Amano or ghost shrimp?

[Rocky998]

I have a 20 gallon high aquarium with a breeding pair of peacock gudgeons and was wondering after a visit to the pet store whether or not I should do ghost shrimp or amano.... While I was there they had a 3 for $1 deal on ghost shrimp but I passed because I wasnt sure about diseases and aggression... Right now my two fish are a little over an inch and I dont want to wake up to a ghost shrimp munching on my fish cause I have heard that they can eat small fish I think... But I do like amano because they eat all sorts of algae and fungus as well as clean up leftover fish food... I'm sure ghost shrimp also do some of those things but I want to know what I'm doing before purchasing one... Thank you for any help!

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

This might help to make your decision:

Ghost shrimp – Detailed Guide: Care, Diet and Breeding - Shrimp and Snail Breeder

Ghost shrimp will be an excellent addition to the aquarium. They are amazingly hardy and can survive under conditions significantly better.

aquariumbreeder.com

Amano Shrimp - Detailed Guide: Care, Diet and Breeding - Shrimp and Snail Breeder

Caridina Japonica is extremely beneficial to any aquarium simply because they are the best algae eater. Their larger physical size (two inches) makes them able to eat algae that most other shrimp or small critters cannot. They are also very easy to care for but difficult to breed.

aquariumbreeder.com

 

[Rocky998]

This might help to make your decision:

Ghost shrimp – Detailed Guide: Care, Diet and Breeding - Shrimp and Snail Breeder

Ghost shrimp will be an excellent addition to the aquarium. They are amazingly hardy and can survive under conditions significantly better.

aquariumbreeder.com

Amano Shrimp - Detailed Guide: Care, Diet and Breeding - Shrimp and Snail Breeder

Caridina Japonica is extremely beneficial to any aquarium simply because they are the best algae eater. Their larger physical size (two inches) makes them able to eat algae that most other shrimp or small critters cannot. They are also very easy to care for but difficult to breed.

aquariumbreeder.com

Thank you!! This will help me a ton!

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

Thank you!! This will help me a ton!

Glad to help!

 

[Slaphppy7]

Amanos, for sure...ghost shrimp are raised as feeders, primarily...many health issues/overbred...and you may get other shrimp mixed in that are indeed aggressive

 

[Rocky998]

Yah I'm glad I didnt get the ghost shrimp... They could be an aggressive species and I dont want my fish to die due to a cheap shrimp

 

[Rocky998]

Amanos, for sure...ghost shrimp are raised as feeders, primarily...many health issues/overbred...and you may get other shrimp mixed in that are indeed aggressive

Yah I'm willing to spend a dollar or two more to play it safe...

 

[Slaphppy7]

Yah I'm willing to spend a dollar or two more to play it safe...

 

[Slaphppy7]

You wouldn't want a "whisker shrimp" mixed in, especially with small fish

Whisker Shrimp – Detailed Guide: Care, Diet, and Breeding - Shrimp and Snail Breeder

Why do people keep Whisker shrimp as pets? Because despite their antagonistic nature, they are easy to care for and add some real character

aquariumbreeder.com

 

[Rocky998]

You wouldn't want a "whisker shrimp" mixed in, especially with small fish

Whisker Shrimp – Detailed Guide: Care, Diet, and Breeding - Shrimp and Snail Breeder

Why do people keep Whisker shrimp as pets? Because despite their antagonistic nature, they are easy to care for and add some real character

aquariumbreeder.com

youch...

 

[DragonScales+Doubletails]

I have a 20 gallon high aquarium with a breeding pair of peacock gudgeons and was wondering after a visit to the pet store whether or not I should do ghost shrimp or amano.... While I was there they had a 3 for $1 deal on ghost shrimp but I passed because I wasnt sure about diseases and aggression... Right now my two fish are a little over an inch and I dont want to wake up to a ghost shrimp munching on my fish cause I have heard that they can eat small fish I think... But I do like amano because they eat all sorts of algae and fungus as well as clean up leftover fish food... I'm sure ghost shrimp also do some of those things but I want to know what I'm doing before purchasing one... Thank you for any help!

I always keep ghost shrimp around. even in my fry tanks! I don't think there's room to worry about them getting munchy.

 

[Rocky998]

I always keep ghost shrimp around. even in my fry tanks! I don't think there's room to worry about them getting munchy.

I just dont want to accidentally get the wrong species and then my fish die... You may have gotten lucky with a certain species but I dont want to get UNlucky with it lol

 

[Sgooosh]

wait since amanos are caridinia can they breed with crystals

 

[DragonScales+Doubletails]

wait since amanos are caridinia can they breed with crystals

No...I'm pretty sure...amano shrimp are acctually very hard to breed. some companies sell wildcaught.

 

[Essjay]

Amanos and crystal shrimps are different species. They even reproduce differently.

Amanos are Caridina multidenta; crystals are Caridina cantonensis.
Amano eggs hatch to planktonic larvae which need brackish water to develop; crystal eggs hatch to miniature adults which do not need brackish water.




There is a chart which shows which shrimps will or can interbreed. It's on a website which no longer exists but we can access it via Wayback Machine (so it takes a bit longer to load). This page contains a simplified chart and a link to a pdf with a more comprehensive chart.
https://web.archive.org/web/2018061...inverts.com/Will These Shrimp Interbreed.html


(Note that the website does use the old name for cherry shrimp. They are now Neocaridina davidi)