Amano shrimp

[xfactor6699]

So there is nothing in my tank that can eat my amanos why are they hiding.... I would understand if they were eating where their hiding but its like their sleeping are they nocturnal

 

[xfactor6699]

Does anyone own these guys

 

[Mr. Limpet]

I have 8 or so in different tanks. Mine hide sometimes too.

 

[GoneFishing]

I have 6 Amanos, they all hid for about the first 4-6 days. Now they are always out and about. Especially when I feed, once they see the shrimp pellets hit the ground they grab them. Feeding shrimp, shrimp pellets is so ironic lol

Edit: I wanted to add that the females are always out, since the females are almost all 2" long. The males then to hide in the plants or in the caves a majority of the time.

 

[xfactor6699]

I have 6 Amanos, they all hid for about the first 4-6 days. Now they are always out and about. Especially when I feed, once they see the shrimp pellets hit the ground they grab them. Feeding shrimp, shrimp pellets is so ironic lol

Edit: I wanted to add that the females are always out, since the females are almost all 2" long. The males then to hide in the plants or in the caves a majority of the time.

How can u tell males from females

 

[xfactor6699]

Mine luv shrimp pellets I feed my cory and they snag a few lol

 

[roydooms]

Mine luv shrimp pellets I feed my cory and they snag a few lol

Mine does the same thing. Lol. Amanos from what I read are most active during "lights off". They are more active now and often times comes out to wander around the tank than the first week when I got them.

 

[GoneFishing]

The easiest way to determine the sex of an Amano Shrimp is their lowest stripe along the length of the body. Male shrimp have a line of separate dots while females have dashes almost appearing to be a broken line.

 

[rich311k]

If you were a shrimp you would hide, you are on everyone's dinner menu. They do not know that a predator is not going to come along.

 

[xfactor6699]

If you were a shrimp you would hide, you are on everyone's dinner menu. They do not know that a predator is not coming to come along.

besides my farlowella cats they are bigger than most my fish lol