- Common Name(s)
- Vampire shrimp, african filter/giant/fan shrimp, cameroon fan shrimp, gabon shrimp, blue rhino shrimp
- Scientific Name
- Atya gabonensis
- Family
- Atyidae
- Origin
- West Africa and Northern South America
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Maximum Size
- 6 inches
- Minimum Tank Size
- 15 gallon
- Tank Setup
- They need a place to filter feed in the tank, and a cave to hide when they molt.
- Tank Region
- Bottom
- Diet
- Filter feeders, probably a similar feeding process to bamboo shrimp.
- Breeding
- Unknown.
- Compatibility
- With other peaceful, non-shrimp eating fish. They can be kept with smaller shrimp, they will not eat any of them.
- Ease of Keeping
- Intermediate
- Care
- pH: 6.5-8.5; Temperature: 75-82 Fahrenheit
By Citron - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6851468
They can be white, blue, or brown. They will be more blue in harder water, apparently.
They are very sensitive to ammonia and nitrite, as well as copper.
