It lives!!

[Agility4fun]

It's been a few weeks since I got my Amano shrimp and I thought he only lived for 24 hours before my betta got him.

Imagine my surprise when I was adjusting the filter and out shoots the shrimp!! Over the next hour it shot from spot to spot on his covert path back to his hideaway by the filter. I am soo happy!!

I guess the shrimp are more wiley and clever than I thought. I hesitated getting another for the other tanks...now I might just go and get another.

[Bombalurina]

Definitely do it! Shrimp are much better at surviving than many people give them credit for. :) Shrimp are colony animals, too, so they'll be happier in groups. :)

[aemaki09]

oh yeah, shrimp are beasts at hiding out!! I originally bought 10 like 6 months ago, and thought I only had 2 left for about 3-4 months...nope, found out I have 4 left!

My rcs are amazing hiders too! They are in my fry tank so all they have to hide out in are plants floating around, yet out of my 20+ I only ever see maybe 5 at a time?

[Sparrowhawk]

They're brilliant at hiding. I was sure the glass shrimp in Feyd's tank had bitten the dust, as I hadn't seen them in a fortnight, but the other night they were just chilling on the driftwood, like, "What? We've been here the whole time, doofus..."

[Otterfun]

Originally Posted by Bombalurina

Definitely do it! Shrimp are much better at surviving than many people give them credit for. :) Shrimp are colony animals, too, so they'll be happier in groups. :)

+1
My 2 amano got bolder when I got 2 more for them. Now they are like mafia robbing and mugging algae wafers from the Golden Mystery Snail and baby RCS as Gang of 4. They can get pretty ruthless. I guess if I put a fish in there, they will behave better. They grew by 1/2" in 2 months, almost 2" long now.

[Bombalurina]

WOW, I had no idea they got so huge! And I thought the big red cherry girls that were nearly an inch long were large!

[Agility4fun]

This is great to hear this from everyone. Of all the research I did I never came across anything about their secret agent style demeanor. They're super cool.

[Otterfun]

correction on the length of Amano:
It is 1.5" long, not 2".