Whisker Shrimp
Macrobrachium lanchesteri
Difficulty (1-5): 3/5
Description
Long-clawed shrimp frequently mis-sold as a ghost shrimp. Genuinely predatory - it will take sleeping fish and other shrimp.
Water test requirements
- pH: 6.5 – 8
- Temperature: 22 – 28 °C
- General Hardness (GH): 5 – 20 °dGH
- Carbonate Hardness (KH): 2 – 15 °dKH
- TDS: 150 – 450 ppm
- Nitrate (NO3): ≤ 25 mg/L