Bamboo Shrimp

Please check the delivery dates below before placing your order.

Overview

Everything you need to know about Bamboo Shrimps, at a glance:

• Common Names: Fan Shrimp, Wood Shrimp
• Scientific Name: Atyopsis moluccensis
• Max Size: ~9cm
• Temperature Range: 24-28°C
• pH Range: 6.5-7.5
• Compatibility: Peaceful, great addition to river-style community aquariums; avoid keeping with predatory fish, even small varieties
• Plant Safe: Yes
• Area Of Origin: Maluku Islands, Southeast Asia
• Suitable Foods: Will use their 'fans' to filter micro-organisms from your water column, add tiny live/frozen foods such as baby brineshrimp and microworms directly in front of your filter outlet
• Special Requirements: Only add to large, river-style aquariums with lots of flow, provide lots of perching/hiding places in the form of rocks, wood, and dense vegetation, add small powerheads to increase water movement, sensitive to fluctuating water parameters, take caution when adding treatments/medications as many are not shrimp-safe, copper is toxic to shrimp even in tiny quantities, will moult regularly while growing (moults are translucent

How is this Bamboo Shrimp delivered?

All of our aquatic animals are dispatched from our livestock distributor and delivered directly to your door. Our distributor dispatches and delivers livestock packages on Wednesday and Thursday to avoid animals being in transit over the weekend.

After placing your livestock order, you will receive all the information needed to track your livestock order via email. If you have any problems regarding delivery, or concerns about the health/wellbeing of your animal(s) upon arrival, please contact us, Swell UK Ltd, immediately, or at least within 48 hours of receiving your livestock order.

Any other, non-livestock items that you purchase alongside livestock will be sent via standard or express delivery and arrive at your delivery address in a different package. This means that, depending on when you place your order, you may receive your non-livestock items before or after your livestock package.

For a detailed breakdown of when you can expect to receive your livestock package depending on the day you place your order, be sure to check the delivery details in the specifications below.

Above images for illustration purposes only. Exact colours, patterns, and size may vary between individuals.

Please note: The livestock that is sold on our online site is not held in store at our Swell shop, or available for collection from the shop. Species sold at our Swell store will differ from ones available to order to your door.