Anamo shrimp eating my plants...

[Lithops]

I had noticed lately some damage on my echinodorus...Been a gardener by prefession I didn't panic and waited to see who was eating my favorite plant. I though at first it's was my snails, but I fanally find who really eat them...My anamo shrimps ! At first I though they  may be just append to be there so I pass a good 5 min at looking very closely to see them eating healthy pièces of my plant. I was so desapointed Now I will need to find a new home for those 2 shrimps.

Anyway I was wondering if that appened to somebody else, because I though they where safe shrimps to have in a planted tank.

[daworldisblack]

hmmm.. amano shrimps shouldn't eat plants unless the plants have parts that are dead.. do you see deficiencies in the plant on other leaves?

[exv152]

Do they have enough algae to feed on? If not, I would try supplementing their diet.

[Lithops]

I have a friend that said they did eat his plants too, so he started to feed them with wafers. It's was fine for a bit and start again to eat the plants. I was going to give them to my fater but they may eat his fern and bolbitis. I have a side of my tank that I always leave algae and a few leaf that as some too. Apparently it's not the one they like !

[Lithops]

And the plant they are eating is one of my healthess one

[exv152]

Just some suggestions; I would try different sinking pellets like algae wafers etc. I doubt they will eat the bolbitus or other harder leafed-plants like anubias as they're apparently not as tasty. Also, if you reduce the number of amanos you have that should help too by reducing the competition for food.

[lucius]

I have one amano shrimp that acts like a squirrel.  It will take a shrimp pellet and scurry up a plant and munch away on it.

[Lithops]

My firends was giving them algaes wafers and did work just for a bit. I have 2 anamo shrimps in my 65 gallons with cherry shrimps, endler, marble hatchet, snail, plants and more algaes then I would like to have. Still a lot of competion for food, but thanks god I only have to of them other wise I would have lost my echinodorus !