Banana Shrimp

[Grey Legion]

Saw them at my LFS store, they look awsome and have little fans on there legs to catch food ans stuff from the water, but here is what I am wondering are they useful to a tank or just something to look at, can they catch algea spours and what not and control it ??

Just a quick querstion, any help would be cool

 

[cometcattle]

Is this the shrimp you saw?

http/www.petshrimp.com/bambooshrimp.html

 

[Grey Legion]

Yes that looks like them..I'll do some reading on them, thanks for the link !!



Sadly I will not risk hurting them by placing them in my tank...to bad they look really cool

 

[abstract]

Yes that looks like them..I'll do some reading on them, thanks for the link !!



Sadly I will not risk hurting them by placing them in my tank...to bad they look really cool

hey just so ya know i have a bamboo shrimp in my 20 gallon planted (see sig) for the past 3 months...he has molted once already and is approx 3 inches long....none of my fish bother him - he mostly hides on my driftwood in the roots of the java fern but can be seen filtering around through the sand when he's hungry - they are filter feeders

 

[Grey Legion]

I have 2 Clown Loaches that I am sure will pick on any shrimp I bring in, best for me to keep that idea for another Tank..

 

[thapsus]

I have 4 of these adorable creatures. I strongly recommend them but only with calm, non-nipping fishes. Maybe you could try to find some bigger filter feeder than bamboo shrimps, Atyopsis moluccensis. How about this species? It's bigger and has hard shell.

 

[smithrc]

I have 2 Clown Loaches that I am sure will pick on any shrimp I bring in, best for me to keep that idea for another Tank..

Hi, Grey Legion

Just to put your mind at rest a bit.

I wanted to get some amano shrimp for our planted tank and shared your same concerns about our clowns...

However we bought 13 back in december
(Link to the thread)

and regularly spot 8-10 now (after 2 months of the little blighters hiding)

Our clowns leave them alone