These guys 4 of them live with my goldfish. There called Wood Shrimp or Flower shrimps.

There great big shrimps about 4-5" long and clean just about anything. The goldfish dont even notice them in the tank......

thats neat. do you have use a gal rule when you add to a tank with gf. where do you find them? bet you have to have a top on your tank with them rascals

i have been looking into buying shrimp this week and
saw some fancy pink color ones.But they were like 6$ each

that is sooo cool! i wish i could find some of those around here. the only ones i ever see are ghost shrimp. and theyre sold as feeders. im gonna do a little research on them and see if theyre compatible with any of my set-ups.

thanks for sharing that! youve definitely sparked my interest!

I found them at my LFS PetCo. They were the only ones that had them
I had to go to two different ones since the first one had an attack of ICH, and wouldnt let me have the shrimp. They cost me about $5.00 each, but there great guys, they like the Temp of 75-78F and thats what my tanks run one of the tanks doesnt even have a heater

The eat the little particles in the tank by holding up there claws which have like furr on them and they catch food that way or they can pick the food off of plants.

"Survive in aquariums: Yes
Survive in warm ponds: Not recommended
Survive in cold ponds: No
Plant eating capacity: Low
Algae eating capacity: Low for surface algae, high for suspended algae

The wood shrimp is a great shrimp. Wood shrimp are Atyopsis species such as Atyopsis moluccensis and may also be called Singapore shrimp or bamboo shrimp. They are unique in that they grow up to three inches, live longer, and are filter feeders. They have two pairs of feathery appendages to collect suspended algae and microorganisms. Wood shrimp need temperatures in the mid-70's F to mid 80's F and cannot tolerate cold. Our local aquarium store has them in a 200 gallon completely planted tank at 80 degrees F. This is an ideal home for them. They will not do well in small tanks without a lot of suspended foods. Wood shrimp are so named because they blend in with driftwood. They have a dark stripe down their wood-colored body. They can change colors within the brown, yellow-brown, and orange-brown area of colors to match their surroundings.

One aquarist has 6 wood shrimp in a 150 gallon tank and provided the following information. Some of the tank statistics include 83 degrees F; web/dry filtration, UV sterilization; live and fake plants, rocks, driftwood; pH 6.9, GH 4, KH 1; 7 discus, 6 angels, 10 cories, 1 dwarf pleco; 33% weekly water change, 5% mid-week water change; feeds flake, spirulina disks, and live foods. One of the shrimp is larger and a deep and bright orange. This one stands on top of the other shrimp and travels all over the tank, and is therefore, most likely a male. At least three of the duller shrimp carry eggs that are bright red-orange under their bodies. The females fan the eggs which fade in color as they mature. The shrimp are elusive but females with eggs seem to more vigorously and boldly eat off things growing on the driftwood."

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/shrimp2.htm#wood

No wonder I haven't seen you much...lol I think those shrimp are pretty cool! I've heard of the bamboo shrimp/wood shrimp-I didn't realize that any of the shrimp got that big! Maybe we'll see them live on your web cam? Which tank did you put them in? Congrats!!

I have two of them in my 45 gal tank and two of them in my 36 gal tank. So I have 4 of them in total. There great to watch but sometimes very hard to find. In the 45 gal tank with my wood in there its almost impossible to find them

I like your shrimp! I am looking for something about that size that eats algae like the cherry and amano shrimp... I read that the amano shrimp reach 2" but my largest one is barely 1"

that is really cool i wish they sold them around here. who thought shrimp could be so cute!

Those are really neat!

Jenn

those are awesome, wish i could find some. <_< *envy lol

Those are some neat animals, Koko!! Never before saw anything besides ghost shrimps, and they ended up in the goldies stomach within a week!
I see how you sneak swimming things into your tank without it being actually a fish, so Ric can't say anything about it. His rule is - no more goldies, but those guys are not goldies!! Smart move!!

Hehe.....See I can find ways of getting what I want

YEah there great one of them got out of my tank the other day

I was pulling out a intake and I guess I didnt see him and I heard a Plump in the floor and there he was. Hubby was kind enough to get him up for me