Author Topic: Amano shrimps - doing my homework/research pre-buying (Read 30936 times) 32 replies

Trish · « **on:** August 31, 2016, 01:28:25 PM »

Hi All,

Just a few questions before I get some Amano shrimps.

I assume that they will need supplementary feeding, if so, is there a special pellet and how often would I need to feed them?

I am a bit concerned about them getting trapped into the filter.

The filter media, heater and water pump are hidden behind a divider.
The divider has slits on the top, middle and bottom, through which the pump draws in water, which then gets drawn through the media.

The top slits are like a weir and have the widest slits, I have managed to cover them with a cut up filter bag.

The other slits look too small for the shrimps to get into, and I can't see how I could cover these slits up.

Can these shrimps squeeze into really small spaces?

Having never kept shrimps before, any advice and tips would be appreciated.

Trish · « **Reply #20 on:** September 06, 2016, 11:21:38 AM »

Good idea about the flakes, Sue, thanks.

I'll try that out tomorrow.

To think that I was worried about the Honey Gouramies, going after the shrimp. (They have completely ignored them).
It never occurred to me that the Cardinals would be the problem

Trish · « **Reply #21 on:** September 09, 2016, 02:11:06 PM »

Hi All,

I've just seen 3 shrimps today

They were all hiding together, under a log.........Still no sign of the fourth one

I found a pink, translucent shell and I don't know if this is the skin shedding that Sue mentioned, or it's the 4th one, and it has been eaten!

Sue · « **Reply #22 on:** September 09, 2016, 02:20:33 PM »

Shrimps often go pink when they die but usually they are opaque. They look just like a cooked prawn only with legs still attached.

But if yours was transparent and hollow, it is more likely to be a moulted skin. Dead shrimps are not hollow and are opaque. I have never known anything eat the body of shrimp and leave the skin intact - fish, shrimps, snails etc start at the outside and eat inwards.

Trish · « **Reply #23 on:** September 09, 2016, 02:31:20 PM »

Thanks for that, Sue, that's good to know.

It was definitely hollow, so presumably, one has moulted.

I wish I could see the fourth one, it would set my mind at rest. At the moment, I don't see any of them very often.

Would they be out and about more often if there were more of them?

Sue · « **Reply #24 on:** September 09, 2016, 02:40:01 PM »

Not really. I have an unknown number of cherry shrimps in my 50 litre tank; I once counted 40 but there will be more than that. When I clean the tank I lift the wood with plants attached into a bucket so I can see the bottom of the tank. Despite my attempts to remove any shrimps in the plants (I dunk the plant & wood up and down in the water several times) there are always shrimps in the bottom of the bucket when I put the plants back. You will probably never see all 4 of your shrimps at once. The ones you can see will be on or in some piece of decor where you can't see them.

Trish · « **Reply #25 on:** September 09, 2016, 02:43:51 PM »

Thanks again,Sue.

I'll see how this lot get on, then, decide whether to get more, or not.

Littlefish · « **Reply #26 on:** September 09, 2016, 04:54:58 PM »

I have 3 large amano in my 70L tank that I often see. These are the ones that will happily take on a peppered cory for a pellet. The 3 in my 50L tank don't all appear together or at the same time. I put 3 in and have only ever pulled out moulted cases, so I'm guessing I still have 3. I put 3 medium ones and 4 small ones into the 125L tank. They have a pile of wood at the back that they hang around in, and I only ever see a couple of them around the tank, but I'm guessing that they are all still there.
The elusive world of shrimp.

Trish · « **Reply #27 on:** September 10, 2016, 12:02:34 AM »

Yes, I think I shall have to be a bit more laid back, hope for the best, and let them get on with it.

Fiona · « **Reply #28 on:** September 10, 2016, 12:06:23 PM »

If the shell you found was pink and not white it's probably the remains of a dead shrimp I'm afraid, I found the same in my shrimpery 2 days ago at the back. It doesn't take a shrimp long to decompose in warm water and the shell as the hardest bit is the last piece to deteriorate.

Trish · « **Reply #29 on:** September 10, 2016, 12:21:20 PM »

Hi Fiona,

Yes, it definitely was a light pink colour.

I think it must be the carcass of the 4th shrimp, that I have never seen. Although, when I first put them in the tank, a large female clung to the intake of the filter for a long time, and I thought that she didn't look quite right. But, having no experience of shrimp, I wasn't too sure.

Fingers crossed that the other 3 are OK.

I put in half a pea, earlier this morning, and one of them dragged under their log and was grazing on it.

Sue · « **Reply #30 on:** September 10, 2016, 07:24:48 PM »

I don't know if this is any help to you or not, but a few years ago I had trouble keeping cherry shrimps alive. After several purchases I was down to the last shrimp and about to give up. But this last shrimp was a female carrying eggs - and unlike amanos, cherries can breed in fresh water. I moved the female to my quarantine tank and found her dead a couple of days later. Then I realised there were baby shrimps in the tank. Most of these survived and I now have a thriving colony of cherry shrimps. And I've bought more to widen the gene pool.

My advice is persevere

Trish · « **Reply #31 on:** September 10, 2016, 11:56:06 PM »

Thanks for the encouragement,Sue.

Much appreciated.

Fiona · « **Reply #32 on:** September 11, 2016, 11:42:08 AM »

Quote from: Sue on September 10, 2016, 07:24:48 PM

My advice is persevere

I'll second that advice, as I struggled to get a colony going too, well worth the effort though.

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Amano Shrimps - Doing My Homework/research Pre-buying

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