RCS Babies?

smokaah · 07-24-2012, 08:00 PM

I had a berried female RCS that I assume gave birth yesterday. My coworker witnessed it but the shrimplets look like little silver fish bugs...They do not resemble shrimp. They have antennas and legs but no visible shrimp tale. Also they are floating along on my Brazilian Pennywort on top of the water. They seem to not want to submerge.

Are these shrimp or bugs? I cannot get a close enough pic, they are very small. He swears he witnessed these things coming from the shrimp.

thanks.

Snowflake311 · 07-24-2012, 08:04 PM

The shrimp babies are so tiny you can hardly see them at first. Then they grow fast and look like tiny shrimp. At first they do look like bugs.

Thark · 07-24-2012, 08:21 PM

I'm no expert, but those sound like a bug and not little shrimp. I can't help you identify the bug, but I am pretty confident that you are not describing baby RCS.

**acitydweller** · 07-24-2012, 09:18 PM

new born shrimp are hardly visible the first week. they resemble their parents but at a 1000th scale and difficult to spot. Try to take a photo for us to ID.

diwu13 · 07-24-2012, 10:12 PM

Baby shrimp are very very tiny and look like minature replicas of the adults. However, when they are just born they are so tiny, that they could look like tiny silverfish.

**bitFUUL** · 07-24-2012, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acitydweller

... a 1000th scale and difficult to spot. Try to take a photo for us to ID.

ROFL

07-24-2012, 08:00 PM	#1
smokaah Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: York, Pa Posts: 354	RCS Babies? I had a berried female RCS that I assume gave birth yesterday. My coworker witnessed it but the shrimplets look like little silver fish bugs...They do not resemble shrimp. They have antennas and legs but no visible shrimp tale. Also they are floating along on my Brazilian Pennywort on top of the water. They seem to not want to submerge. Are these shrimp or bugs? I cannot get a close enough pic, they are very small. He swears he witnessed these things coming from the shrimp. thanks.

07-24-2012, 08:04 PM	#2
Snowflake311 Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: SL Tahoe , ca Posts: 884	The shrimp babies are so tiny you can hardly see them at first. Then they grow fast and look like tiny shrimp. At first they do look like bugs. __________________ 🐟20gal long planted tiger shrimp & RCS, 80gal planted discus community, 100gal SA cichlid delhezi, 7 gal planted crs, 20gal goldfish grow out.🌾

07-24-2012, 08:21 PM	#3
Thark Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 47	I'm no expert, but those sound like a bug and not little shrimp. I can't help you identify the bug, but I am pretty confident that you are not describing baby RCS. __________________ 55 gallon tank setup - shrimp tank?

07-24-2012, 09:18 PM	#4
acitydweller ओं मणिपद्मे हूं (View User Tanks) PTrader: (123/100%) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: New York, NY Posts: 6,038	new born shrimp are hardly visible the first week. they resemble their parents but at a 1000th scale and difficult to spot. Try to take a photo for us to ID. __________________ Namaste ओं मणिपद्मे हूं My life extends far beyond the limitations of me Keeper of the LIST

07-24-2012, 10:12 PM	#5
diwu13 Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (24/100%) Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Willimantic, CT Posts: 6,168	Baby shrimp are very very tiny and look like minature replicas of the adults. However, when they are just born they are so tiny, that they could look like tiny silverfish. __________________ ~~Fish~~ Shrimp tanks are like cups of coffee, one is never enough. ヽ（ﾟヮﾟ）ﾉ.・ﾟ｡・+☆ Twin 10G Shrimp Tanks & 20L Grow Out Tank*

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