Cameroon Fan Shrimp

[Shred]

Anyone got one of these? I've really wanted one since I saw it on the PetShrimp site a year or so ago, and I've just seen some for sale. Doing a bit of research they seem to have the same requirements as other fan shrimp such as the bamboo, but this post I found really puts me off: http/www.plecofanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16193

It might just be that it was kept in a tank with agressive tankmates, mine would be in a well planted 100L tank with neon tetras, guppies, khuli loaches and one honey gourami, fitted with a fluval 305.

 

[jennybugs]

I have kept these shrimp and have to say I wouldn't keep them again unless I could guarantee they had a water column laden with food.
They fan the water almost constantly and you need to be prepared to spot feed them if necessary. They're big shrimp and need a good current in the tank with peaceful tankmates that aren't too greedy. I wouldn't have them with danios or platy for example. The longest I managed to keep one alive was nearly two years but when it died I came to the conclusion it starved to death and simply wasn't getting enough to eat in my 125L community tank. You also have to watch out with moulting too. I lost one to a moulting accident where it couldn't moult the shell off properly
Lovely creatures. They get huge too 15cm was one of mine!

They can't harm anything...fanning something to death is not something I've heard of btw