Amano shrimp compatability

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TheresaM

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I've never had Amano shrimp...could they be safely kept with a female betta and pygmy spotted rasboras (B. maculatus)?
 
I have 4; 1 has been in the tank about 2.5 years. They show no aggression towards the fish (I have CPDs, embers, and otos). I have seen them feed side by side with otos on an algae wafer. As for micro shrimp go, they are larger (bull in a china shop) and rather than graze on a wafer, they sometimes drag it off so they can eat in peace.


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Thanks! This would be for a small-ish tank (5g) that gets a bit of routine algae. Instead of going the oto or snail route I thought I'd try something new :flowers:
 
Shrimp are very entertaining! More so than you would think. I often find myself looking for them as I pass the tank, or when I'm on the computer, which is right next to the tank where I have 23 shrimp. They are with a female Bolivian Ram, 1 male betta and a Peacock Gudgeon. None of the fish even think about trying to eat them, but I have bigger shrimp--Amano and Ghost. I have actually witnessed bettas eating RCS, so I wouldn't try those. Amano are very big--about 2 inches at maturity. Amanos often die soon after you get them because they are caught in the wild and exposed to a lot of stress, so I only have one that survived out of the four I got, but he's king of the tank! The rest are Ghost shrimp, which are just as interesting--just not quite as big.
 
Shrimp are very entertaining! More so than you would think. I often find myself looking for them as I pass the tank, or when I'm on the computer, which is right next to the tank where I have 23 shrimp. They are with a female Bolivian Ram, 1 male betta and a Peacock Gudgeon. None of the fish even think about trying to eat them, but I have bigger shrimp--Amano and Ghost. I have actually witnessed bettas eating RCS, so I wouldn't try those. Amano are very big--about 2 inches at maturity. Amanos often die soon after you get them because they are caught in the wild and exposed to a lot of stress, so I only have one that survived out of the four I got, but he's king of the tank! The rest are Ghost shrimp, which are just as interesting--just not quite as big.

They definitely are! My main shrimp tank is a Spec 5; it's on my desk and I get easily distracted watching them.

I'm happy with them so far although after keeping only Neos and CRS these guys look like monsters!
 
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