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Amano shrimp?

Ady34

Ady34

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Hi,
hoping for a definite id please :)
Is this an amano shrimp or one of the lookalikes? There is more eggs than ive ever seen, certainly more than CRS carry, but would like to know whether there is any chance of the offspring surviving? The shrimp has been berried for about 2 weeks now so it could be just wait and see......
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Cheers,
Ady.
 
Oh well, thought as much, first one ive ever had berried though and cant believe the amount of eggs :wideyed:
Do they just drop the eggs before term or do the young hatch and then die? :dead: :(
 
I've had some friends who had the Amanos drop their eggs and some hatch and die. Due to their requirements to breed and successfully raise their young, most of the Amanos in shops are wild.
 
Yeah, it's a great thread. I have no intention of trying to raise them though, just making sure what I have is the true amano shrimp. I've read some posts where members thought they had bred amano shrimp but there is another shrimp very similar looking which can be raised in freshwater.
 
All of mine drop the eggs, never seen them hatch at all. The males go mental for a day after attempting to mate again. Poor females look pretty stressed with 5 males trying to cling to her at a time

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Has the lookalike shrimp been positively identified? I'm sure I've seen juveniles in my tanks that bear a remarkable resemblance to Anamnos ,but I always thought they were just non-pigmented cherries...hmm...I wonder...

My Amanos (at least that's what I think they are) are at it all the time:rolleyes: ...females constantly berried...I had a cloud of newly hatched shrimp in one of my low-energy tanks once, but before I could figure out what it was most had been eaten or sucked in to the filter...but then they wouldn't have survived anyway...or would theyo_O
 
Yeah confirmed as true amanos.
Crazy after having none ever berried I now have spotted at least another 2 berried today!! No great accomplishment I'm sure but feels good nonetheless!
You maybe have some of the imposter amanos Troi.....
 
I think George was talking about the imposter amanos in last months pfk unless it was another contributor. It is at work so can't check

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aliclarke86 said:
I think George was talking about the imposter amanos in last months pfk unless it was another contributor. It is at work so can't check

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Mmm, I must have missed that, I'll take another look. Cheers for the heads up :)
 
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