I have 5 amanos in a 20 gallon with 1 betta. They started to slack on cleaning even if I don't feed them that much. I added 2 black helmet nerites which instantly started to clean all the seiryu stone and make it look brand new. Then the shrimp started panicking, it was so funny, they instantly started eating green dust algae off the rocks too :D No glass/rock scraping needed, this crew makes my planted tank look natural, yet clean!
@@yktvklk8022 Plant a lot of plants so everyone has a hiding/resting place, keep the water temp between 75-80f (I keep mine at 76), and you should be good to go. 6 months in, no problems in my tank :)
My Amano shrimp like to go on field trips around my house. Before I put a tight lid on my aquarium, I found my shrimp about 100ft away from his tank. He went down 2 flights of stairs! I picked him up, plopped him back in, and he’s still going strong 😂
What! Hahah, that's wild. I had a ghost shrimp hop out of the tank and it plopped on the counter and stayed like a little shrimp putty until I carefully put them back in the water. Can't imagine any shrimp just out and about walking around! 😆
Amano shrimp aren't available in my area. I ended up with 9 cherry shrimp as part of a private plant deal. The guy was selling live plant cuttings, but the minimum amount was $20 worth. I didn't need that much, so he offered to give me less cuttings plus the cherry shrimp for the $20. Two months later, I still have the cherry shrimp. We rarely see more than one or two at a time, but once we were thrilled to see a "shrimp parade" with 5 of them walking across the aquarium.
Lol if you get your parameters right and supplement the minerals in the tank, you can get your shrimp population to explode! That is if you have at least one female.
I have both in the same tank with tetras. Strangely enough, the Amanos are really shy and probably only come out when lights are off. Whereas the cherries are everywhere!
huge fan of dward shrimp ♥ i love both but currently only have one amano shrimp that has been alive for at least 6 years including about 1 year without water food/filtration/maintenance.. When I was gonna clean out the tank (finally when I was getting out from the pits of depression) to sell it, I saw that one shrimp STILL ALIVE. Since she didn't give up, I decided to restart the tank and now Pepita the zombie apocalypse amano shrimp just shares a tank a betta :)
Both of them are in my planted axlotol tank and they were the perfect addition. The Amano's tend to be more "intelligent" and avoid the axlotols better
Amano is simply amazing for keeping your tank clean. I had two of these lil' fellas in a 100 litre tank with a serious algea problem and within 3 weeks it was spotless. They got to all the places snails wouldn't touch and they did a much more detailed job.
In December I bought my first 14 yellow golden back neocaridinas. Now I have about 40-50 adults and countless shrimplets. 5g tank... May start selling some soon 😉 They are fun creatures to watch.
I've had two ammonos in my tank for goodness knows how long. One finally passed on a few months ago, but the other one as been around...for around 4+ years...at least!! I've truly lost track of how long that guy has lived. I named him T1000 because of his color, and I think it's so apt, as he seems well nigh indestructible! I've heard that they can last a long time, as they are not inbred to death, but wow! I saw the even longer lived one feed upside down facing the surface of the water. So amazing. It blows my mind when I see that; it reminds me how differently gravity works underwater, especially with tiny critters like that! Cherries are pretty, but, like most shrimp, they tend not to last long. So many shrimp are hopelssly inbred, and so their genetics are garbage and they don't last long :(
Yes I agree I like the Amano shrimp better, they just seem to have more character with their little legs always busy & on the go. I think they're prettier too, with their distinctive markings and bigger tail :)
My larger tanks have amano, my smaller tanks have cherry - I love both for different reasons. The amano shrimp are jerks tho & will swim off with an entire wafer nearly big as them meant for my goby's/corys. I've seen them actually wrestle the wafer away from my other critters & "attack" (hilarious to watch) in competition for food. Example: Curious (Gardneri) killifish checking out food that ended up at bottom of tank....amano jumps on his face, killifish swims off confused, amano snags the tasty tidbit. Nobody messes with my amanos lol! I've had to get creative making sure my bottom feeders get enough to eat. Also, if my hand is in the tank, I inevitably end up with 1 or 2 amano shrimp crawling on it & picking away. Those teeny-tiny pincers they use feel so funky on skin.
I keep both Armanos and various red Cardina species, including Cherries. I keep them with various Danoi and Tetra species as well as with Mollies, Sword Tails, Guppies and Endlers. They breed like rabbits despite that some fish snack on babies. My tank is, however, heavily planted. I barely have any algae issues and both species do an excellent job keeping my 70 gal tank clean. Thanks for all your nice and informative videos, which I always enjoy watching. Regards, Johann from Centurion, South Africa
Bought a pack of 10 amano shrimps ranging from 1/2 to 1 inch last year and they seemingly "vanished" in my aquarium. I was happy today to spot one of my amanos in my tank that has now grown over 2 1/2 inches. He came out of nowhere during feeding time and took off with a whole shrimp pellet.
Can you so one on glass/ghost shrimp? It would be nice to see a video going in depth on this? As they aren't as popular, but are super cute and I wish there's be more videos ❤️👍 glass vs cherry shrimp. Shrimp head to head part two 👌
Glass/ghost shrimp are a tad bit more aggressive in my opinion lmao, if you wanna keep them you should remove anything smaller than them. Based on my experience with ghost shrimp hunting my cherries 😂
I just added a few ghost shrimp to my betta's tank because they're more carnivorous than a lot of easy to get shrimp and he is the messiest, most awkward eater. They're all getting along, once Khan got over the WHAT ARE THESE THINGS HOW DARE YOU phase.
I bought two Amano and I enjoy watching the 2 of them. I bought a few neocardina, and now after giving away dozens I have several hundred across three tanks. And the colors that I'm getting have changed and diverged in separated populations that were all started with the same few shrimp.
So nice that you convert inches to centimeters in these captions. Thank you for that! Any chance that you also convert Fahrenheit to Celsius and gallons to liters? That would be so helpful for your international viewers :)
I know I’ve got 2 5 gallons right next to each other. The one that’s right by the window has 2 amanos, the glass isn’t clean but it’s clear and I can easily see them moving around. I actually think that tank has become self-sufficient because aside from adding water I don’t need to do anything with it aside from refilling it as water evaporates, the shrimp eat the algae, the algae eat the shrimp waste and photosynthesize. The one that’s farther from the window has no shrimp and grows great carpets of algae on the walls that I have to clean. The only downside to amanos is I had a plant in my window aquarium to help eat the fish wastes and the shrimp completely devoured it.
Great video, thank you so much for that. I've had both types, but the cherry shrimp population died off at one point unfortunately. Amanos can get really old, I still have one that I bought 8 years ago. The others I bought back then lived 3-6 years, this seems to be how long you can expect them to live on average.
@@queenmolmolly7962 I'm afraid I have no secrets to share. It was only one out of six that survived that long, so it is probably only one exceptionally long-lived individual. I kept it together with platyfish in a heavily planted, mostly unheated tank. Due to the very dense plants I don't see it every day, but today I spotted it so I can confirm it's still alive
This answered pretty much all of my questions about Amano shrimp. I was hoping that they would be large enough to not become fast food for the tank i'm planning which is going to be mostly platies, albino cory cats, and mayyybe a single male betta. Basically a very pedestrian community tank.
I made an experiment with this for my 2 low tech 5 gallon tank, i put 5 amano while 20 red cherry on the other one(to deal with diatoms), I can say that Amano clean a lot better and faster they never rest.
GTF is my favorite thing on UA-cam. I have cherries in my planted tank with neons and corys. I expected the shrimp to breed but no babies yet. But I do see a new cory sneaking out of the rocks every couple of months so at least something in the tanks is breeding.
I've noticed baby shrimp in my 20 gallon tank, the only shrimp I've had in there are Amano's. I do have very hard water, but it's not in any way brackish. Are they just not going to make it all the way to adulthood? Some of them are about the size of a dried bloodworm now and they seem to be moving around and living life just fine!
I love Cherries all the way! I love my Cherries and Orange Bees although, I love the fact that they’re not hard to breed and they just look so darn cute with all their bright colors.
I have a tank just for just my 6 cherry shrimps and my musk turtle and it’s so funny seeing them ride on his back, I’m happy my turtle is content with them and not aggressive
Hi, I have a question. I´m new in aquarium hobby and I would lke to add betta to my 20gallon aquarium. I was watching lot of videos about the tank mates and I have neon tetras kuhli loaches and I want to buy cherry shrimp. And than, I would like to buy betta. But my loaches are really active. Everyone on youtebe was saying that kuhli loaches are shy and stay hidden, but I have four kuhli and they are swimming all over the aquarium. So the question is: will that be a problem that they are that active? Thanks :) And also, if you don't think it's the best idea to have these fish together, I'd be happy to hear your opinions and advice. it's my first aquarium and I fell in love with kuhli loaches, cherry shrimps and bettas and I wanted to have them, hopefully it's ok
My amanos jumped tank and made it about 25 feet out of my room, through living room, and a couple made it into kitchen. (There is a lid). Was crazy to me they made it out of tank, crawled across carpet and then traveled across the hardwood floor to kitchen.
I have both but love them equally. I didn’t understand how aggressive the Amanos are about their food, and I have 5 ginormous females in 10 gallons with my betta and Bloody Marys. I would not recommend that many in a small tank, I really have to stay on top of feeding them.Thugs! You are spot on about spreading food around. Most of my Amanos come up for hand feeding when the betta gets fed, and they still squabble over food. LOL
I didn't realise that "fancy" shrimp is very expensive in the West. Just recently I bought cherry shrimps for just a little under 2$... FOR 150 OF THEM. Though it is the cheapest I can find and for "normal"(slightly to kinda red) ones. If you aren't really searching, it's usually about 4¢ each In my country.
I have several cherry shrimps (orange sakira, Blue Dream, regular red, and Green Jade color) in my 5 Gallon tank. I just placed an order, yesterday, for a vampire shrimp to put in my 55 gallon tank.
How did you know that I was JUST considering adding shrimp to my 10 gallon betta tank??? Sounds like the Amano would be the way to go in my situation. I need a good algae and biofilm eater, something big enough that won't be an easy snack, and I really don't want a million of them lol
I loving cherry shrimp so far, I'm breeding the bloody mary atm and they are thriving. The color is amazing. In addition to that, it sells really well. For Amano, I just put 2 of them in my 10-gallon tank just to make sure everything is clean. Like you said both of them have different purposes.
I have 100s in my tank, and they keep breeding! Had it for nearly a year now so there are so many mature adults. I need to start selling them, how good are profits?
I bought red cherry shrimp 2 weeks ago, 3 males and 7 females. the males are a little shorter in size. and after another week I noticed there are lots of mosqiuito larvae in my tank. so I put 2 mickey mouse platies to eat those mosquito larvae. and when all the mosquito larvaes are gone, the platies are now chasing the male red cherry shrimp. is it ok that I leave these platies with my red cherry shrimp? I have planted aquarium and lots of hiding places like rocks and 3 inches moldex pipes for them to hide and keep their babies, but when my male red cherry shrimp try to swim to another plant the platies will chase them
When do you cull cherry shrimp? How do you know cause I can't tell the small males with a little color from a bad female? Do you just wait for full colors?
if you're an aqua scaper you'll be looking at amano, if you want some red colours and if you keep good water for breeding purposes and to make some money on the side then its neo reds. However, it;s not quite as simple breeding shrimp, you need good consistent water and a healthy environment. I've bred both neo and caradina and both need good consistent parameters. oh and volume and size of tank is very relevant.
I will keep RCS in an only shrimp tank, white sand and i would try to mix Amanos with some Celestial Pearl Danios in a heavy planted tank with dark substrate!
Good information! I was interested in Amanos, but I’m afraid they might outcompete my Habrosa Corydoras for food. I already have two female guppies in the tank that hog the pellets!
I have amanos in with guppies and a honey gourami. The amanos will definitely each grab a sinking pellet and carry it away to eat. If they can reach and carry two, they'll do that too! But then it takes a while for them to eat. I break softer pellets in halves, quarters or more and spread them round the tank so everyone gets some.
If you want, that should certainly do the trick, and keep your colony overall brighter. However, it Isn't necessary, and the brightness of your shrimp should not effect their health or wellbeing at all. It just comes down to personal preference. It is a decent way to keep the population down, while making your colony overall more appealing though.
@@uniteagainstthefitnah moving them to another tank, away from the colony or giving them to someone who wants shrimps in their aquarium has the same effect...
I always recommend betta fish for that size. I wouldn't put any other fish per-se in that tank, as it is a tad too small and may stress your betta. You could try various types of snails, or invertebrates- which are a good addition for smaller betta tanks. I wouldn't put any livebearers, or tetras in a tank that small. They're quick fish, and I've noticed they do better in tanks around 10 gallons or more.
I’ve notice that people have a clear glass dish with their shrimp. Can you tell me why is it out into the Taino with the shrimp? Please compare assassin, mystery and nerite snails.Thank you
Bought 12 amano shrimp for my 29 gallon aquarium with developing black beard algae. Unfortunately, I did not expect them to be eaten by mollies or small angelfish which I have with a few guppies, albino corys, and a few otos. Within 3 days all the shrimp were gone even though I have a good lid on my aquarium. Keep finding skeletons around as I clean. And, I still am dealing with the algae. So, no more shrimp for me--an expensive snack.
I have Amano shrimp with my Axolotols and they co exist just fine. Lots of hiding places for the Amanos and they do very well. I find the Amano shrimp are far more intelligent then the Cherries and tend to last a lot longer. My brother and I also have a 20gallon planted with cherries and ghost shrimp and they do very well together.
i have a few (like 5 or 6)ghost shrimp in planted betta tank and they are doing well, so I thought oh I can probably put these in my mollies in a much larger tank and I found out the hard way of almost all but 2 of the ghost shrimp getting eaten by my mollies.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD! LOL, I have cherry shrimp, but I have wanted both bamboo and Amano shrimp for quite some time and I just started digging into my research on the Amanos today!
I got a group of 4 cherry shrimp to take care of brown algae in my betta tank because the color looked great with my koi betta and plants. Of course the next day I could only find 3 and a betta with a full belly🙄🙄🙄 I think amano shrimp might work better due to size and semi translucence so wish me luck!
We can’t get Amano shrimps here in Australia but there is a native shrimp that seems to be similar the North Queensland algae shrimp or sometimes called the Darwin algae eating shrimp. Do you know how they compare to an Amano shrimp the looks are quite similar and they also need brackish/saltwater to reproduce.
i think i like amano shrimp more. thats because how i enjoy looking at a tank i think. i like understocked tanks as they resemble nature to me a lot more. you dont go out to a lake or river, take a peak and see like 100 shrimps sitting on 60cm area. i actually enjoy not seeing stuff all the time because it makes you for them and then you re happy once you found them. i think seeing a shrimp or 2 here and there feels alot more relaxed than seeing an army of shrimps all the time. i rather have more variety in stock. instead of having a big shrimp colony, rather have a few amano, a snail or 2 and a handfull of fish so the tank just feels more rounded
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*Which two animals should I compare in my next head-to-head matchup?*
Koy or goldfish
Orfe or koi
How much did you get for selling all the cherry shrimp?
Goldfish or bettas please?!!
Guppies and platies
Cherries for decoration. Amano for getting work done.
Bada bing, bada boom.
Agree, I was gonna post this exact thing
True i got some amanos and they r great
Exactly. This is so true that I posted the same thing.
Actually, I love the look of amanos
I have 5 amanos in a 20 gallon with 1 betta. They started to slack on cleaning even if I don't feed them that much. I added 2 black helmet nerites which instantly started to clean all the seiryu stone and make it look brand new. Then the shrimp started panicking, it was so funny, they instantly started eating green dust algae off the rocks too :D No glass/rock scraping needed, this crew makes my planted tank look natural, yet clean!
I wanna do that as well I have a 10 gallon tank though any Advice (I want to keep a Betta and 5 amano as well)
@@yktvklk8022 Plant a lot of plants so everyone has a hiding/resting place, keep the water temp between 75-80f (I keep mine at 76), and you should be good to go. 6 months in, no problems in my tank :)
@@qq911 thanks for the advice I’ll take this into consideration have a good day
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My Amano shrimp like to go on field trips around my house. Before I put a tight lid on my aquarium, I found my shrimp about 100ft away from his tank. He went down 2 flights of stairs! I picked him up, plopped him back in, and he’s still going strong 😂
What! Hahah, that's wild. I had a ghost shrimp hop out of the tank and it plopped on the counter and stayed like a little shrimp putty until I carefully put them back in the water. Can't imagine any shrimp just out and about walking around! 😆
I had three Amano shrimp that got out of the tank. One crawled 20 feet away to the kitchen and the other two not that far away.
So these amano shrimp can survive out of the water? How about a cherry shrimp? Can they survive out of water too?
@@bumboopanda4558they can survive for a few hours outside of water, however this doesn’t mean you should let them go out
Same plopped mine back in and he hasn’t jumped out again. Learned his lesson haha
So I started with 5 cherry shrimp - two red, two yellow, and one black, and now I have green cherry shrimp lol
Wooow, so cool! 💚
Yeah I somehow got a couple blue shrimp out of one yellow and a red
I had 10 cherry shrimp, 8 died. The last two ended up breeding and now my tank is full of orange shrimp lol.
I've got a random crayon box of cherry shromp... omg... what color IS that?
Can't wait to see what happens...
I love them.
I've had amano shrimps that lasted 11 years, bought five of them in 2005 and I had three that finally perished only 5 years ago.
Amano shrimp aren't available in my area. I ended up with 9 cherry shrimp as part of a private plant deal. The guy was selling live plant cuttings, but the minimum amount was $20 worth. I didn't need that much, so he offered to give me less cuttings plus the cherry shrimp for the $20. Two months later, I still have the cherry shrimp. We rarely see more than one or two at a time, but once we were thrilled to see a "shrimp parade" with 5 of them walking across the aquarium.
Lol if you get your parameters right and supplement the minerals in the tank, you can get your shrimp population to explode! That is if you have at least one female.
@@NinjaSushi2 true
I’ve always wanted a cherry shrimp breeding tank that is heavily planted because their color looks amazing in front of the flourishing green plants
They look amazing in the red plants, too
I have both in the same tank with tetras.
Strangely enough, the Amanos are really shy and probably only come out when lights are off. Whereas the cherries are everywhere!
Yes, my answer is always both, why not?
@@voluntaryismistheanswer because eventually you won't have any shrimp with colour
@@towlie4029 As the video says, Amanos cannot crossbreed with cherries.
huge fan of dward shrimp ♥ i love both but currently only have one amano shrimp that has been alive for at least 6 years including about 1 year without water food/filtration/maintenance.. When I was gonna clean out the tank (finally when I was getting out from the pits of depression) to sell it, I saw that one shrimp STILL ALIVE. Since she didn't give up, I decided to restart the tank and now Pepita the zombie apocalypse amano shrimp just shares a tank a betta :)
Glad to hear that you’ve recovered from that :)
Both of them are in my planted axlotol tank and they were the perfect addition. The Amano's tend to be more "intelligent" and avoid the axlotols better
I've had my amanos for 6 years now, and they are almost 3 inches long. They're absolute beasts.
Amano is simply amazing for keeping your tank clean. I had two of these lil' fellas in a 100 litre tank with a serious algea problem and within 3 weeks it was spotless. They got to all the places snails wouldn't touch and they did a much more detailed job.
In December I bought my first 14 yellow golden back neocaridinas. Now I have about 40-50 adults and countless shrimplets.
5g tank... May start selling some soon 😉
They are fun creatures to watch.
I've had two ammonos in my tank for goodness knows how long. One finally passed on a few months ago, but the other one as been around...for around 4+ years...at least!! I've truly lost track of how long that guy has lived. I named him T1000 because of his color, and I think it's so apt, as he seems well nigh indestructible! I've heard that they can last a long time, as they are not inbred to death, but wow! I saw the even longer lived one feed upside down facing the surface of the water. So amazing. It blows my mind when I see that; it reminds me how differently gravity works underwater, especially with tiny critters like that! Cherries are pretty, but, like most shrimp, they tend not to last long. So many shrimp are hopelssly inbred, and so their genetics are garbage and they don't last long :(
Personally I tend to be more of a fan of Amano shrimp! But cherries are great to! Just they are usually used as more of a decoration for me.
Yes I agree I like the Amano shrimp better, they just seem to have more character with their little legs always busy & on the go. I think they're prettier too, with their distinctive markings and bigger tail :)
I agree! I like my amanos better than my fish to be honest, so much character.
I had a few Amano shrimp once, they get to a nice size, and are lightning fast at finding fresh food added to the aquarium. Smart fellas.
@@144928 And gals. My female amano is a very aggressive eater!
My larger tanks have amano, my smaller tanks have cherry - I love both for different reasons. The amano shrimp are jerks tho & will swim off with an entire wafer nearly big as them meant for my goby's/corys. I've seen them actually wrestle the wafer away from my other critters & "attack" (hilarious to watch) in competition for food. Example: Curious (Gardneri) killifish checking out food that ended up at bottom of tank....amano jumps on his face, killifish swims off confused, amano snags the tasty tidbit. Nobody messes with my amanos lol! I've had to get creative making sure my bottom feeders get enough to eat. Also, if my hand is in the tank, I inevitably end up with 1 or 2 amano shrimp crawling on it & picking away. Those teeny-tiny pincers they use feel so funky on skin.
I keep both Armanos and various red Cardina species, including Cherries. I keep them with various Danoi and Tetra species as well as with Mollies, Sword Tails, Guppies and Endlers. They breed like rabbits despite that some fish snack on babies. My tank is, however, heavily planted. I barely have any algae issues and both species do an excellent job keeping my 70 gal tank clean. Thanks for all your nice and informative videos, which I always enjoy watching. Regards, Johann from Centurion, South Africa
I love shrimp their so cute! My favourite is the red crystals.
Bought a pack of 10 amano shrimps ranging from 1/2 to 1 inch last year and they seemingly "vanished" in my aquarium. I was happy today to spot one of my amanos in my tank that has now grown over 2 1/2 inches. He came out of nowhere during feeding time and took off with a whole shrimp pellet.
Can you so one on glass/ghost shrimp? It would be nice to see a video going in depth on this? As they aren't as popular, but are super cute and I wish there's be more videos ❤️👍 glass vs cherry shrimp. Shrimp head to head part two 👌
Glass/ghost shrimp are a tad bit more aggressive in my opinion lmao, if you wanna keep them you should remove anything smaller than them. Based on my experience with ghost shrimp hunting my cherries 😂
I just added a few ghost shrimp to my betta's tank because they're more carnivorous than a lot of easy to get shrimp and he is the messiest, most awkward eater. They're all getting along, once Khan got over the WHAT ARE THESE THINGS HOW DARE YOU phase.
Aaaand he's killed one. I removed the other two to a planted tank.
@@katphish30 lol.....
@@katphish30 he is killed by the betta? Which size is your tank?
I bought two Amano and I enjoy watching the 2 of them.
I bought a few neocardina, and now after giving away dozens I have several hundred across three tanks. And the colors that I'm getting have changed and diverged in separated populations that were all started with the same few shrimp.
Amano shrimp live much longer and are much more resilient than neocaridina shrimp. I've never had one live less than 4 years.
Got two Amano shrimp over a year ago they are nice to watch swimming/running threw the water fast wee things when they want to be
So nice that you convert inches to centimeters in these captions. Thank you for that! Any chance that you also convert Fahrenheit to Celsius and gallons to liters? That would be so helpful for your international viewers :)
Definitely Amanos for keeping algae under control in planted tanks. Great video Irene
Awesome video as always, Irene!
I absolute love my cherries and feel like I will always have a tank for them.
I know I’ve got 2 5 gallons right next to each other. The one that’s right by the window has 2 amanos, the glass isn’t clean but it’s clear and I can easily see them moving around. I actually think that tank has become self-sufficient because aside from adding water I don’t need to do anything with it aside from refilling it as water evaporates, the shrimp eat the algae, the algae eat the shrimp waste and photosynthesize. The one that’s farther from the window has no shrimp and grows great carpets of algae on the walls that I have to clean.
The only downside to amanos is I had a plant in my window aquarium to help eat the fish wastes and the shrimp completely devoured it.
Great video, thank you so much for that. I've had both types, but the cherry shrimp population died off at one point unfortunately.
Amanos can get really old, I still have one that I bought 8 years ago. The others I bought back then lived 3-6 years, this seems to be how long you can expect them to live on average.
An 8 year old shrimp?!?!?! Give me your secrets 😂
@@queenmolmolly7962 I'm afraid I have no secrets to share. It was only one out of six that survived that long, so it is probably only one exceptionally long-lived individual. I kept it together with platyfish in a heavily planted, mostly unheated tank. Due to the very dense plants I don't see it every day, but today I spotted it so I can confirm it's still alive
@@A._Meroy incredible congrats!
This channel gives me life
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I've got a female Amano shrimp I've had since my day 1 tank, over 10 years old!
Wow! That’s impressive :D
I own both and agree with everything you said 👌
This answered pretty much all of my questions about Amano shrimp. I was hoping that they would be large enough to not become fast food for the tank i'm planning which is going to be mostly platies, albino cory cats, and mayyybe a single male betta. Basically a very pedestrian community tank.
I would love to see a comparison between Guppies vs Plattys
I made an experiment with this for my 2 low tech 5 gallon tank, i put 5 amano while 20 red cherry on the other one(to deal with diatoms), I can say that Amano clean a lot better and faster they never rest.
Betta fish vs Pea Puffer
Nano/tiny fish with attitude or which are highly intelligent
Cherry shrimp have always been my favorite. First shrimp I've ever kept. Liked👍
Shhh, but I'm thinking of getting more Neocaridina shrimp in the future... 😍
GTF is my favorite thing on UA-cam. I have cherries in my planted tank with neons and corys. I expected the shrimp to breed but no babies yet. But I do see a new cory sneaking out of the rocks every couple of months so at least something in the tanks is breeding.
I've noticed baby shrimp in my 20 gallon tank, the only shrimp I've had in there are Amano's. I do have very hard water, but it's not in any way brackish. Are they just not going to make it all the way to adulthood? Some of them are about the size of a dried bloodworm now and they seem to be moving around and living life just fine!
Did the baby shrimp make it?
@@flashtale Turns out they were Scuds, not baby shrimp. Their numbers are down compared to what they were but they're still around.
I love Cherries all the way! I love my Cherries and Orange Bees although, I love the fact that they’re not hard to breed and they just look so darn cute with all their bright colors.
I have a tank just for just my 6 cherry shrimps and my musk turtle and it’s so funny seeing them ride on his back, I’m happy my turtle is content with them and not aggressive
Thanks for the video. Yamato shrimp generally only escape when the water conditions are not so good anymore for them.
Yeah mine are good in an open tank, lol, no jumpers of any sort in this one (I keep my panax covered, though)
Hi, I have a question. I´m new in aquarium hobby and I would lke to add betta to my 20gallon aquarium. I was watching lot of videos about the tank mates and I have neon tetras kuhli loaches and I want to buy cherry shrimp. And than, I would like to buy betta. But my loaches are really active. Everyone on youtebe was saying that kuhli loaches are shy and stay hidden, but I have four kuhli and they are swimming all over the aquarium. So the question is: will that be a problem that they are that active? Thanks :) And also, if you don't think it's the best idea to have these fish together, I'd be happy to hear your opinions and advice. it's my first aquarium and I fell in love with kuhli loaches, cherry shrimps and bettas and I wanted to have them, hopefully it's ok
My amanos jumped tank and made it about 25 feet out of my room, through living room, and a couple made it into kitchen. (There is a lid). Was crazy to me they made it out of tank, crawled across carpet and then traveled across the hardwood floor to kitchen.
Being new to the fish hobby, I am glad to learn the difference between the types of shrimp. Thanks for the information.
I have both in my 7.5 gallon planted nano ... 3 Amano and a dozen Cherry :)
Thank you for this awesome video! The bits about shrimp tank mates and how they compare in regards to eating algae were especially helpful to me :)
I have both but love them equally. I didn’t understand how aggressive the Amanos are about their food, and I have 5 ginormous females in 10 gallons with my betta and Bloody Marys. I would not recommend that many in a small tank, I really have to stay on top of feeding them.Thugs! You are spot on about spreading food around. Most of my Amanos come up for hand feeding when the betta gets fed, and they still squabble over food. LOL
Amanos are fascinating to watch eat. It’s like some type of farm equipment
I didn't realise that "fancy" shrimp is very expensive in the West.
Just recently I bought cherry shrimps for just a little under 2$...
FOR 150 OF THEM. Though it is the cheapest I can find and for "normal"(slightly to kinda red) ones. If you aren't really searching, it's usually about 4¢ each In my country.
lol one fire red cherry shrimp was 7 dollars for me
For a second I thought these two shrimp were gonna fight
I have several cherry shrimps (orange sakira, Blue Dream, regular red, and Green Jade color) in my 5 Gallon tank. I just placed an order, yesterday, for a vampire shrimp to put in my 55 gallon tank.
Please anyone clarify my doubt do cherry shrimp eat it's fry and guppy fry? Is it ok to put them in guppy fry tank?
How did you know that I was JUST considering adding shrimp to my 10 gallon betta tank??? Sounds like the Amano would be the way to go in my situation. I need a good algae and biofilm eater, something big enough that won't be an easy snack, and I really don't want a million of them lol
Definitely not cherry shrimp with a betta, maybe an amano or a couple snails
A really fun and informative video!
I loving cherry shrimp so far, I'm breeding the bloody mary atm and they are thriving. The color is amazing. In addition to that, it sells really well. For Amano, I just put 2 of them in my 10-gallon tank just to make sure everything is clean. Like you said both of them have different purposes.
I have 100s in my tank, and they keep breeding! Had it for nearly a year now so there are so many mature adults. I need to start selling them, how good are profits?
@@ItsLightBTW
1-3 dollars per shrimp depending where you go
I have a 10-gallon tank w 5 zebra danios. I'd like to add a 'cleaner' tankmate - perhaps a shrimp or snail? Any recommendations?
I like amano shrimp and I know my boss Cory likes pink ramshorn snails. 👍
@@GirlTalksFish thank you!! i love your videos.
Love the vids keep up the good work
I bought red cherry shrimp 2 weeks ago, 3 males and 7 females. the males are a little shorter in size. and after another week I noticed there are lots of mosqiuito larvae in my tank. so I put 2 mickey mouse platies to eat those mosquito larvae. and when all the mosquito larvaes are gone, the platies are now chasing the male red cherry shrimp. is it ok that I leave these platies with my red cherry shrimp? I have planted aquarium and lots of hiding places like rocks and 3 inches moldex pipes for them to hide and keep their babies, but when my male red cherry shrimp try to swim to another plant the platies will chase them
So witch should you recomend for a betta tank
Love the content and the info therein
When do you cull cherry shrimp? How do you know cause I can't tell the small males with a little color from a bad female? Do you just wait for full colors?
if you're an aqua scaper you'll be looking at amano, if you want some red colours and if you keep good water for breeding purposes and to make some money on the side then its neo reds. However, it;s not quite as simple breeding shrimp, you need good consistent water and a healthy environment. I've bred both neo and caradina and both need good consistent parameters. oh and volume and size of tank is very relevant.
I love amanos for blackwater and cherries for planted tanks
I definitely appreciate Amano shrimp more for all the reasons you stated.
I will keep RCS in an only shrimp tank, white sand and i would try to mix Amanos with some Celestial Pearl Danios in a heavy planted tank with dark substrate!
2:55 are you saying in your correction they are going to like below freezing point?
As long as you let your shrimp grow they are fine I have amano shrimp in a tank with 4 dwarf gourami
I had amanos that lived for 7 and a half years:)
I love ammanos personality. I keep ammanos with all my other shrimp
Good information! I was interested in Amanos, but I’m afraid they might outcompete my Habrosa Corydoras for food. I already have two female guppies in the tank that hog the pellets!
I have amanos in with guppies and a honey gourami. The amanos will definitely each grab a sinking pellet and carry it away to eat. If they can reach and carry two, they'll do that too! But then it takes a while for them to eat. I break softer pellets in halves, quarters or more and spread them round the tank so everyone gets some.
Can I keep Cherry Shrimp or Orange Bee Shrimp with Ghost Shrimp? If so, will they cross breed?
What is the difference between pumpkin shrimp and Sunkist?
Should i cull the less colored cherry shrimp to keep the colony bright?
depends if u care about the colour.
If you want, that should certainly do the trick, and keep your colony overall brighter. However, it Isn't necessary, and the brightness of your shrimp should not effect their health or wellbeing at all. It just comes down to personal preference. It is a decent way to keep the population down, while making your colony overall more appealing though.
@@wishleopard3946 feeling evil doing it tho 😔
@@uniteagainstthefitnah moving them to another tank, away from the colony or giving them to someone who wants shrimps in their aquarium has the same effect...
@@uniteagainstthefitnah You could try rehoming them, or selling them at a lower price then they usually average.
Love your tank! What substrate is that?
Hey i know this question isn't related to the video, but what are some good 6 gallon stocking ideas?
A betta, 2-3 male endlers or guppies are a few good stocking ideas.
I always recommend betta fish for that size. I wouldn't put any other fish per-se in that tank, as it is a tad too small and may stress your betta. You could try various types of snails, or invertebrates- which are a good addition for smaller betta tanks. I wouldn't put any livebearers, or tetras in a tank that small. They're quick fish, and I've noticed they do better in tanks around 10 gallons or more.
@@randomperson97238 Thanks
@@wishleopard3946 Thanks
Can i keep red cherry shrimp, black shrimp, blue shrimp in same tank?
What should you do to cull shrimp if you only have one available shrimp tank? (The breeding tank)
I’ve notice that people have a clear glass dish with their shrimp. Can you tell me why is it out into the Taino with the shrimp? Please compare assassin, mystery and nerite snails.Thank you
Bought 12 amano shrimp for my 29 gallon aquarium with developing black beard algae. Unfortunately, I did not expect them to be eaten by mollies or small angelfish which I have with a few guppies, albino corys, and a few otos. Within 3 days all the shrimp were gone even though I have a good lid on my aquarium. Keep finding skeletons around as I clean. And, I still am dealing with the algae. So, no more shrimp for me--an expensive snack.
Hi love your vids and formation - but I see you’ve got yo yo loaches with shrimp? I thought the yo yo would eat them ?
What is your tank size that have betta with amano together?
Great video. Thanks for the info and honest assessment 😎
I have Amano shrimp with my Axolotols and they co exist just fine. Lots of hiding places for the Amanos and they do very well. I find the Amano shrimp are far more intelligent then the Cherries and tend to last a lot longer.
My brother and I also have a 20gallon planted with cherries and ghost shrimp and they do very well together.
Thanks for a great review.
What's a good website to buy shrimp
i have a few (like 5 or 6)ghost shrimp in planted betta tank and they are doing well, so I thought oh I can probably put these in my mollies in a much larger tank and I found out the hard way of almost all but 2 of the ghost shrimp getting eaten by my mollies.
Can you tell me the name of the light you have on your beta tank? It looks bright but not too bright!
Nice video! Do you know if the Caridina Pareparensis Parvidentata are good as the amano shrimp for eating algae?
Hi hi! Do you have experience with cohosting cherrys with kuhlis? i'm slightly worried
any video on Volcano/super shrimp that can live up to 30 years? Breeding amano seems a challenge due to transfer to saltwater then freshwater again
Will these be ok with Siamese algae eaters?
GET OUT OF MY HEAD! LOL, I have cherry shrimp, but I have wanted both bamboo and Amano shrimp for quite some time and I just started digging into my research on the Amanos today!
Hi, can I feed my amano shrimp with a brine shrimp
can you keep them together?
Are Amanos any different than Ghost shrimp?
I got a group of 4 cherry shrimp to take care of brown algae in my betta tank because the color looked great with my koi betta and plants. Of course the next day I could only find 3 and a betta with a full belly🙄🙄🙄 I think amano shrimp might work better due to size and semi translucence so wish me luck!
Can you keep shrimps with guppies?
We can’t get Amano shrimps here in Australia but there is a native shrimp that seems to be similar the North Queensland algae shrimp or sometimes called the Darwin algae eating shrimp. Do you know how they compare to an Amano shrimp the looks are quite similar and they also need brackish/saltwater to reproduce.
i think i like amano shrimp more. thats because how i enjoy looking at a tank i think. i like understocked tanks as they resemble nature to me a lot more. you dont go out to a lake or river, take a peak and see like 100 shrimps sitting on 60cm area. i actually enjoy not seeing stuff all the time because it makes you for them and then you re happy once you found them. i think seeing a shrimp or 2 here and there feels alot more relaxed than seeing an army of shrimps all the time. i rather have more variety in stock. instead of having a big shrimp colony, rather have a few amano, a snail or 2 and a handfull of fish so the tank just feels more rounded