Amano shrimp
Caridina multidentata
Also called amano, yamato shrimp.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 5 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 40 L, at least 45 cm long
- Temperature
- 18 to 27 °C
- pH
- 6.5 to 7.8
- Hardness
- 4 to 15 dGH
- Kept in
- groups of 3 or more
- Temperament
- peaceful
- Eats
- herbivore
- Swims
- near the bottom
- How hard
- easy
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether amano shrimp fit the tank you have.