How to keep it properly
Give them cover, oxygen, and a secure lid. Amanos are opportunistic and energetic but highly useful in planted systems.
Shrimp profile
Amano Shrimp
The gold standard algae-management shrimp for planted aquariums, larger and tougher than dwarf shrimp.
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What to feed and how to condition
Algae, wafers, pellets, biofilm, and vegetable-based foods with occasional protein.
Where it fits
Suitable with most peaceful community fish that cannot swallow them.
What breeding really asks of you
Larvae require brackish rearing, so breeding is possible but involved.
Related species
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- Tank
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- pH
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- Tank
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- Temp
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- pH
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- School
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