I've never kept Amano shrimp, so I have no judgement on your "other" kinds. But I love your close-up pics! Very nice
I had some shrimpy folks over on discord take a look at them, plus also rang them through inaturalist for their suggestions and all agree on caridina sp. No complaint on my end, they're cute regardless. I may have better luck with them than I ever did with neocaridina. I've done fine with ghost shrimp and bamboo shrimp, but have never been successful with neocaridina
despite multiple attempts.
Either way they aren't really "amano", since that's restricted to two species, and caridina is a bit vast. Includes bee, crystal, and tiger shrimp in the group too, plus a plethora of other wild ones that occasionally find their way into the hobby.
for the close ups, I have a macro lens for my phone
I don't really use the other lenses, but I use the macro for all sorts of insect photos and also for fry photos, sometimes I play around with it with the tanks too.
I caught this guy on the ceiling today, I helped him find his way back outside, but had to get a photo of his funny face, using the macro lens. Gave him the name Weevil Overlord and sent him on his way. He's got a funny moose face.
