. Categorization: breeder/operator + retailer/importer, NOT pure-origin breeder for its entire product catalog.
Associated livestock examples: Blue Dream Neocaridina and many traded Caridina/Neocaridina lines, sold through business; label as stock/retail associations unless facility-bred provenance is proven for the specific batch.
Documented practices: company says founder expanded from 10 tanks to 250+ at a breeding facility; also imports animals. Publishes 30-day quarantine policy. For Neocaridina recommends RO + GH/KH+ and inert substrate; for Bee-type Caridina recommends RO + GH+ and buffering substrate (Brightwell soil in its tanks), and Matten/sponge filtering. For a listed Blue Dream line: pH 7.0–7.6, GH 7–15, KH 2–8, TDS 150–350, 68–72°F (company recommendations, not universally applicable).
Public research references
Listed research leads are not automatically supporting evidence for every individual claim.
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