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    Shrimps: Malayan vs. Yamato

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    I went to Ben @ Tiong Bahru wanting to buy yamatos. He had strongly recommended against Yamatos for riccia. he said those over hardworking fellas will rip the riccia apart. Not so by their Malayan cousins.

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    cant answer for the rest, but whe I had yamato with riccia, they didnt do anything to them.. IMO, yamato r the most hardworking algae eaters I come across.. cases when yamato attack riccia, mainly becoz the tank is low in algae

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    Will these shrimp attack cabomba plants?

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    I had Yamatos in my 2 footer together with Riccia. They did not seem to bother them even when it was low on algae. Guess I'm lucky.......
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    usually yamatoes ......when low on algae feed will start to attack any plant they can feed on....there are two solution to this ....reduce the population or feed them algae wafers.
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    exactly which algae do malayan and yams target? same or diff algae? and do they attack spot algae on leaves?

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    my ex-yamatos ignore the algae and fight with the fishes for flakes []
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    no. they are pretty useless against spot algae. How you expect them to scrape off the algae?
    Shrimps are more scavangers and are opportunistic. Algae is not its only food source. They eat everything and anything they can find in a tank.

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    BTW, has anyone come across the Temasek shrimp in LFS or FF? Apparently these have the feather duster like the wood shrimp but is around the size of malayans.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Yamato VS Malayan Shrimps

    Can anyone enlighten me the difference between the 2? Thanks
    Just a Newbie ...

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    as in to identify or what they do???
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    difference? size, markings on the body, feeding behaviour... u shld have do a search in the forum.. think MECH ever posted the pics..

    click here for yamato

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    Hmm... differences in the cleaning work they do, which is more hardy and why there is such a huge price difference?
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    TheKrib.com has a page dedicated to shrimps, with photos: Freshwater Shrimp in the Aquarium
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    On 8/27/2002 10:42:55 AM

    Hmm... differences in the cleaning work they do, which is more hardy and why there is such a huge price difference?
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    Yamato......good algae eater........heard those available in SG is from Taiwan
    Malayan.......so so algae eater.......from Malaysia
    Malayan is a little bit more hardy than Yamato
    Both r suitable for SG climate


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    Thanks.

    But till this point in time, i saw malayan shrimps eating my dead Yamatos.. hee hee
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    Yeah... shrimps are good at cleaning up dead fishes (or shrimps) too.
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    how abt grass shrimp(those feeder from LFS) then?

    R they algea eater ...?

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    Glass shrimps are scavenger imo. Got a few in my tanks but all will reappear when I feed my fishes. Also, they will eat christmas moss coz my moss that I bought from Gen X which came attached 2 driftwood all disappeared. Saw them munching peacefully like having buffet. Sometimes harass my cories, thinking that the cories are dead.
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