Algae eating shrimp

I have 4 in my 5 gallon beta tank. I feed the betta but don't really offer them any food. I have tried algae tabs but the snails eat them. So far so good as they have lived there for over 6 months now. I have recently started adding a little marine iodine solution and this seems to help them molt better. I assume they are eating the algae, though they can't seem to keep up with all of it. Cute little guys.

From what I have read you have to keep the water level down from the top or they try to escape. Mine haven't so far.

I've got two ghost shrimp in my 20 gal community tank. When I first got them, they disappeared for about a month. I thought they were long gone when all a sudden they showed up and are out in the open now all the time.
I've had them for several months and I've never done anything special for them. I feed the fish a variety of foods so I guess they're getting some of that, and they are constantly poking around on the rocks and plants. They seem to be very healthy and active.
They're a lot of fun to watch and they are really cheap, so you could get a bunch of them.
Have fun,

I find my amanos (c. japonica) really interesting. They are always looking for food and will eat anything that makes it to the bottom: colorbits, pellets, flake, etc.

The only algae I seem to have in my tank is some brown stuff on the glass and bright green spotted one on a few rocks. I think they are eating the other kinds but I still make sure they get food.

Interesting and funny to watch, not hard to keep. Be careful of escaping and introduce slowly to tank. Once established they are pretty hardy.

Two words: ESCAPE ARTISTS. Amanos WILL get out if they can, and this (generally) applies to all shrimp. I have a 9" long M. lahs, and I have to keep even the smallest of holes covered to prevent her from getting out.

Starry, algea shrimp will eat most of the hair type algea. They're pretty hardy, no special requirements that I can see. Usually they eat alge and any fish food that you feed(flakes, color bits, bloodworms). I have nine or so in my 120g and I haven't lost any so far. They're always busy, eating away at algea.

You can get them at big al's on dundas in Mississauga. They had probably a 100 last week. They're 2.49 each, I think. Not cheap...This time they're pretty good size. They call them algea eating shrimp. They also have ghost shrimp which are not really algea eating shrimp and are much smaller. As with fish, you have to acclimatize them before adding to the tank. Once there, no special requirements. I had my tank temp up to 86F for an extended period and it did not affect them at all. I have 4 in my 20g tank, guppy tank and they all died within days. Not sure if guppies were too blame. They are such an active fish and could've been picking at the shrimp.

The first batch of 5 are now at around 2". They grow pretty big.

falcon

Menagerie pet shop in downtown toronto will give you a great deal on them if you buy a few. I did a group buy and we bought a ton, almost 100 I think. Anyways we got them for $1 each.

Starry, algea eating shrimp is amano shrimp[Caridina japonica]
. When they eat lots of algea, their tummy turns green. They're fun to watch and I like how they swim accross the tank.

You can see a picture of the shrimp in here:
http://www.uniquaria.com/photogallery/shrimpfresh.html

falcon

I'm not sure how much algae they eat but cherry shrimp are a nice red and not clear. Amanos are basically clear but can have various colour tinges to them.