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ste Posted: 6-18-2008 22:24

 Hi all,

We recently added 4 amano shrimp into our tank and have a query about 1 of them.

When we bought them they were all the same size, but the 1 is now near enough double the size of the others and i'm now unsure if it is an amano could somebody confirm if it is or not?

 

 

If it is, is it normal for them to grow at different rates?

200L Amazon Tank - 2 x Bristlenose Plec, 5 x Neon Tetra, 3 x White Tip Rosy Tetra, 2 x Golden Pristella Tetra, 1x Glowlight Tetra, 2 x Male Guppies, 4 x Amano Shrimp, 2 x Atya Shrimps, 2 x Rainbow Fish, 6 x Harlequin Rasbora, 5 x Black Harlequin Rasbora and 1 x Peppered Cory.

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Male
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POTM July 3rd

 Yes it's an amano!

Females grow to twice the size of the males.

Don't worry!

1xTrigon 190
3 Clown Loaches,14 Cardinal Tetras,8 Rummynose Tetras,6 Cory Trileneatus,6 Hatchetfish,4 otocinclus,1 SAE,1 Bristlenose,, 10 amano Shrimp

Anubius Barteri,Crinum thianum,Limnophilia sessiflora, Echinodorus Blehri, nymphaea lotus, Ammania Senegelis, Crinum calimustratum, java moss,

1xRekord 60
Empty at Present

12 litre tank -  4 japonica shrimp, 4 Red crystal shrimp, 5 High Spot Rasbora

Anubias Barteri, Glossostigma Elatanoides, Ammania Senegalisis, Limnophilia Sessiflora, Bacopa amplexicaulis

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Male
Posts 184

Thanks Dave Smile 

I thought it may just have been a greedy little sod !

200L Amazon Tank - 2 x Bristlenose Plec, 5 x Neon Tetra, 3 x White Tip Rosy Tetra, 2 x Golden Pristella Tetra, 1x Glowlight Tetra, 2 x Male Guppies, 4 x Amano Shrimp, 2 x Atya Shrimps, 2 x Rainbow Fish, 6 x Harlequin Rasbora, 5 x Black Harlequin Rasbora and 1 x Peppered Cory.

Top 25 Contributor
Male
Posts 2,915
POTM July 3rd

 no probs mate - i thought the same when I first started keeping 'em.Wink

1xTrigon 190
3 Clown Loaches,14 Cardinal Tetras,8 Rummynose Tetras,6 Cory Trileneatus,6 Hatchetfish,4 otocinclus,1 SAE,1 Bristlenose,, 10 amano Shrimp

Anubius Barteri,Crinum thianum,Limnophilia sessiflora, Echinodorus Blehri, nymphaea lotus, Ammania Senegelis, Crinum calimustratum, java moss,

1xRekord 60
Empty at Present

12 litre tank -  4 japonica shrimp, 4 Red crystal shrimp, 5 High Spot Rasbora

Anubias Barteri, Glossostigma Elatanoides, Ammania Senegalisis, Limnophilia Sessiflora, Bacopa amplexicaulis

Top 500 Contributor
Male
Posts 93

Ditto, same problem, same conclusion. Looks like I've a good mix of males and females then... Huzzah !

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 Yes we had some quite big ones before the shrimps disaster in our tankSad

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