Common Names: Pilipes Shrimp/Green Lace Shrimp

Scientific Name: Atyoida Pilipes

Availability in the UK: Not very available anywhere, it seems. Not much information to be found on them, either. Some people say that only females are imported as they are larger.

Overview: This is a really cool shrimp, which varies from a mottled gold to a dark blue.

Feeding: The Atyoida Pilipes filters the water, using 4 fan-like hands that it holds out and catches food with. Because of this, the A. Pilipes needs a very mature tank, with established microscopic animals, microalgae and other microscopic foods for them to catch. If your shrimp is picking food up from the bottom of the tank it means their isn't enough food or water flow for them to feed properly. Try adjusting the filter output and target feeding by dropping crushed food into he flow.

Sexing: Not easy. Females may be bigger.

Breeding: Not yet done in captivity. Needs brackish through to saltwater conditions for the babies to survive.

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