🦐 Bamboo Shrimp (Atyopsis moluccensis)
🦐 Bamboo Shrimp (Atyopsis moluccensis)
Fan Feeder • Peaceful • Moderate Care
📋The Bamboo Shrimp is a unique and fascinating freshwater invertebrate known for its fan-like appendages, which it uses to filter microscopic food particles from the water column. Its brown-to-reddish coloration blends beautifully into natural aquascapes.
Completely peaceful, Bamboo Shrimp are best kept in community aquariums with gentle tankmates. They thrive in well-established tanks with good water flow and an abundance of suspended food particles.
Due to their filter-feeding nature, they should not be kept in newly set up tanks lacking a mature microfauna population.
💡 Highlights
🖐 Fan-Feeding Appendages – Unique way of eating
🪵 Natural Colors – Brown to reddish camo
💧 Peaceful Nature – Ideal for community tanks
🌊 Needs Flow – Position near filter outflow
🧠 Moderate Care – Best in mature aquariums
🧾 A Quick Look at the Bamboo Shrimp
📛 Common Name: Bamboo Shrimp, Wood Shrimp, Singapore Flower Shrimp
🔬 Scientific Name: Atyopsis moluccensis
👨👩👧 Family: Atyidae
🌍 Origin: Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines)
📏 Max Size: 10 cm (4 inches)
💧 pH Range: 6.5 – 7.5
🌡️ Temperature Range: 22 – 28°C (72 – 82°F)
🧠 Care Level: Moderate
💖 Temperament: Peaceful
🏠 Min Tank Size: 75 L (20+ US gallons)
📌 Tank Level: Bottom to mid-level, near filter outflow
🧬 Captive Bred: No
🌿 Wild Caught: Yes
⏳ Lifespan: 2 – 4 years
🍽️ Diet: Filter feeder – plankton, powdered foods, biofilm
🐣 Reproduction: Complex larval stage (requires brackish water)
