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jamzwayne said:
Hey Timm,

How big do Amano's get? Are they about the same size as Ghosts?

...and how did you get those pictures so pretty and clear? Did you take em?
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Sorry for the delay, I don't come in here much.

The females will get up to 2" long, and can be identified by a taller and thicker "chest" than the males, who only get 1-1.5" long. Bigger by far than ghosts.

I took the Amano pic, but the ghost came from someone else's website. I use a Sony Digicam 1.3MP, with "Macro" turned on and a polarizing filter. I need a better camera. :(
 
Timmain42 said:
Sorry for the delay, I don't come in here much.

The females will get up to 2" long, and can be identified by a taller and thicker "chest" than the males, who only get 1-1.5" long. Bigger by far than ghosts.

I took the Amano pic, but the ghost came from someone else's website. I use a Sony Digicam 1.3MP, with "Macro" turned on and a polarizing filter. I need a better camera. :(
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No Problem.

Your camera is better then mine...And for my Ghost shrimp...they are about an inch and a half, and the others are even smaller...the larger ones have under their bellies, what looks like eggs.

I would just like to get some good pics of em to verify that.
 
A few months ago I visited the temporary location for the California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium (its normally in Golden Gate park, currently remodeling)

Anyway, they had a large freshwater tank with Amano shrimp in it.

One of them, (obviously a female because of her eggs) was GIGANTIC! She was nearly 3" long and FAT. I was amazed, I sooo wish I had remembered my camera.
 
Yeah, there are the occasional monster Amano females. None of mine are old enough to be that size yet, but I am waiting. There are two at the Fish Gallery in Dallas that are about that size now. I don't know how old they have to be to get that size tho...
 
There's probably 45-50 Amanos in that tank @ FG. At least two are the big females, and there's probably more who aren't mature yet. They won't sell you one (I've tried, and hard!) but you can usually see the ladies if you wait for a few minutes.

http://www.thefishgallery.com/

Go in the door, turn left and go to the show room. They should only have one plant tank left. It's hard to miss.
 
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