I am a hobby aquarist living in Nagoya, Japan. Below is a summary of my Japanese web page. On 1996/5/17, Japanese newspaper reported.
Mr. HISAYASU SUZUKI has succeeded in breeding true red bee shrimp. He has named the shrimp "Crystal Red" and has been awarded a patent for his new shrimp.

Mr, SUZUKI has been breeding normal bee shrimps, which are banded with black stripes and has spent more than 8 million yen developing methods for breeding them over the past 6 years. Three years ago, he notice a single red bee shrimp in a batch of about a thousand shrimp.
This first red bee shrimp died but three generations of bee shrimp later, he discovered 3 red bee shrimps among the 3,000 he had bred.
He was successful in breeding the 3 red bee shrimp and now has more than 8,000 red bee shrimp in his tanks.
Mr. SUZUKI is a master of a small SUSHI bar in Aichi, Japan.
The Crystal Red bee shrimp is truly red. It's color is just like that of boiled shrimp on Sushi rice.

#Above English is given from Justin P. Healy. (Than'x Justin !.)



How to keep CRS

Crystal Red shrimps & normal bee shrimps in my tank
 
Mr. SUZUKI told me how to keep Bee Shrimps healthy.
If you are beginner of your aquarium life, it is a little difficult for you to keep them alive.
If you already keep plants in your aquqrium, you can keep the shrimps healthy.
 
NO anmonia in the tank. It is fatal for them.
They need pure & clean water.
Normal bee shrimps are tough, but Crystal Red Shrimps are very sensitive.
 
PH6.2~7.2 temp 22~25좧
If the water shift to alkaline, it means Ammonium ion in the tank water has reduced to ammonia, So I recommand to keep the tank water a little acidis for them.
PH7.5 or over is dangerous for bee shrimps.
Small gravel is better for breeding them. (bare tank is no problem.)
Tetra P-1 or P-2 sponge filter is recommended.

Filteration is necessary. I use charcole & carbone filteration.
"EHIIM" style filteration is recommended. But I'm now using upper flow filteration for my 12 gal (45 litter) tank, with no problem.
You may renew 1/3 of the water in the tank a week.
Aqua Safe NH/CL Formula is recommended to remove chlorine & chloramine from tap water. Aqua Safe 2 in 1 is not necessary.
Chemical is not good for them.

Their life is about 15 month. To grow up to adult needs for 6 months. An adult Crystal Red spawns 20~30 babies every month.
If you find eggs under their bodies, you will see babies after 3 weeks.
Crystal Red is sure to be born in red. Adult Crystal Red is sure to give birth to red babies!
 
They may eat algae, but other food is recommended for them.
Fantinalis antipyretica/Riccia fluitans (a kind of moss) are good for them.
Boild spinach is their favorite. (They are POPYE?)
As soon as you put spinach in your tank, they will come to eat it.
You may treat to them one or two spinach every 3 days.
If they ignore spinach, It is a time to change water. (Bad water conditions)