Amanoshrimp

[Ludisia]

Hi,
Sadly my long-armed shrimp passed away few weeks ago. I bought 10 new shrimps - Caridina multidentata. They are very little, about 1 inch now.

Second picture is their new home. Lots of rocks and caves. I'll put there more plants later.

[Toddybear]

That's a lovely looking tank! I've never seen shrimp for sale here...might be kinda cool!

[Shadow]

So cute! Do you have fish in your tank?

[Ludisia]

In this tank there are only the shrimps ( and plenty of snails Melanoides tuberculata)

[Tindomul]

Coool!! Shrimp as pets. I had no idea.

[smartie2000]

Beautiful tank set up and that is one very cool shrip! I think I've seen them at a petshop before as 'ghost shrips' but I might be wrong

[Tindomul]

Hmmm, what do they eat? Algea? If so, then are they freshwater?? I might need some. And if so, how much water do they need to survive?

[Ludisia]

Thanks to all

I’m not expert – yet, but I try to tell something. Among the pet shrimp there are huge variations of different species. Tiny Caridina species are algae eaters with filter feeding and for example Procambarus is a bigger crayfish with strong claws.

Mainly amanoshrimp is eating different algae forms, but plants, vege-wafers and shrimp pellets goes very well too. I’ve heard that they go nuts when frozen food is served. Amano lives in freshwater, but the larvae needs salt water to grow adult. Several Caridina species are living their whole life in freshwater though. That might be a problem. Probably you have to strain hundreds of shrimp away from your tank time to time.

“Ghost shrimp” is usually some species in genus Macrobrachium or Palaemonetes. They are called long-armed shrimp. These shrimp are usually very territorial, so it is best to keep them alone or only companion with same size.

Quote:
“Shrimp need good water parameters to thrive. The larger the tank, the less it is susceptible to worsening water parameters. A minimum size tank of 10 gallons is recommended. The larger the shrimp species and/or your population, the more space the shrimp should get.”

Petshrimp.com -- Freshwater Shrimp Hub of the world

[Tindomul]

Thanks. I suppose thats a no for shrimp in my little vivarium pond.

[smartie2000]

Originally Posted by Ludisia

Thanks to all

I’m not expert – yet, but I try to tell something. Among the pet shrimp there are huge variations of different species. Tiny Caridina species are algae eaters with filter feeding and for example Procambarus is a bigger crayfish with strong claws.

Mainly amanoshrimp is eating different algae forms, but plants, vege-wafers and shrimp pellets goes very well too. I’ve heard that they go nuts when frozen food is served. Amano lives in freshwater, but the larvae needs salt water to grow adult. Several Caridina species are living their whole life in freshwater though. That might be a problem. Probably you have to strain hundreds of shrimp away from your tank time to time.

“Ghost shrimp” is usually some species in genus Macrobrachium or Palaemonetes. They are called long-armed shrimp. These shrimp are usually very territorial, so it is best to keep them alone or only companion with same size.

Quote:
“Shrimp need good water parameters to thrive. The larger the tank, the less it is susceptible to worsening water parameters. A minimum size tank of 10 gallons is recommended. The larger the shrimp species and/or your population, the more space the shrimp should get.”

Petshrimp.com -- Freshwater Shrimp Hub of the world

You know your stuff...thanks for the info. I did think about getting a cray fish at one time