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Philosophos · 05-15-2009, 01:32 AM

I keep Yamato's just fine, and I've seen them eat almost everything save for green scale algae. Right now I actually have issues with brown diatom in the lower growth of H. micranthemoids on the side of the tank that a female A. hongsloi is spawned in. I used to have a little on the opposite side, but it's disappeared now that all 7 Yamato are stuffed in to that area.

I'm not sure why everyone here is having trouble with Yamato shrimp; I find that with regular water changes and reasonable parameters, they do just fine. pH in my tank swings between 6.2 and 6.8 day/night, KH is 4-5 right now, GH something like 7-8. I've heard of them being kept in far higher pH, or with less KH. If you can manage Yamato though, I've heard that CRS manage a better job when cleaning the tank. Might be worth looking in to.

-Philosophos

05-15-2009, 01:32 AM	#7 (permalink)
Philosophos Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 618 iTrader Ratings: 1 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 32150	Re: Do amano shrimp eat brown diatom algae? I keep Yamato's just fine, and I've seen them eat almost everything save for green scale algae. Right now I actually have issues with brown diatom in the lower growth of H. micranthemoids on the side of the tank that a female A. hongsloi is spawned in. I used to have a little on the opposite side, but it's disappeared now that all 7 Yamato are stuffed in to that area. I'm not sure why everyone here is having trouble with Yamato shrimp; I find that with regular water changes and reasonable parameters, they do just fine. pH in my tank swings between 6.2 and 6.8 day/night, KH is 4-5 right now, GH something like 7-8. I've heard of them being kept in far higher pH, or with less KH. If you can manage Yamato though, I've heard that CRS manage a better job when cleaning the tank. Might be worth looking in to. -Philosophos