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Peaceful.
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Peaceful. Likes flow and fine floating food.
Powdered food and fine micro foods fed into the current.
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Unlike most shrimp, males are larger than females and have much chunkier front walking legs.
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Amphidromous: tiny larvae hatch and must develop in brackish to full sea water (lab larvae reached the juvenile stage at 17-34 ppt) before returning to fresh water, so it is practically never bred in home tanks.
Full breeding guide, day-by-day plan and simulator →A filter-feeding shrimp from fast Indo-Pacific streams that catches drifting particles with fan-like hands; it does not graze algae off surfaces.
Described by British naturalist George Newport in 1847, this shrimp lives in clear, flowing streams across the islands of the western Pacific. Its gentle, fan-feeding habit made it a favourite in aquariums, where it is often sold as the bamboo or Singapore flower shrimp.
First described by George Newport in 1847.
15 facts checked with sources
Valid name. WRONG-NAME FLAG: "Singapore flower / bamboo shrimp" in the trade can be either A. spinipes or A. moluccensis (De Haan, 1849, also valid in WoRMS); dealers mix them up. Invertebrate: atyid filter-feeding shrimp.
WoRMS/DecaNet: Atyopsis spinipes (Newport, 1847) · The Shrimp Farm: Bamboo Shrimp Care 101New value.
WoRMS/DecaNet: Atyopsis spinipes (Newport, 1847)Total length, max 7 cm (typical 4-5 cm). Legacy 8 cm may reflect A. moluccensis, which grows larger. Note the Bangladesh portal also says females are larger, which conflicts with The Shrimp Farm (males larger); its breeding text is also wrong (see breeding), so treat it with caution.
Freshwater Biodiversity Portal of Bangladesh: Atyopsis spinipes · The Shrimp Farm: Bamboo Shrimp Care 10171-82 °F = 21.7-27.8 °C.
The Shrimp Farm: Bamboo Shrimp Care 101Legacy upper 8 above source.
The Shrimp Farm: Bamboo Shrimp Care 101New value. KH 3-6.
The Shrimp Farm: Bamboo Shrimp Care 10120 US gal x 3.785 = 76 L. Also needs moderate-to-strong flow.
The Shrimp Farm: Bamboo Shrimp Care 101Perches in the current at any height; no swimming level stated.
The Shrimp Farm: Bamboo Shrimp Care 101New value.
Hamasaki, Tanaka & Dan 2024, Hydrobiologia 851: 2041-2052: larval performance of Atyopsis · The Shrimp Farm: Bamboo Shrimp Care 101 · Freshwater Biodiversity Portal of Bangladesh: Atyopsis spinipesLegacy says males smaller / females larger, the opposite of this source (the Bangladesh portal says females larger, so sources conflict).
The Shrimp Farm: Bamboo Shrimp Care 101Legacy agrees. The Bangladesh portal says young hatch as miniature adults; that contradicts the peer-reviewed larval study and is disregarded.
Hamasaki, Tanaka & Dan 2024, Hydrobiologia 851: 2041-2052: larval performance of Atyopsis · The Shrimp Farm: Bamboo Shrimp Care 101Legacy "Southeast Asia" is narrower than the species range.
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