Amano vs Cherry Shrimp – Which is Better?

Find out which dwarf shrimp is my favorite for keeping in nano aquariums. 🦐

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0:00 Neocaridina shrimp vs. amano shrimp
0:26 Cost comparison
1:01 Appearance and size
1:36 Minimum tank size
2:22 Life span and hardiness
2:48 Water parameters
3:10 Diet and food preferences
3:36 Best algae eating capabilities
4:13 Tank mates for cherry shrimp vs. amano shrimp
5:26 Ease of breeding
6:44 Results: which is the best dwarf shrimp?

[GirlTalksFish]

*Which two animals should I compare in my next head-to-head matchup?*

[retsaoter]

Cherries for decoration. Amano for getting work done.

[Aurelia]

My Amano shrimp like to go on field trips around my house. Before I put a tight lid on my aquarium, I found my shrimp about 100ft away from his tank. He went down 2 flights of stairs! I picked him up, plopped him back in, and he’s still going strong 😂

[qq]

I have 5 amanos in a 20 gallon with 1 betta. They started to slack on cleaning even if I don't feed them that much. I added 2 black helmet nerites which instantly started to clean all the seiryu stone and make it look brand new. Then the shrimp started panicking, it was so funny, they instantly started eating green dust algae off the rocks too :D No glass/rock scraping needed, this crew makes my planted tank look natural, yet clean!

[Thegiddyowl]

So I started with 5 cherry shrimp - two red, two yellow, and one black, and now I have green cherry shrimp lol

[michaelfox]

Amano shrimp aren't available in my area. I ended up with 9 cherry shrimp as part of a private plant deal. The guy was selling live plant cuttings, but the minimum amount was $20 worth. I didn't need that much, so he offered to give me less cuttings plus the cherry shrimp for the $20. Two months later, I still have the cherry shrimp. We rarely see more than one or two at a time, but once we were thrilled to see a "shrimp parade" with 5 of them walking across the aquarium.

[iihhyut]

I’ve always wanted a cherry shrimp breeding tank that is heavily planted because their color looks amazing in front of the flourishing green plants

[jigokutsuushin]

I have both in the same tank with tetras.

Strangely enough, the Amanos are really shy and probably only come out when lights are off. Whereas the cherries are everywhere!

[hunterhusker]

I've had my amanos for 6 years now, and they are almost 3 inches long. They're absolute beasts.

[ratboyiscool]

Both of them are in my planted axlotol tank and they were the perfect addition. The Amano's tend to be more "intelligent" and avoid the axlotols better

[adelinelim]

huge fan of dward shrimp ♥ i love both but currently only have one amano shrimp that has been alive for at least 6 years including about 1 year without water food/filtration/maintenance.. When I was gonna clean out the tank (finally when I was getting out from the pits of depression) to sell it, I saw that one shrimp STILL ALIVE. Since she didn't give up, I decided to restart the tank and now Pepita the zombie apocalypse amano shrimp just shares a tank a betta :)

[MarkoUntitled]

Amano is simply amazing for keeping your tank clean. I had two of these lil' fellas in a 100 litre tank with a serious algea problem and within 3 weeks it was spotless. They got to all the places snails wouldn't touch and they did a much more detailed job.

[ula_la]

In December I bought my first 14 yellow golden back neocaridinas. Now I have about 40-50 adults and countless shrimplets.
5g tank... May start selling some soon 😉
They are fun creatures to watch.

[ilivefortropicalfish]

I love shrimp their so cute! My favourite is the red crystals.

[chrissy]

Can you so one on glass/ghost shrimp? It would be nice to see a video going in depth on this? As they aren't as popular, but are super cute and I wish there's be more videos ❤️👍 glass vs cherry shrimp. Shrimp head to head part two 👌

[jaz]

Yes I agree I like the Amano shrimp better, they just seem to have more character with their little legs always busy & on the go. I think they're prettier too, with their distinctive markings and bigger tail :)

[johannenslin]

I keep both Armanos and various red Cardina species, including Cherries. I keep them with various Danoi and Tetra species as well as with Mollies, Sword Tails, Guppies and Endlers. They breed like rabbits despite that some fish snack on babies. My tank is, however, heavily planted. I barely have any algae issues and both species do an excellent job keeping my 70 gal tank clean. Thanks for all your nice and informative videos, which I always enjoy watching. Regards, Johann from Centurion, South Africa

[chrisrusso]

Amanos are fascinating to watch eat. It’s like some type of farm equipment

[FreshDesignLLC]

Personally I tend to be more of a fan of Amano shrimp! But cherries are great to! Just they are usually used as more of a decoration for me.

[Aaron.Reichert]

I bought two Amano and I enjoy watching the 2 of them.
I bought a few neocardina, and now after giving away dozens I have several hundred across three tanks. And the colors that I'm getting have changed and diverged in separated populations that were all started with the same few shrimp.