Amano Shrimp General Care

[KimJongThrill]

Hi. I was just wondering if anyone else has amano shrimp and could share some insight and tips on what to give and how to care for them
 

 

[sawickib]

most shrimp love lots of mosses for food and flakes and bottom dweller pellets.

 

[fluttermoth]

Don't overfeed and make sure your water is in tip top condition; shrimps, of any variety, can't tolerate any ammonia or nitrite.
 
Apart from that, amanos are pretty easy

 

[KimJongThrill]

is it ok to add cherry shrimp and maybe some smaller fish such as tetras in with them? 

 

[sawickib]

Thats should work i dont now of any shrimp that are aggressive and esp cherries and neons arent aggressive, how big is your tank?

 

[KimJongThrill]

this is a rather small tank at 2.5 gallons

i have also read that these shrimp have a low bioload and that its possible to keep many shrimp/gallon

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

You could keep nothing with them except maybe a betta at that size tank, but the betta would probably eat them.

 

[rybrows]

Bought 6 of these last week.... All gone now totally disappeared. Never again

 

[KimJongThrill]

Ahh ill keep that in mind Ellie. 
 
Sorry to hear that rybrows luckily mine are still alive after a week and i believe one of the is molting or something.

 

[l_l_l]

Your shrimp are most likely hiding, what are they with?
I have started seeing mine coming out a few weeks after I put mine in.

 

[KimJongThrill]

My shrimpies have given birth to more! theres a small one swimming around my tank. its a fresh water tank so im confused on why its alive. Can anyone help me / give advice on how to raise it?

 

[l_l_l]

Are you saying your Amano shrimp gave birth to shrimplets, and now what you see is an actual baby shrimp? Not the larvae stage of it?

 

[KimJongThrill]

yes they look like mini shrimp

i had no idea what to do but im pretty sure they are dead by now