Amano vs Cherry Shrimp - Which is Better?
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0:00 Neocaridina shrimp vs. amano shrimp
0:26 Cost comparison
1:01 Appearance and size
1:36 Minimum tank size
2:22 Life span and hardiness
2:48 Water parameters
3:10 Diet and food preferences
3:36 Best algae eating capabilities
4:13 Tank mates for cherry shrimp vs. amano shrimp
5:26 Ease of breeding
6:44 Results: which is the best dwarf shrimp?
*Which two animals should I compare in my next head-to-head matchup?*
Koy or goldfish
Orfe or koi
How much did you get for selling all the cherry shrimp?
Goldfish or bettas please?!!
Guppies and platies
Cherries for decoration. Amano for getting work done.
Bada bing, bada boom.
Agree, I was gonna post this exact thing
True i got some amanos and they r great
Exactly. This is so true that I posted the same thing.
Actually, I love the look of amanos
My Amano shrimp like to go on field trips around my house. Before I put a tight lid on my aquarium, I found my shrimp about 100ft away from his tank. He went down 2 flights of stairs! I picked him up, plopped him back in, and heâs still going strong đ
What! Hahah, that's wild. I had a ghost shrimp hop out of the tank and it plopped on the counter and stayed like a little shrimp putty until I carefully put them back in the water. Can't imagine any shrimp just out and about walking around! đ
I had three Amano shrimp that got out of the tank. One crawled 20 feet away to the kitchen and the other two not that far away.
So these amano shrimp can survive out of the water? How about a cherry shrimp? Can they survive out of water too?
@@bumboopanda4558they can survive for a few hours outside of water, however this doesnât mean you should let them go out
Same plopped mine back in and he hasnât jumped out again. Learned his lesson haha
So I started with 5 cherry shrimp - two red, two yellow, and one black, and now I have green cherry shrimp lol
Wooow, so cool! đ
Yeah I somehow got a couple blue shrimp out of one yellow and a red
I had 10 cherry shrimp, 8 died. The last two ended up breeding and now my tank is full of orange shrimp lol.
I've got a random crayon box of cherry shromp... omg... what color IS that?
Can't wait to see what happens...
I love them.
I've had amano shrimps that lasted 11 years, bought five of them in 2005 and I had three that finally perished only 5 years ago.
I have 5 amanos in a 20 gallon with 1 betta. They started to slack on cleaning even if I don't feed them that much. I added 2 black helmet nerites which instantly started to clean all the seiryu stone and make it look brand new. Then the shrimp started panicking, it was so funny, they instantly started eating green dust algae off the rocks too :D No glass/rock scraping needed, this crew makes my planted tank look natural, yet clean!
I wanna do that as well I have a 10 gallon tank though any Advice (I want to keep a Betta and 5 amano as well)
@@yktvklk8022 Plant a lot of plants so everyone has a hiding/resting place, keep the water temp between 75-80f (I keep mine at 76), and you should be good to go. 6 months in, no problems in my tank :)
@@qq911 thanks for the advice Iâll take this into consideration have a good day
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Amano shrimp aren't available in my area. I ended up with 9 cherry shrimp as part of a private plant deal. The guy was selling live plant cuttings, but the minimum amount was $20 worth. I didn't need that much, so he offered to give me less cuttings plus the cherry shrimp for the $20. Two months later, I still have the cherry shrimp. We rarely see more than one or two at a time, but once we were thrilled to see a "shrimp parade" with 5 of them walking across the aquarium.
Lol if you get your parameters right and supplement the minerals in the tank, you can get your shrimp population to explode! That is if you have at least one female.
@@NinjaSushi2 true
Iâve always wanted a cherry shrimp breeding tank that is heavily planted because their color looks amazing in front of the flourishing green plants
They look amazing in the red plants, too
I have both in the same tank with tetras.
Strangely enough, the Amanos are really shy and probably only come out when lights are off. Whereas the cherries are everywhere!
Yes, my answer is always both, why not?
@@voluntaryismistheanswer because eventually you won't have any shrimp with colour
@@towlie4029 As the video says, Amanos cannot crossbreed with cherries.
huge fan of dward shrimp â„ i love both but currently only have one amano shrimp that has been alive for at least 6 years including about 1 year without water food/filtration/maintenance.. When I was gonna clean out the tank (finally when I was getting out from the pits of depression) to sell it, I saw that one shrimp STILL ALIVE. Since she didn't give up, I decided to restart the tank and now Pepita the zombie apocalypse amano shrimp just shares a tank a betta :)
Glad to hear that youâve recovered from that :)
Both of them are in my planted axlotol tank and they were the perfect addition. The Amano's tend to be more "intelligent" and avoid the axlotols better
I've had my amanos for 6 years now, and they are almost 3 inches long. They're absolute beasts.
In December I bought my first 14 yellow golden back neocaridinas. Now I have about 40-50 adults and countless shrimplets.
5g tank... May start selling some soon đ
They are fun creatures to watch.
Can you so one on glass/ghost shrimp? It would be nice to see a video going in depth on this? As they aren't as popular, but are super cute and I wish there's be more videos â€ïžđ glass vs cherry shrimp. Shrimp head to head part two đ
Glass/ghost shrimp are a tad bit more aggressive in my opinion lmao, if you wanna keep them you should remove anything smaller than them. Based on my experience with ghost shrimp hunting my cherries đ
I just added a few ghost shrimp to my betta's tank because they're more carnivorous than a lot of easy to get shrimp and he is the messiest, most awkward eater. They're all getting along, once Khan got over the WHAT ARE THESE THINGS HOW DARE YOU phase.
Aaaand he's killed one. I removed the other two to a planted tank.
@@katphish30 lol.....
@@katphish30 he is killed by the betta? Which size is your tank?
I like and have both. Cherries are cute and small and it's really fun to be able to see the whole breeding process. Amanos can get quite large and are absolute machines with cleaning a tank. Because they're big, they're easy to see and observe. I can only put larger amanos with my betta since he likes to eat cherry shrimps. For a species only tank, cherries are the way to go. For a community tank, I prefer larger amanos since they can't get eaten by the most popular tropical fish.
Awesome video as always, Irene!
I absolute love my cherries and feel like I will always have a tank for them.
Thank you for this awesome video! The bits about shrimp tank mates and how they compare in regards to eating algae were especially helpful to me :)
I've had two ammonos in my tank for goodness knows how long. One finally passed on a few months ago, but the other one as been around...for around 4+ years...at least!! I've truly lost track of how long that guy has lived. I named him T1000 because of his color, and I think it's so apt, as he seems well nigh indestructible! I've heard that they can last a long time, as they are not inbred to death, but wow! I saw the even longer lived one feed upside down facing the surface of the water. So amazing. It blows my mind when I see that; it reminds me how differently gravity works underwater, especially with tiny critters like that! Cherries are pretty, but, like most shrimp, they tend not to last long. So many shrimp are hopelssly inbred, and so their genetics are garbage and they don't last long :(
I love shrimp their so cute! My favourite is the red crystals.
Yes I agree I like the Amano shrimp better, they just seem to have more character with their little legs always busy & on the go. I think they're prettier too, with their distinctive markings and bigger tail :)
I agree! I like my amanos better than my fish to be honest, so much character.
I had a few Amano shrimp once, they get to a nice size, and are lightning fast at finding fresh food added to the aquarium. Smart fellas.
@@144928 And gals. My female amano is a very aggressive eater!
Personally I tend to be more of a fan of Amano shrimp! But cherries are great to! Just they are usually used as more of a decoration for me.
I keep both Armanos and various red Cardina species, including Cherries. I keep them with various Danoi and Tetra species as well as with Mollies, Sword Tails, Guppies and Endlers. They breed like rabbits despite that some fish snack on babies. My tank is, however, heavily planted. I barely have any algae issues and both species do an excellent job keeping my 70 gal tank clean. Thanks for all your nice and informative videos, which I always enjoy watching. Regards, Johann from Centurion, South Africa
I bought two Amano and I enjoy watching the 2 of them.
I bought a few neocardina, and now after giving away dozens I have several hundred across three tanks. And the colors that I'm getting have changed and diverged in separated populations that were all started with the same few shrimp.
So nice that you convert inches to centimeters in these captions. Thank you for that! Any chance that you also convert Fahrenheit to Celsius and gallons to liters? That would be so helpful for your international viewers :)
Got two Amano shrimp over a year ago they are nice to watch swimming/running threw the water fast wee things when they want to be
A really fun and informative video!
Great video. Thanks for the info and honest assessment đ
Love the vids keep up the good work
Amano is simply amazing for keeping your tank clean. I had two of these lil' fellas in a 100 litre tank with a serious algea problem and within 3 weeks it was spotless. They got to all the places snails wouldn't touch and they did a much more detailed job.
Love the content and the info therein
My larger tanks have amano, my smaller tanks have cherry - I love both for different reasons. The amano shrimp are jerks tho & will swim off with an entire wafer nearly big as them meant for my goby's/corys. I've seen them actually wrestle the wafer away from my other critters & "attack" (hilarious to watch) in competition for food. Example: Curious (Gardneri) killifish checking out food that ended up at bottom of tank....amano jumps on his face, killifish swims off confused, amano snags the tasty tidbit. Nobody messes with my amanos lol! I've had to get creative making sure my bottom feeders get enough to eat. Also, if my hand is in the tank, I inevitably end up with 1 or 2 amano shrimp crawling on it & picking away. Those teeny-tiny pincers they use feel so funky on skin.
I love Cherries all the way! I love my Cherries and Orange Bees although, I love the fact that theyâre not hard to breed and they just look so darn cute with all their bright colors.
GTF is my favorite thing on CZcams. I have cherries in my planted tank with neons and corys. I expected the shrimp to breed but no babies yet. But I do see a new cory sneaking out of the rocks every couple of months so at least something in the tanks is breeding.
Bought a pack of 10 amano shrimps ranging from 1/2 to 1 inch last year and they seemingly "vanished" in my aquarium. I was happy today to spot one of my amanos in my tank that has now grown over 2 1/2 inches. He came out of nowhere during feeding time and took off with a whole shrimp pellet.
Definitely Amanos for keeping algae under control in planted tanks. Great video Irene
This answered pretty much all of my questions about Amano shrimp. I was hoping that they would be large enough to not become fast food for the tank i'm planning which is going to be mostly platies, albino cory cats, and mayyybe a single male betta. Basically a very pedestrian community tank.
I own both and agree with everything you said đ
Being new to the fish hobby, I am glad to learn the difference between the types of shrimp. Thanks for the information.
I have both in my 7.5 gallon planted nano ... 3 Amano and a dozen Cherry :)
Great video and well presented. Thanks đ
Thanks for the info! I might try and breed some cherry shrimp in the future for my local fish store in a 29 gallon tank!
I have a tank just for just my 6 cherry shrimps and my musk turtle and itâs so funny seeing them ride on his back, Iâm happy my turtle is content with them and not aggressive
Thanks for a great review.
I made an experiment with this for my 2 low tech 5 gallon tank, i put 5 amano while 20 red cherry on the other one(to deal with diatoms), I can say that Amano clean a lot better and faster they never rest.
I would love to see a comparison between Guppies vs Plattys
I've got a female Amano shrimp I've had since my day 1 tank, over 10 years old!
Wow! Thatâs impressive :D
I have both but love them equally. I didnât understand how aggressive the Amanos are about their food, and I have 5 ginormous females in 10 gallons with my betta and Bloody Marys. I would not recommend that many in a small tank, I really have to stay on top of feeding them.Thugs! You are spot on about spreading food around. Most of my Amanos come up for hand feeding when the betta gets fed, and they still squabble over food. LOL
Cherry shrimp have always been my favorite. First shrimp I've ever kept. Likedđ
Shhh, but I'm thinking of getting more Neocaridina shrimp in the future... đ
I know Iâve got 2 5 gallons right next to each other. The one thatâs right by the window has 2 amanos, the glass isnât clean but itâs clear and I can easily see them moving around. I actually think that tank has become self-sufficient because aside from adding water I donât need to do anything with it aside from refilling it as water evaporates, the shrimp eat the algae, the algae eat the shrimp waste and photosynthesize. The one thatâs farther from the window has no shrimp and grows great carpets of algae on the walls that I have to clean.
The only downside to amanos is I had a plant in my window aquarium to help eat the fish wastes and the shrimp completely devoured it.
Omg I wish I watched this video before posting on Reddit about my âamanoâ shrimp giving birth to rainbow shrimp đ đ she was transparent when I first got her and she had a brown spot pattern on her back too!
Very informative,. Thank you.
My amanos jumped tank and made it about 25 feet out of my room, through living room, and a couple made it into kitchen. (There is a lid). Was crazy to me they made it out of tank, crawled across carpet and then traveled across the hardwood floor to kitchen.
Thanks for the video. Yamato shrimp generally only escape when the water conditions are not so good anymore for them.
Yeah mine are good in an open tank, lol, no jumpers of any sort in this one (I keep my panax covered, though)
I have several cherry shrimps (orange sakira, Blue Dream, regular red, and Green Jade color) in my 5 Gallon tank. I just placed an order, yesterday, for a vampire shrimp to put in my 55 gallon tank.
Good information! I was interested in Amanos, but Iâm afraid they might outcompete my Habrosa Corydoras for food. I already have two female guppies in the tank that hog the pellets!
I have amanos in with guppies and a honey gourami. The amanos will definitely each grab a sinking pellet and carry it away to eat. If they can reach and carry two, they'll do that too! But then it takes a while for them to eat. I break softer pellets in halves, quarters or more and spread them round the tank so everyone gets some.
Amano shrimp live much longer and are much more resilient than neocaridina shrimp. I've never had one live less than 4 years.
Nice video! Do you know if the Caridina Pareparensis Parvidentata are good as the amano shrimp for eating algae?
I loving cherry shrimp so far, I'm breeding the bloody mary atm and they are thriving. The color is amazing. In addition to that, it sells really well. For Amano, I just put 2 of them in my 10-gallon tank just to make sure everything is clean. Like you said both of them have different purposes.
I have 100s in my tank, and they keep breeding! Had it for nearly a year now so there are so many mature adults. I need to start selling them, how good are profits?
@@ItsLightBTW
1-3 dollars per shrimp depending where you go
This channel gives me life
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thanks for the info, you always give give point that I don't think of and so I'm getting cherry shrimp most likely
Great video, thank you so much for that. I've had both types, but the cherry shrimp population died off at one point unfortunately.
Amanos can get really old, I still have one that I bought 8 years ago. The others I bought back then lived 3-6 years, this seems to be how long you can expect them to live on average.
An 8 year old shrimp?!?!?! Give me your secrets đ
@@queenmolmolly7962 I'm afraid I have no secrets to share. It was only one out of six that survived that long, so it is probably only one exceptionally long-lived individual. I kept it together with platyfish in a heavily planted, mostly unheated tank. Due to the very dense plants I don't see it every day, but today I spotted it so I can confirm it's still alive
@@A._Meroy incredible congrats!
I have both of these and I love them both. Noticed my first pregnant female cheery shrimp today
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Nano/tiny fish with attitude or which are highly intelligent
i have a few (like 5 or 6)ghost shrimp in planted betta tank and they are doing well, so I thought oh I can probably put these in my mollies in a much larger tank and I found out the hard way of almost all but 2 of the ghost shrimp getting eaten by my mollies.
I havenât been able to keep shrimp alive. I do want to try tossing a few cherry shrimp in my outdoor guppy pond. Also eventually when I get a 40breeder I wanna try amanos.
I definitely appreciate Amano shrimp more for all the reasons you stated.
We canât get Amano shrimps here in Australia but there is a native shrimp that seems to be similar the North Queensland algae shrimp or sometimes called the Darwin algae eating shrimp. Do you know how they compare to an Amano shrimp the looks are quite similar and they also need brackish/saltwater to reproduce.
I love amanos for blackwater and cherries for planted tanks
I absolutely love shrimp i really wish i could add some in my planted discus tank
I'm definitely going to be getting cherry shrimp for my tank, probably buying from my father-in-law because he breeds them. They will be paired with guppies as tank mates. I also want a separate tank for my ghost shrimp, Carl, and any potential mates we might get him.
I got a group of 4 cherry shrimp to take care of brown algae in my betta tank because the color looked great with my koi betta and plants. Of course the next day I could only find 3 and a betta with a full bellyđđđ I think amano shrimp might work better due to size and semi translucence so wish me luck!
Excellent videos. I have three broods of shrimplets so far and can't wait until they mature - goal is to have my 20 gal long tank exploding with shrimp! đ
Your betta looks gorgeous đ
Iâve notice that people have a clear glass dish with their shrimp. Can you tell me why is it out into the Taino with the shrimp? Please compare assassin, mystery and nerite snails.Thank you
I had amanos that lived for 7 and a half years:)
Love your tank! What substrate is that?
Can you tell me the name of the light you have on your beta tank? It looks bright but not too bright!
if you're an aqua scaper you'll be looking at amano, if you want some red colours and if you keep good water for breeding purposes and to make some money on the side then its neo reds. However, it;s not quite as simple breeding shrimp, you need good consistent water and a healthy environment. I've bred both neo and caradina and both need good consistent parameters. oh and volume and size of tank is very relevant.
I will keep RCS in an only shrimp tank, white sand and i would try to mix Amanos with some Celestial Pearl Danios in a heavy planted tank with dark substrate!
I have Amano shrimp with my Axolotols and they co exist just fine. Lots of hiding places for the Amanos and they do very well. I find the Amano shrimp are far more intelligent then the Cherries and tend to last a lot longer.
My brother and I also have a 20gallon planted with cherries and ghost shrimp and they do very well together.
Hi hi! Do you have experience with cohosting cherrys with kuhlis? i'm slightly worried
What should you do to cull shrimp if you only have one available shrimp tank? (The breeding tank)
I love ammanos personality. I keep ammanos with all my other shrimp
Thank you for the information
Now i know Amano shrimp is what i need for my 6 gallon tank with my betta, and I donât need to worry about them breeding out of control
Can you do one on mollies vs swordtails. Or mystery snails vs ramshorn snails
So witch should you recomend for a betta tank
Hi love your vids and formation - but I see youâve got yo yo loaches with shrimp? I thought the yo yo would eat them ?
What would you suggest as an algae eater for a turtle pond?
I loved keeping ember tetras with my Cherry shrimp and mystery snails đ :-)
Hii. I would like to see a comparison between albino corydoras and bronze corydoras. Thank u!
THANKS !!!
any video on Volcano/super shrimp that can live up to 30 years? Breeding amano seems a challenge due to transfer to saltwater then freshwater again
I just picked up 2 amano shrimp today at my LFS but they were not this cheap. They were $8.99 each. They were both about 1/2" long
I love amano shrimp, but the process of treating the fry is so difficult. Thats why for a huge shrimp colony I'd go with a cherry or other type of neocaridina
I have both and i give this video a thumbs up.
2:55 are you saying in your correction they are going to like below freezing point?
Iâve had Amano shrimp but I havenât had cherry shrimp yet but I will very soon What I really love about both of these shrimp is they canât cross breed so you can have them in a tank togetherđŠđđ„
Please do a video comparing the different types of snails like mystery vs nerite.
I think nerites are way better
GET OUT OF MY HEAD! LOL, I have cherry shrimp, but I have wanted both bamboo and Amano shrimp for quite some time and I just started digging into my research on the Amanos today!
Hi, I have a question. IÂŽm new in aquarium hobby and I would lke to add betta to my 20gallon aquarium. I was watching lot of videos about the tank mates and I have neon tetras kuhli loaches and I want to buy cherry shrimp. And than, I would like to buy betta. But my loaches are really active. Everyone on youtebe was saying that kuhli loaches are shy and stay hidden, but I have four kuhli and they are swimming all over the aquarium. So the question is: will that be a problem that they are that active? Thanks :) And also, if you don't think it's the best idea to have these fish together, I'd be happy to hear your opinions and advice. it's my first aquarium and I fell in love with kuhli loaches, cherry shrimps and bettas and I wanted to have them, hopefully it's ok
Nice information. I will try buying Cherry Shrimp and breedingđ