The Complete Guide To Keeping The Amano shrimp

Everything that you need to know about keeping the Amano shrimp. Information on feeding, breeding, and everything you'll be needing. Helpful advice on using Amano shrimp to eat algae, plus Amano shrimp behavior and anatomy. Advice on Amano shrimp tank mates, Amano shrimp care, and tank size.
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[@TheDave333]

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@@TheDave333 I will answer in Hebrew in the hope that I will be understood😀 אפשר גם להגיד שזו מצווה , אני חושב שהסרטון שעשית הוא מהרמות הגבוהות שפגשתי ולכן חשבתי ש מגיע לך התייחסות של מלך , הקריינות שלך מדהימה והמקצוענות שלך ברמה הגבוהה ביותר , הנהנתי מכול רגע . בברכה ואהבה GOLAN .

[@TheDave333]

תודה רבה לך. אני באמת מבורך שיש לי כל כך הרבה אנשים שמעריכים את העבודה שלי.

[@tomneeb5474]

What a excellent production…my amano shrimp will look different to me now

[@TheDave333]

That's awesome! That's high praise. :-)

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I was saying the same thing 🤣. i had to subscribe

[@catfishcave379]

Wonderful film as usual. Best aquarium documentaries on the planet. I use my Amano shrimp as a cleaning station. When driftwood gets too much algae on it in another tank, I move it to their tank and they all jump on it and feed off of it until it is clean. I also keep my tank (15g) at room temp, so 67-75... maybe that's why they're 4 years old and going strong. They do love to fight over pellets. They're only tankmates are ramshorn snails.

[@TheDave333]

I use them in a similar way. Such a great cleanup crew.

[@calliethompson2932]

I don't know what's more impressive, the videography or informative narration. Thank you.

[@TheDave333]

Wow, thank you! I work hard to put out the best videos that I can.

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This voice was wildly soothing 😌

[@TheDave333]

Thank you. 😌

[@antony3604]

Really its a complete video about amano shrimp. In my small planted tanknto get rid of algea, initially i kept horn nerite snails but three different varieties of cory doras i thiknk kill or ate them. As i noticed no movement after second time introduction of hirn nerite snails. So now thinking about keeing amano shrimp so that they do their work in cleaning algae from rocks and leafs while peacefully stay with my tank other mates like corydoras, hill stream lloach and guppies. I shall try with amano shrimp as you said its best for beginners and hardy as well. I have heard that keeping shrimp means need to maintain many things in tank but now after watching this video, i am feeling confident to keep 8-10 amano shrimp. Thanks for such detail video, covering all necessary points. I am impressed with the videography.

[@TheDave333]

Thanks for watching the video. Amano shrimp do a great job eating many types of algae, the Nerite snails do most of their work on algae that grows on the glass. I highly recommend them.

[@Dragonkrux]

Good lord getting this wonderful footage must have been a true labor of love

[@TheDave333]

Yes, all of my films are labor / time intensive, but I really do love making them. Thanks for watching. :-D

[@thabatafrota-marino5273]

I absolutely loved it. looking for an everyday aquarium keeping video....this is more like a nature documentary and yet, all the practical tips are in there. Impressive footage too. I wanted Amanos just for cleaning, now I love them. Can't wait to get mines.

[@TheDave333]

Thanks for watching the video and taking the time to leave a comment. Best of luck with your new shrimp. 😊

[@irenicrose]

I'm liking the more frequent uploads, your content is so great!

[@TheDave333]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@yourgrandmasalzheimerpills1143]

Had a group live for 4-5 years. Very impressive how well they do in planted tanks.

[@TheDave333]

That's awesome! They really are helpful in planted tanks.

[@janicelefever2918]

Amazing photography, I have good vision but have never seen the Amano shrimp in such detail.

[@TheDave333]

Thank you so much. I have more! :-D

[@ColinB89]

Got three of them in my endlerXwild guppy tank. One female, two males. Absutely love them

[@TheDave333]

I love them too. They do an amazing job keeping hair algae under control.

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Thank you so much for your kind words. It is a labor of love.

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[@TheDave333]

Thanks!

[@claywise43]

Very fascinating. Thanks Dave!

[@TheDave333]

You're welcome!

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You shoot some incredible macro video. Awesome presentation.

[@TheDave333]

Thank you very much. I'm just getting started. :-D

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I really enjoy all of your videos! Thank you so much!

[@TheDave333]

You are so welcome!

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This video was so well put together! Thank you for sharing!

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Thanks for the video Dave.

[@TheDave333]

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[@Hellbillyhok666]

What a great video, very informative mate, cheers

[@TheDave333]

Thank you so much. 😁

[@robwilliams9965]

Thanks for another great video, the close-ups are amazing! I keep Cherries, Amanos and Bamboo shrimp; the Amano's are definitely the most aggressive with food. I'd be very interested to see some macro shots of the Bamboo's fans in action!

[@TheDave333]

Thanks for checking out the video. I have some footage of Bamboo shrimp, but I might need more! I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist. :-)

[@sydneysangels]

Beautiful video work! I loved being able to see Amano Shrimp up close!

[@TheDave333]

They're incredible little creatures. What a great design for these little eating machines.

[@mraquaticnews5676]

Excellent video full of useful info. Close up footage is fantastic well done Dave!

[@TheDave333]

Many thanks!

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

Dave, you always bring us together and make us feel like family.

[@TheDave333]

Thank you so much!

[@pelhamsaquatics]

Absolutely fantastic presentation on these amano shrimp, and all your videos on other creatures as well! 💯⭐️+ thank you so much!

[@TheDave333]

Thank you so much. Shrimp are fascinating creatures. :-)

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Very excellent video. One of the best videos I’ve seen

[@TheDave333]

Thank you so much.

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Amazing quality! Also very informative.

[@TheDave333]

Thank you so much! 😁

[@_yeahbaby]

amazing narration and video quality. Well done!

[@TheDave333]

Thank you kindly!

[@madcat61207]

Good show~ I'm so glad I spent time here learning about Amano shrimp with you.

[@TheDave333]

Thank you for being here, and for taking the time to leave a comment.

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Whoo Hoo, been waiting!

[@MayureshKadu]

Love the high quality and zoomed in shots. Love the way you've captured their movements in high-def.

[@TheDave333]

Thank you so much.

[@GenRN]

Another masterpiece!!! Love Amano Shrimp!!!

[@TheDave333]

Me too, they're so helpful.

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[@TheDave333]

Thank you so much 😀

[@DMike54]

THIS IS EXECELLENT FOOTAGE AND INFORMATION!!!

[@TheDave333]

Thank you! This is what I do. :-D

[@infernofriends]

Thank you! I just picked up some Amano today and am already fascinated

[@TheDave333]

Awesome! Enjoy the new shrimp.

[@theuniversewithin74]

Stellar stellar as always! Shrimp 🦐 are my favourites, I can never get enough of them. Thank you so much! 🤗 ❤️

[@TheDave333]

You're very welcome! The shrimp did most of the work. :-)

[@andriana5311]

Love this video! When I was getting a tank for my Japanese rice fish, I asked for a snail to keep my tank clean, and the shopkeeper asked if I would like a shrimp too. Only after getting it I realized how fun this little amano shrimp was to observe and I started to do some more research into making conditions for it better, so thank you for this video! They are really interesting animals, aren't they? :)

[@TheDave333]

Amano shrimp really are amazing little animals, and they do a much better job helping keep the tank clean. How are the Japanese Rice fish doing? They're pretty awesome too!

[@XiOjala]

Outstanding photography.

[@TheDave333]

Thank you.

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This Video Was Awesome!!! Thank You For Your Information, Beautiful Images & Soothing Voice!!! Love From London 🇬🇧

[@TheDave333]

My pleasure 😊 Thanks for watching the video.

[@lakedistrict9450]

Brilliant footage and educational content. Thank you

[@TheDave333]

You're very welcome. I have more! 😁

[@johanpersson597]

Beautifully done !

[@TheDave333]

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[@Thalestr]

Love your voiced videos. You have a very chill voice that fits these documentaries well. I don't keep Amano shrimp but I do keep Cherries and they are fascinating to watch.

[@TheDave333]

Thank you very much!

[@flukeworld]

Good job! I enjoyed the video and it was very informative!

[@TheDave333]

Awesome, thank you!

[@TitaniumZX]

Good stuff...thanks Dave.

[@TheDave333]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Tomagotchiify]

I love the deep details and informations! Please make more other deep guides of other shrimp or fish! Love the videos

[@TheDave333]

You got it! :-)

[@charun5744]

Always incredible

[@TheDave333]

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Your videography is the best I've ever seen. I seriously wish I had the equipment to get footage like this.

[@TheDave333]

Thank you so much. 😁

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[@PioLinhares]

Excellent as always Dave !!👍👏👏👌😍

[@TheDave333]

Thank you. 😀

[@Sinserg]

so very interesting, thanks for sharing!

[@TheDave333]

My pleasure!

[@djgautz]

Absolutely stunning footage WOW Nowhere else have I ever seen aquarium shrimp so close ! Great info and very complete guide too, they all say they're hard to breed but never that they're so hard even breeder have a hard time and the ones sold are mostly wild caught.

[@TheDave333]

Wow, thank you! I have lots more high quality videos. 😁

[@peacelily64]

Very in-depth video totally appreciate 🦐💕🦐

[@TheDave333]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! ❤ Dave64

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Amazing production, lad. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Greece

[@TheDave333]

Thank you so much. Greetings from Massachusetts 🦐🦠 ❤🐠🦈🐟

[@hookon3]

Very nice video of the Shrimps.

[@TheDave333]

Thank you

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Another excellent, interesting and very informative video. Many thanks 🤓✌️

[@TheDave333]

You're very welcome. I was a fun one to put together. Fascinating creatures.

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Great footage!!

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Great video!

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Glad you enjoyed it

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Great info!

[@TheDave333]

Thank you!

[@fauzanazhima]

Love this.... I have only one amano, and right he always hiding. The minute I add another 6 in incubatory box inside aquarium, that one amano get out from hiding as if it hears the sounds of other amanos.. Beautiful creatures..... Nice documentary btw, subscribed...

[@TheDave333]

Thanks for watching the video and subscribing. I really appreciate it. Yes, Amano shrimp do enjoy the company of their brothers and sisters.

[@DokterIkanAquascape]

Nice story telling ☺️👍👍

[@TheDave333]

Thank you 😀

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

Of all the shrimp you have, the cherry shrimp are my favorite. Because they are strikingly beautiful and they kinda look like northern prawns or pandalus borealis! ❤🦐🦐🦐🦐

[@TheDave333]

I love freshwater shrimp, and I wish I did more with them. ❤

[@oldboywonder1239]

good work !!!! Thank you

[@TheDave333]

You're very welcome. Thanks or watching.

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[@TheDave333]

Thank you so much 😊

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[@maxwell2177]

that was great dave. did u study fish in school?

[@TheDave333]

Yes, Fisheries conservation and biology. I've been a nature lover since I was a little kid. Started with reptiles, then went to water and fish.

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@The Dave, I love your high quality, high resolution videos. Thank you so much for sharing and keep it up!

[@TheDave333]

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Thank you so much. I put a lot of work into making them, and it's really nice to have people appreciate what I do. 🙂

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Thank you so much 😀

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best close ups

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I love your content!

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Thank you. I love what I do!

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Very excellent video

[@TheDave333]

Many many thanks

[@dachiken6037]

This is very great advice to keep Amano shrimp i should get some

[@TheDave333]

Yes you should!

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Great video

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[@TheDave333]

Thanks. . . Cool creatures

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Wasn’t that a lovely and informative video 😊, thank you The Dave !

[@TheDave333]

You're very welcome ! Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. 😊

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Thank you Tracy, I appreciate your support. Bless you. 🙂🙂🙂

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To you also @@TheDave333 .

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I subscribed after watching 2 mins of your video.

[@TheDave333]

Thank you. I really appreciate that!

[@NicholasColdingDK]

Very nice!!!

[@TheDave333]

Thanks!!

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

Mighty-fine shrimp you got there!

[@TheDave333]

Thank you, he's small, but effective.

[@dirtyoldfarmhand3]

Awesome

[@TheDave333]

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[@tamarrajames3590]

Your imaging quality is spectacular, and lets us see so much more clearly the distinct attributes of a species. I have always been fascinated by shrimp, lobster and crayfish, they are always so busy. Actually watching the way they pick up food with those legs was interesting and beautiful, I hadn’t realized how precise they can be with all of their legs. Being able to look inside their bodies while they go about their regular activities is a special bonus. I loved the way your opening shot made the shrimp seem to be narrating. The tank is beautiful, and your camerawork and editing brilliant. You give clear and useful directions for those who want to try keeping them, and I know it must give extra confidence to a beginner. Thank you Dave, for always providing quality content, and just for being you.🖤🇨🇦

[@TheDave333]

Mother nature sure does some beautiful work.

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Super informative xxx

[@TheDave333]

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[@TheDave333]

Thanks! I love making them. 😃

[@SrMalgato]

excellent!!

[@TheDave333]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Jiggy...]

Awesome work! I may have to pick some of these up to mingle with my cherries some time!

[@TheDave333]

Great for helping with algae.

[@sspreadfire]

my shrimp tastes delicious fish flake for the first time. after he finished a piece of flake, he climbs out of water to stick his head out of water looking at me like "you have more?"

[@TheDave333]

They do love their flake food. . . so delicious and easy to eat.

[@dominiqueperrin4257]

Incredible ! perfect coincidence… 😀I bought six of them today…… I love these shrimp so much and less when they’re running away from the aquarium 😏 amazing vidéo as always 👌👍👏👏👏

[@TheDave333]

Thank you so much. Shrimp are so helpful. :-)

[@lacynooner7545]

i love it❤️

[@tim1398]

I found 3 of my 5 shrimp living in my eheim filter... two were in the bottom before the first media tray but one was actually in the middle tray! All seemed well and were returned to the tank, and I now have a foam sleeve or the intake.

[@TheDave333]

Good thinking! They love moving water and tend to follow it when they can.

[@Tim_3100]

Agree lighting is a killer for plants too if you have natural light on tank and then a tank light it burns them In my setup Natrual light as soon as open blind in morning And aquasky takes over from 3.30pm to 8:30pm. In summer months aquasky need is reduced even futher as natrual light is on tank longer My shrimp are quite happy to appear in day as my tank has minnows and they are peaceful fish

[@TheDave333]

It sounds like you have a great setup. I really think that natural light, in moderation, is good for all living things.

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Your voice is so calming

[@TheDave333]

"Thank you" he said in a calm voice that she couldn't hear. . .

[@devanshugaur6490]

Very good 🙂👌.

[@TheDave333]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@crab1507]

One very informational video! I enjoyed it, and this video provided me with all of the info I needed to take care of my amanos 🙂 Now fast forward to today, I have a colony of 6 amanos in a community tank with a betta and some MTS and other snails and I enjoy watching the amanos feed on the food that my betta avoids haha They've been growing, and I think soon enough they'll reach maturity. Might try my hand with raising amano fry. From my understanding, the mortality rate in the wild is 90% and probably a bit higher in captivity. I'd think it'd be worth it, though, if it adds a couple of amanos to my population.

[@TheDave333]

You can try to breed Amanos, and I don't want to discourage you, but it's very difficult to do and I don't feel that it's worth the effort. If you haven't breed cherry shrimp, then I highly advise that you do that instead. 😁

[@annagrace4169]

Amano shrimp are so freaking cute!

[@TheDave333]

They really are, and they're very useful as well!

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

Cool

[@TheDave333]

thanks

[@juliaaquaamateur1573]

Thank you for a very useful video! I bought five amanos a month ago. The next morning (after I introduced them to my bigger tank) I found one of the females on a carpet about 10 meters away from the tank😢 The rest four shrimps were hiding behind a filter sponge for a week. Now they forage freely on the bottom of the tank and sleep in java fern. Luckily, non of them ever tried to escape thereafter. They behave like they own this tank now😁

[@TheDave333]

Thanks for watching the video! The Amanos can be a little pushy, as well as adventurous! Love your yellow corbicula video by the way.

[@juliaaquaamateur1573]

@@TheDave333 thank you!😊

[@TheDave333]

My pleasure . . .

[@mobibi3996]

What gears do u use to capture this macro footage ? Its just look so AMAZING!🤩

[@TheDave333]

Thanks for watching the video. There's a link to the same camera in the description section. I also use several macro lenses that have been specially modified to fit the camera. 🤩

[@dax8753]

I love these i have 4 and there real pets , all have their own character

[@TheDave333]

I love them too! Amazing little creatures!

[@joefloppytriangle8675]

this was epic

[@TheDave333]

thank you

[@dorothysummer6163]

This was really helpful, thank you! I’m planning to keep some shrimp soon and is it necessary to test pH/KH/GH?If so I’m not entirely sure where I can find testing strips. And also can I use an actual (elec) filter instead of a sponge? Will they get ‘sucked in’ by it? (I’m fairly new to keeping fish/shrimp, so any other tips please share! :) )

[@TheDave333]

@Dorothy Summer Hello and thanks for watching the video. The most important thing is that the tank and filter are fully mature, or "cycled". Sponge filters are easiest in the long run, but any other mature filter system will work. Just be sure to put an intake sponge filter over the filter intake, so it doesn't suck up the babies. Helpful advice. . . Take your time, use live plants and sand, resist the urge to over-feed, keep things simple, resist the urge to keep adding new creatures to the tank. Aquarium coop has a great deal on test strips, and you can find them online. . . . Learn as much as you can about the fish/shrimp before you buy. Watching lots of my videos will certainly help. 🙂🙂🙂