I-like-Ghost-shrimp-because-they-get-pretty-big,-have-very-long-antenae,-and-have-a-more-open-extended-shape-than-most-other-fresh-water-shrimp-have.

Only-pretty-big-fish-would-eat-these,-and-they-can-only-catch-the-smallest-and-weakest-of-fish.....I-guess-from-your-post-that-they're-not-as-desirable-as-the-other-kinds.........I-like-them-though.

They-went-from-10-for-a-dollar-to-4-per-dallar-here-at-my-aquarium-store.....I-have-heard-they-can-be-up-to-a-dollar-each,-but-that-would-be-expensive-for-feeder-shrimp.

For color Red Cherry shrimp are GREAT at creating some red contrast in your aquarium. They are costly though. The Pet store I visited yesterday wanted $7 a piece, which I think is nuts.

A commonly overlooked shrimp in the aquarium trade is the amano (japonica/algae eating) shrimp. They are some of the best algae eaters/cleaners you will find. My profile picture over there <---- features one in my 16gal.

I realized awhile back I had a growing hair algae problem (pun intended) I went out and got some amanos. Keep in mind I have hundreds of snails and several oto's in my tank. After adding the amanos the hair algae disappeared. They're a good bottom-dwelling cleanup crew, and do not eat plants as some people suggest, usually catching the blame for something else in the owners tank.
Lastly they're cheaper than Cherry Red's. The same store I went to yesterday wanted I believe $1-2.50 for them.

Awhile back when I first started checking out the idea of shrimp in the aquarium I purchased several "Crystal Red Shrimp" from a store I no longer go to. They were nearly $8, and I was told they looked like cherry reds because they were juvenile. They were ACTUALLY cherry reds. Yeah so, I wasn't really imprsesed with them even though they have the most stock variety in the area. They really pissed me off. The cherry reds in their ''cherry red'' tank were $4 at the time.

Anyway to get to my point...Crystal Red shrimp are also great, but are even more spendy than cherry reds.

I think ghost shrimp are hideous (at least the last pair I got was) but they can be some fun to watch like any other shrimp when they lock their little claws and play/fight over a piece of food.

i have TONS of amano shrimp in my goldfish pond... sometimes i see the birds picking them off of the water's surface... it's an infestation... i need to throw in a koi to eat them all...


another shrimp that is always overlooked is the bamboo river shrimp... those are my favorite... i have a couple of those in several tanks... they're huge and filter out small particles from the water current...