Amano shrimp
Caridina multidentata
InvertebratesFreshwater
- Care level
- Easy
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Minimum tank
- 40 L
- Maximum size
- 5 cm
- Temperature
- 18–26 °C
- pH
- 6.5–7.8
- Group size
- ≥ 4
- Diet
- Herbivore
Care at a glance
The amano shrimp owes its fame to aquascaping pioneer Takashi Amano, who deployed it as algae police, and the reputation is deserved: few animals clear hair algae as thoroughly. It grows larger than the cherry shrimp and is, if anything, even more unflappable.
It cannot breed in freshwater, as the larvae need brackish water, so a group simply stays a group. Offer sinking food alongside the algae, otherwise a shrimp short of work will start picking at your plants. Beyond that the usual shrimp rules apply: acclimatise slowly and beware of copper.
Best not combined with
Related species
Values are mainstream hobbyist guidance, not gospel — always watch what your own animals need.
In the BlubHub app you link your inhabitants to this database and see the care info next to your own water parameters.