Glad you guys like this shrimp almost as much as I do.
As some of you know I am moving to San Diego very, very soon (end of April) and it's not going to be an easy move. I will try to get at least some of these guys in other hobbyists hands before I move, though, as it would be a shame for my population to accidentally die off during the move. I'm trying my best to minimize all problems, but you never know. At this point I don't have enough breeders, yet, but since the last batch of young should reach adult size in a few weeks and I have a few ovigerous females again, I will distribute the next batch of young if they reach the right size before I move. Otherwise, it'll happen after I move and get settled.
As for ph, it's not that important. You should be able to keep these shrimp in your tap water, no matter where you are, just like red cherry shrimp. That seems to be the case for most, if not all, other species, by the way. I am going to get rid of the "water parameters" section in my shrimp species description shortly to avoid any confusion. My experience and research shows that factors other than ph are responsible for the majority of shrimp deaths and mishaps. Research is ongoing though and I will finally write an article about water parameters. In the meantime, don't worry too much about ph issues. Worry about other things, like overfeeding and not having a cycled tank, too many fast growing plants, using fertilizer, too many (and too large) water changes etc...etc...etc. The only thing I am worried about when I move to San Diego is cycling the new tanks...not the ph or hardness of the water there (both are a whole lot higher than in NYC). Bad or no cycle = dead shrimp.
Wow, very nice new green shrimp 
. Interesting how the young can be red. I take it they should be kept in alkaline water over the long run like the other indian shrimp? I hope to see them available soon 
I hope to start seeing these "pop-up" in the shrimp market very soon 
