Amano Shrimp – Caridina ‎multidentata

• Name: Caridina ‎multidentata
• Temperature: 60-84
• Size: 2-3”
• pH: 6.5-8.0
• kH: 2-7
• gH: 2-15
• TDS: 130-400
• Care Level: ⅕

Amano shrimp are beautiful shrimp and extremely easy to care for. They are a social animal and need to be in groups of at least three. It is entertaining to watch them all scuttling around together, going over plants, swimming around and snatching food right from under a fish’s nose, and then swimming off to go eat it away from the others.

These shrimps are some of the best algae eaters in existence. They’ll take care of that nasty hair algae, unlike any other shrimp. Their name is derived from from the greatest aquascaper ever to live, Takashi Amano, who introduced them into the aquarium hobby.

Most Amano shrimp are wild caught, as the young must go through a brackish, or saltwater, stage before undergoing metamorphosis, at which point they can no longer survive in brackish water. It is unclear what they eat in brackish water during their larvae stage, but phytoplankton and golden pearls have been successful foods so far.

from – BYA