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7 hours ago, rakka said:

Anyone know where I could get Amano in Australia

Welcome to SKFA.

Amano's would be difficult to get since you cannot import them. 

There might be some smuggled into the country, but they would be rare. And people might not want to volunteer that information.

You will have better luck looking for Caradina typus, which are similar to Amanos and are thankfully local to Australia.

Typus eat many types of algae and have been dubbed Australian Amano Shrimp.

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8 hours ago, jayc said:

Welcome to SKFA.

Amano's would be difficult to get since you cannot import them. 

There might be some smuggled into the country, but they would be rare. And people might not want to volunteer that information.

You will have better luck looking for Caradina typus, which are similar to Amanos and are thankfully local to Australia.

Typus eat many types of algae and have been dubbed Australian Amano Shrimp.

 

Yeah those sound like they'd be awesome. Can't find anything locally in GC yet though. We tried "feeder shrimp" from petbarn in our planted community tank but yeah didn't like how big and scary they were lol. I don't think they're the same "ghost shrimp" that's frequently mentioned online. Tried red cherries and they're amazing at cleaning plants in their own small tank but we have angels in our 4ft who seem to absolutely love hunting them down whenever we want to trial them in there.

ive also read that Darwin Algae Shrimp are good? They seem kinda similar to the one you mentioned too. Basically anything that works like a RCS but isn't as small is what we're trying to get our hands on haha

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