Shrimps Questions

[aquarius]

I'm thinking of keeping yamatos with 2 other species of shrimps together in my 3ft planted tank but is afraid that the yamatos will kill the other 2 species given it's large size? Plse advice, Thanks!

[silane]

Yamato will just fight with smaller size shrimps for food, they are not known to kill other shrimps. What are the 2 other species? In long term, in a mixed species tank, the lesser number species and normally the less aggressive species will not do well.

[|squee|]

Just a tidbit of info... I once introduced a big Yamato into my Cherry shrimp tank. I went out for say, 30 minutes. When I came back I saw that Yamato feasting on a dead Cherry.

It's up to you to deduce what happened =/

[BFG]

Well, I am currently having a shrimp setup that belong to my mom. It has yamato, cherry and zebra. The cherry shrimp has a higher population compared to the yamato and the zebra has dwindled to at least 4 that I have seen. Usually, the yamato will pass by cherry or zebra as they are not their primary diet. There is a lone brownish black shrimp that looks closely to a malayan shrimp and it is rarely seen. Previous inhabitant that fail to survive or regenerate the population are the tiger shrimp and the mosquito shrimp. They did not reproduce to keep the species population going.

This shrimp tank has a few fishes numbering around 25 or less. Substrate is ADA Amazonia and the tank is kept cool at 25 degrees. Tank size is 2ftx2ftx1.5ft. Lighting is 3x24watts T5 light. Using Eheim 2222 but had removed it's impeller and had connected an external Eheim 1048 pump to provide the flow going thru the canister, the external co2 reactor, the chiller and back to the tank. The inlet of the filter is connected to a surface skimmer. This is a very mature tank.

I can't verify if yamato do eat other shrimp but for all the times I sat infront of this tank, I did not see any aggression from yamato towards the other shrimps.

[aquarius]

I'm thinking of keeping zebra and tiger/bumble bee shrimps together with the yamatos. Is there a possiblilty that the yamato being bigger in size will hog most of the available algae or food in the tank thereby causing lesser food available for the other the species which results in BFG's zebra dwindling in numbers?

[BFG]

I think it's better to leave the yamato out of the picture. It look a bit odd with 2 different size of shrimp. I don't like how my setup turns out with yamato in it. You can't keep HC.

[aquarius]

I believe different species of shrimps eat different types of algae or have a preference for a certain type of algae. Is it because yamatos eat most species of algae and they are also very hardy thats why most planted aquaria has yamatos in them??

[XnSdVd]

I believe different species of shrimps eat different types of algae or have a preference for a certain type of algae. Is it because yamatos eat most species of algae and they are also very hardy thats why most planted aquaria has yamatos in them??

That's true if they come from the same ecosystem. But yamatos are from japan and cherries are from china. And hey, since when have those two gotten along?

[aquarius]

I think it's better to leave the yamato out of the picture. It look a bit odd with 2 different size of shrimp. I don't like how my setup turns out with yamato in it. You can't keep HC.

Frankly i'd rather not keep yamatos cos to me they are the uglyist shrimps for a planted tank especially when you can get alot of the other shrimp species in lfs. But the reason why i wanted to keep a few of them is because they are good algae eaters but most of the shrimps i intend to keep will be either zebra, tiger or bumble bee shrimps for asthetics reasons.

[XnSdVd]

Yamatos aren't the only algae eaters. Look around. Cherries are pretty effective too. And since they're smaller they tend to do a better job.

[aquarius]

That's Great news!! I'll definately go get the smaller and more beautiful species. By the way what kind of flowrate does shrimp prefer? Strong/medium/slow cos i noticed that normally people use slow flowrate.

[aquarius]

Any one here knows which website i can read up on the different types of shrimps and their requirements?

[EXcalibur]

Any one here knows which website i can read up on the different types of shrimps and their requirements?

you can try this website http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Shrimp/

[aquarius]

Thanks Bro!! The website is very informative!

[BFG]

www.shrimpnow.com/

[mr_moon]

my yamatoes dun seem to attack my cherries either, although I've seen them feed on a dead carcus of my tetra...

but i regret getting the yamatoes already for 2 reasons:
1) they are getting overly large and ugly, like some monster in my petite tank
2) they grab the food intended for the fishes...

oh well, they won't breed in my freshwater tank anyway...

[BFG]

Yeah, I hate that too. When you try to feed the fishes, the yamato will swarm the water trying to catch the fish flakes. They seems to have a very good 'smelling' abilities.

[aquarius]

Hi Excalibur and BFG. I've gone through the website that you guys gave me, while it is very informative with regards to the required water parameters and it's detailed description of the different species of shrimps, it doesn't say anything about their preferred diet.

I've done a search in the forum and found that as most of the bros here have specialised shrimp tanks, they feed it with algae wafers, shrimp pellets, boiled sweet potatoes etc etc. For me i'm hoping to use the more beautiful species of shrimps to do the job of keeping algae in my 3ft planted tank in check instead of the not so beautiful yamatos.

While we all know that yamatos eat a wide variety of algaes, i would like to know what are the other species of shrimps like
1. cherry
2. tiger
3. bumblebee
4. CRS
etc etc preferred diet. Would appreciate if the bros here can share your expertise. Thanks

[jojoe]

Actually shrimp will find foods in yr planted, is we who wanna give them additional foods like pellets, vegetables etc etc.

I got few Crs that swam into IOS filteration while i change cotton wool.. till now stil going well in there..

Hi Excalibur and BFG. I've gone through the website that you guys gave me, while it is very informative with regards to the required water parameters and it's detailed description of the different species of shrimps, it doesn't say anything about their preferred diet.

I've done a search in the forum and found that as most of the bros here have specialised shrimp tanks, they feed it with algae wafers, shrimp pellets, boiled sweet potatoes etc etc. For me i'm hoping to use the more beautiful species of shrimps to do the job of keeping algae in my 3ft planted tank in check instead of the not so beautiful yamatos.

While we all know that yamatos eat a wide variety of algaes, i would like to know what are the other species of shrimps like
1. cherry
2. tiger
3. bumblebee
4. CRS
etc etc preferred diet. Would appreciate if the bros here can share your expertise. Thanks

[tango]

I'm thinking of keeping yamatos with 2 other species of shrimps together in my 3ft planted tank but is afraid that the yamatos will kill the other 2 species given it's large size? Plse advice, Thanks!

I ever see my yamato grap and drag down my swimming neon tetra, in fact a total of two yamatos and then tear the neon into 2 peices. This happen during the last CNY in front of my visiting relatives .

tango