Best Type Of Shrimp For Cleaning Algae From Plants?

It depends on what fish you have in the tank. Cherry shrimp will be eaten by largish fish; baby cherry shrimp will be eaten by even small fish. Amanos are bigger and can look after themselves to some extent, but again will be eaten by large fish. But I have both species and they are quite good at eating algae.
All shrimp are in danger when they moult. They have to shed their skins in order to grow, and they are very vulnerable while the new skin is hardening. They will need somewhere to hide during the process.

Hello jwc. I have found that ottocinclus are excellant algae eaters on plants. They will also remove it from gravel as in my aquarium. They clean my broad leaf and feather like leaf plants without damaging them. I know these are not shrimps but if you can fit them in you won't be dissappointed. 

cheers mike and sue will look into both! probably end up getting both!!