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Thanks for the reply. My concern was whether or not they are currently overstocked and if I need to relocate some to my other tank. I guess they seem so dependent on or so happy in planted tanks (eating the dying leaves, and plucking algae) that i didn't want to put them in my "sterile" plastic ...

Hi, I'm new to amanos and when I got my first round I found some "escaping" so weeks later when I could only find two shrimp I thought the rest were gone and got some more. Wow :shock: they can hide really well---I just watched carefully and found there are at least 5 shrimp in this 10g planted with ...

Nerite or olive snails are sold for eating algae, but I don't have any experience to share. Amano shrimp are currently wiping out my BBA and hair algae.

Is it normal for Amanos to kind of hunch up and scrape themselves with their legs occasionally or even frequently? They appear to be scratching or cleaning themselves. my concern would be that something in my water is irritating them.

Otherwise they are active, growing, eating TONS of algae, and ...

OK, Thanks for the replies. If they are amano shrimp, how many for a 10g with lots of driftwood, plants, brown algae, and an oto?

ok, no one seems interested, but now the guy says they're Japanese algae eating shrimp and they look a bit like ghost shrimp so I'm thinking they're Yamato/Amano shrimp, and I'm glad.

I really want some amano or cherry reds but no one in the area carries them or will order them. Instead, one LFS owner told me he could order some "chinese algae eating shrimp." :roll: I know this is a totally bogus name and he didn't know their scientific name. He said his supplier told him they ...