Shrimps: Malayan vs. Yamato

**focus-T** · 8th Mar 2002, 17:42

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.

any comments?

**Simon** · 8th Mar 2002, 17:47

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

**CK Yeo** · 8th Mar 2002, 18:44

I agree with Simon.

**BFG** · 8th Mar 2002, 21:48

Will these shrimp attack cabomba plants?

B.F.G

**sherchoo** · 8th Mar 2002, 23:54

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.......

**David** · 9th Mar 2002, 00:00

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.

**hoppinghippo** · 9th Mar 2002, 01:03

exactly which algae do malayan and yams target? same or diff algae? and do they attack spot algae on leaves?

**hwchoy** · 9th Mar 2002, 01:08

my ex-yamatos ignore the algae and fight with the fishes for flakes [

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**CK Yeo** · 9th Mar 2002, 09:13

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.

**hwchoy** · 9th Mar 2002, 11:56

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.

**Plantbie** · 26th Aug 2002, 00:19

Can anyone enlighten me the difference between the 2? Thanks

**kelstorm** · 26th Aug 2002, 01:20

as in to identify or what they do???

**Simon** · 26th Aug 2002, 09:29

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

**Plantbie** · 27th Aug 2002, 10:42

Hmm... differences in the cleaning work they do, which is more hardy and why there is such a huge price difference?

**juggler** · 27th Aug 2002, 10:52

TheKrib.com has a page dedicated to shrimps, with photos: Freshwater Shrimp in the Aquarium

**MECH** · 27th Aug 2002, 11:11

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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

**Plantbie** · 27th Aug 2002, 11:34

Thanks.

But till this point in time, i saw malayan shrimps eating my dead Yamatos.. hee hee

**vinz** · 27th Aug 2002, 11:41

Yeah... shrimps are good at cleaning up dead fishes (or shrimps) too.

**justjoin** · 27th Aug 2002, 11:58

how abt grass shrimp(those feeder from LFS) then?

R they algea eater ...?

**BFG** · 27th Aug 2002, 12:06

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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