Are Amano Shrimp LAND CRAWLERS?!?!

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Primetime

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Wowowowow! I just saw the weirdest/coolest thing. I bought 16 Amano Shrimp from my LFS for $16. I didn't want the LFS water in my tank so I put them in a bucket and netted them into my tank.

During the time they were in the net, they would CRAWL NORMALLY in the dried net and JUMP BACK INTO THE WATER!!! Is there something I'm missing here? This happened with ALL of them. How long can they survive in land?
 
fballguy said:
My ghost shrimp thing do the same thing, except I have to cover up the net with my hand cause they will jump out if I dont.

I don't know how long they can live probably not too long.
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Really?? My ghost shrimp NEVER do that. They just hop/struggle around on their backs like all fish. The Amanos actually crawl just like they would in water.
 
I don't believe that they are land crawlers, but will work pretty hard to get back into the water if they are removed. I've seen my amano shrimp hop into the water from a net too...also hop off of decor that gets removed from the water during cleaning. They're pretty quick at it. :)
 
mishi8 said:
I don't believe that they are land crawlers, but will work pretty hard to get back into the water if they are removed. I've seen my amano shrimp hop into the water from a net too...also hop off of decor that gets removed from the water during cleaning. They're pretty quick at it. :)
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I see. Well mine were actually crawling, not hopping. They were walking normally in the nets for about 2 minutes until they got close to the water and then they just simply crawled out of the net and into the water without any sign of panic.
 
i dont think thats amano shrimp... how big are they? do they have brown dots on the sides??
 
My amanos walk in the net. They crawl up the sides and jump back in the water. They are fast. I've heard if they get on the ground they'll run like cockroaches!
 
Primetime said:
I see. Well mine were actually crawling, not hopping. They were walking normally in the nets for about 2 minutes until they got close to the water and then they just simply crawled out of the net and into the water without any sign of panic.
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Okay, then I'll be more specific...they had to crawl to the edge of the net, and then jumped back into the water. My point was they move quite quickly.

BTW, $1 per amano shrimp is a very good price. I paid quite a bit more ($5-7 Canadian?) per shrimp.
 
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I paid only 1$ (Canadian) each because they're on sale (til' Friday) at my LFS (Big Al's). Big Al's in Scarborough is by far the best LFS you can ask for. Therefore I'm 1000% sure they're Amanos. Pretty cool creatures. I'm gonna go buy 10-20 more before friday. Can't miss out, and I have 5 tanks to divide them into so I won't overstock :)
 
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