Stoopid reply from me, but of course Amano are also Caridina.
You can't take the pedant out of the man !
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What happened to our obsession with the Amano shrimp?
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You can't take the pedant out of the man !
Personally I love them. Dont know why. I just find them great. I try to breed, have only succeeded once on the latest clutch, and even then only 3 made it to juvenile. But I love them, They grow to a great size too.
I enjoy shrimp in general. I've never been sure they did that much, but I just think they're cool. So I'm with you.
If you are a member of the AGA, there is a guy who did a great presentation on breeding Amanos. You can look at that, but if you have successfully raised them, you are probably already ahead of the game.
What's the AGA? I dont know it - I just went from a couple of videos, what little there is online, and trial and error
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I have now experienced Amanos eating my plants on two occasions. I know everyone says that they won't do this if your plants are healthy, and that's probably true, but when a plant is struggling a little bit and starts to show signs of stress, the Amanos eating it definitely don't help it bounce back 
The latest was some Alternanthera Reineckii that I took from a very overcrowded tank so it had some algae and was generally not in peak health. I cleaned them up and planted them in my tank. Within a couple days, my ~5 amano shrimp had started eating holes in the leaves that remained. At this point, I started a couple month long battle where I continually trimmed off holey leaves and kept my tank clean with lots of CO2. The plants were never able to recover because every time they put on new leaves, they were promptly munched. The other plants in the tank did just fine and grew out to peak health as usual after the initial cleanup, but the AR never could because of the constant damage.
Since this experience, I am soured on Amanos. I will stick with only Neo and Caridina dwarf shrimp going forward.
The latest was some Alternanthera Reineckii that I took from a very overcrowded tank so it had some algae and was generally not in peak health. I cleaned them up and planted them in my tank. Within a couple days, my ~5 amano shrimp had started eating holes in the leaves that remained. At this point, I started a couple month long battle where I continually trimmed off holey leaves and kept my tank clean with lots of CO2. The plants were never able to recover because every time they put on new leaves, they were promptly munched. The other plants in the tank did just fine and grew out to peak health as usual after the initial cleanup, but the AR never could because of the constant damage.
Since this experience, I am soured on Amanos. I will stick with only Neo and Caridina dwarf shrimp going forward.
