Shrimp

[Jessica13]

Bought this guy a few days ago!! He's so funny, just sits in the filter flow grabbing at bits in the water with his little feather feet He's so cute!!

 

[timmystood]

Awesome!! I've always wanted a Shrimp!! What else is in his tank?? What does he eat??

 

[Jessica13]

He just seems to eat bits of flake and frozen food that he grabs from the water, apparently i dont need to feed him anything special, but if anyone can suggest anything he might like that would be good!

He's in with a BN plec, a bolivian ram, a molly and two female bettas

 

[Bloo]

Those are awesome shrimp and that's a lovely big one

Their little fan hands are so cute

 

[Wisperian]

Adorable he's an African Filter Shrimp or Vampire Shrimp or something like that right?

 

[Jessica13]

Just an Armoured Shrimp according to the label i got from LFS

And he is a big one Bloo - £15 though, so i should hope so!

 

[T1KARMANN]

i used to have one of those when i lived at home with my mum they like to climb out of the tank and my mum thought it was a spider and killed it with a slipper

 

[raptorrex]

Just an Armoured Shrimp according to the label i got from LFS

And he is a big one Bloo - �15 though, so i should hope so!

love it grows to 15cm!!!! gulp! my well need a strong water flow. well thats what the book says. looks a fine fellow.
i want one

 

[Fella]

i used to have one of those when i lived at home with my mum they like to climb out of the tank and my mum thought it was a spider and killed it with a slipper

I shouldn't laugh....

 

[Gankutsuou]

You.... jerk....

THAT, my friend, is the shrimp I strive to find...
The Vampire shrimp

I want....

 

[Bex]

I've got one of these guys but he just hides all the time. How do get yours to come out like that?

He is awesome by the way

 

[Jessica13]

Vampire Shrimp? Hmmm.. he does have creepy eyes and only really comes out at night!

He does hide under the bogwood with the plec until evening but then he comes out and sits under the filter flow until morning - I think thats about all he does though

 

[Bex]

That's more than mine does

Only seen his hands since he went in. Oh and we thought he'd been eaten when we pulled his legs and tail out, picked up the wood he was hiding under and he was fine - he'd just molted his shell. Pretty awesome though cos it was still solid and totally looked like he'd met an untimely end!

Lucky you, I wish we saw our shrimp as much. Is it when you turn the lights out that you see him?

 

[dizzied]

Vampire shrimps are the coolest-looking of all the freshwater shrimp. They do need a strong flow to filter-feed, they'll perfer that to picking at food with their claws.