About Ebi Otaku

I'm Ebiotaku, an ornamental shrimp keeper and breeder based in Japan. This site is my attempt to build the world-class, multilingual reference for ornamental shrimp that I always wished existed.

Why this site exists

The English-speaking, Japanese-speaking, German-speaking, and Mandarin-speaking shrimp communities have all built remarkable but isolated knowledge bases. Ebi Otaku tries to bridge them — same data, six languages, structured so you can compare a Caridina dennerli care sheet across linguistic communities and have the same numbers come up.

Editorial policy

Every word on this site is written by a human — me. I do not use AI to draft species descriptions, glossary entries, or care guides. Translations into traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, German, and Korean are the hardest part: I'm trying to keep them native-quality, but I'm not a native speaker of those languages.

If you spot anything wrong — factually or linguistically — please tell me. Open a GitHub issue, email me, or DM. Corrections land in the next deploy.

Beyond the site

I also run hands-on shrimp keeping seminars and contribute to industry events that aim to grow the global community. These activities cost more than they earn, but I think they matter for the long-term health of the hobby.

Support the work

If Ebi Otaku has been useful to you, please consider supporting the project on Patron. Funds go directly to:

• Server, image hosting, and translation review costs
• Travel and venue costs for community seminars
• The time it takes to keep this site genuinely human-curated rather than auto-generated