Green Lace Filter Shrimp (Atyopsis pilipes)
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* For the safety of our animals, we now ship this shrimp exclusively via UPS Next Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS Next Day Air as a shipping option during checkout *
The Green Lace Filter Shrimp is a fascinating larger shrimp whose coloration is highly unique and variable!
The Green Lace Filter Shrimp (Atyopsis pilipes) is a close relative to the Singapore Flower/Bamboo Shrimp (Atyopsis moluccensis) and has identical care requirements, but is much more rare. This completely peaceful shrimp can be kept in just about any nano or planted aquarium and is no threat to dwarf shrimp. It has a highly variable coloration, including nearly clear overall coloration with spots similar to Amano Shrimp, but it is most commonly a marbled green or green-blue.
The Green Lace Filter Shrimp is a filter feeding shrimp and will position itself in areas of highest water flow and use its filtering appendages to pull microorganisms and other fine food items from the water. In aquariums with multiple specimens, it is fun to see several of these shrimp gathered in one area feeding together. This species is completely safe for dwarf shrimp aquariums, but it does not tolerate temperatures as low as most dwarf shrimp can tolerate.
This shrimp is known as a low-form spawner, meaning that its fry go through several complex larval planktonic stages in a wide variety of water conditions. As a result, large-scale spawning in captivity has not yet been reported.
- A rare alternative or companion to Bamboo Shrimp (aka Singapore Flower Shrimp)
- Completely peaceful with non-aggressive tankmates, including dwarf shrimp
- Safe with all plants
- Variable and attractive coloration
- Minimum tank size: 10 gallons
- Temperature: 70° - 78° F (21° - 25.5° C)
- pH: 6.5 - 7.5
- dGH: 6 - 15
- dKH: 3 - 10
- TDS: 100 - 400
- Diet: Omnivorous filter feeder and scavenger. Accepts most high quality flake foods and small filter foods. Weaning to dry food is more likely with groups of this shrimp.
- Aquatic Arts Snowflake Premium Shrimp Food & Aquatic Arts Pollen Granules Premium Shrimp Food are excellent supplements to the diet of any shrimp. Give them a try and your shrimp will thank you for the tasty treat!
- Natural Botanicals are a great way to boost the immune system of your shrimp and they will also provide lots of essential biofilm for the shrimp to graze on.
- Social behavior: Peaceful. Can be kept singly but will also happily congregate in groups
- Origin: Southeast Asia
- Average adult size: 3 inches (8 cm)
- Average purchase size: 1 - 2.5 inches (2.5 - 6.4 cm)
For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with 2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air.
UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.
Shipping Schedule for this service
Current Handling Time:
1-9 business days
Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.
Shipping Rate
Pricing is by size of package needed to fill entire order and distance it must travel. It will be calculated at checkout.
