Takashi Amano

was a professional Japanese track cyclist, photographer, designer, and aquarist. He founded Aqua Design Amano (ADA), a Japanese company that specializes in the design of aquariums and their production.

Amano was the author of ''Nature Aquarium World'' (TFH Publications, 1994), a three-book series on aquascaping, freshwater aquarium plants, and fish. He also published the book ''Aquarium Plant Paradise'' (TFH Publications, 1997).

A species of freshwater shrimp, the "Amano shrimp" or "Yamato shrimp" (''Caridina multidentata''; previously ''Caridina japonica''), was named after him. Amano discovered the species' ability to eat large quantities of algae. Amano ordered several thousand of them from a local distributor. They have since become widely used in freshwater planted aquariums.

Amano also developed a line of aquarium products under the [https://www.adana.co.jp/en/ Aqua Design Amano (ADA)] brand. His aquarium column, "Nature Aquarium," appeared in the monthly magazines ''Practical Fishkeeping'' and ''Tropical Fish Hobbyist''. He died of pneumonia in 2015 at the age of 61. Provided by Wikipedia