WHO IS COOLER?!
Voting ended onFeb 12, 2024
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BEE SHRIMP (Caridina cantonensis)
AKA: nicknames vary based on morph
just like cherry shrimp, these guys are highly diverse and well loved in the aquarium keeping community, as they boast all kinds of beautiful patterns and colors! these highly social creatures feel safer in large colonies, so they love to have tons of friends! for an interesting fact, bee shrimp are mainly nocturnal due to 1: their wild instinct of wanting to avoid predators while they graze, and 2: algae being generally most nutritious and bountiful around dusk, since they grow throughout the daytime. however, bee shrimp in captivity seem to drop this schedule and will just graze whenever they wish.
VAMPIRE SHRIMP (Atya gabonensis)
AKA: african fan shrimp, african filter shrimp, african giant shrimp, blue rhino shrimp, gabon shrimp, cameroon fan shrimp
despite what you may think from their name, these shrimp aren't known for being aggressive at all, and are quite the gentle giants! they get along with many dwarf shrimp quite well, and housing both species in one aquarium can lead to some cute photos of their drastic size difference, like the one shown above! they come in all sorts of colors, mainly cream, dark brown, and deep blue, and more rarely pink, purple, and green- and are even known for changing color under certain water conditions- some change several times in just one year!
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reblog for more shrimp frying rice! this is part of an ongoing bracket tournament known as the Sas Shrimp Tournament, which will finally decide which shrimp is the absolute coolest of them all!
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