RESGuy's RCS Journal

[RESGuy]

February 19, 2007 1:37 PM
Shrimp UPDATE: That's right I have something shrimp related to update!! The guy that I am getting them from is shipping them tomorrow! I can't wait

Snail UPDATE: The eggs are all white now, except a new sac I found, so I have 4 egg sacs in the tank.

Picture UPDATE: 14 new pictures!

Egg pictures



Snail on the big rock

"Algae Rock" has no more algae after boiling it

The temperature dropped

The Aponogeton damn it gets big!

Snail on the Anarchis (which is also getting huge!)

A picture of the fish with the light off

Full tank shot no flash


Full tank shot with flash

Snail on Aponogeton

Snail and Anarchis roots

[frozenbarb]

looks nice man i think you full the tank up with water fully it looks lot nicer like that

[RESGuy]

Originally Posted by frozenbarb

looks nice man i think you full the tank up with water fully it looks lot nicer like that

Yeah I was just worried of the light setup getting wet but I'll fill it up anyways. Thanks for the reply

[RESGuy]

February 19, 2007 5:03 PM
Shrimp UPDATE: I went to PetSupermarket today and I couldn't resist getting some Ghost Shrimp for my tank and they were only 10 for $0.99 so I bought 10 and a few more guppies (he got them by mistake and didn't charge me). Now I know what you guys are thinking, don't worry they are only there temporoarily like the guppies, once my RCS come (soon!!!) then they are out, but they are so freaking awesome! I finally know what having shrimp is like! And one of them is quite large and the whiskers are really long! Well, as you can tell I am very excited, you can only imagine how excited I will be when I get my RCS!!!!!

Maintenance UPDATE:I also bought the Prime, it is a 1.7 OZ. bottle

Shrimp+Prime= $6.40 (Prime is pretty expensive...)

Pictures of the ghosties coming soon!!

[puddle_inc]

you have some healthy egg clutches it lookslike. they seem to not be cloud, and spots seem to be perfect color. you will have some healthy pond snails

[RESGuy]

Originally Posted by puddle_inc

you have some healthy egg clutches it lookslike. they seem to not be cloud, and spots seem to be perfect color. you will have some healthy pond snails

Thank you Glad to hear it from the Pond Snail expert

[A Hill]

Good to hear you're getting your shrimp! They're awesome!

-Andrew

[RESGuy]

Originally Posted by Fish Newb

Good to hear you're getting your shrimp! They're awesome!

-Andrew

Thanks man! I am uploading the pictures I just took, damn Ghost Shrimp are hard to catch on camera!

[RESGuy]

February 19, 2007 6:02 PM
Picture UPDATE:8 new pictures
Ghost Shrimp


Ghost Shrimp Swimming




Largest Ghost Shrimp


Full Tank Shot


The only thing I need now is to make a black background

And my RES was just begging for attention from his tank, so here he is

[Cydric]

So you broke down and bought some ghost shrimp, huh? After our talk today? lol. They look nice though. Can't beat the price of them either. I saw some places were selling them 3 for a $1.00 so you got a pretty good deal.

I hope the next update is of your RCS!

(very nice RES )

[~T~]

Nice ghosts, im sure they will help keep the snail population down.Do ghost shrimp prey on smaller shrimp.Like are they safe to keep when breeding others(RCS,CRS,BB etc).

Btw its a pity your across the pond, since you like snails I could have given you a couple of my purple striped apple snails.Theres one currently in my shrimp tank and they sometimes hitch rides on him, he doesnt seem to mind.Heres an older pic of one.

[A Hill]

Originally Posted by ~T~

Nice ghosts, im sure they will help keep the snail population down.Do ghost shrimp prey on smaller shrimp.Like are they safe to keep when breeding others(RCS,CRS,BB etc).

Generally its said don't house ghosts with smaller shrimp like CRS, RCS, BD, Snowballs... etc because they're scavangers and will eat young supposedly. I personally haven't witnessed them eating baby shrimp but I've seen them go after small things like copepods and snails. They're a really interesting shrimp though!

Your apple snails are gorgeous! Hopefully sooner or later I'll get a few over here!

-Andrew

[RESGuy]

Originally Posted by Cydric

So you broke down and bought some ghost shrimp, huh? After our talk today? lol. They look nice though. Can't beat the price of them either. I saw some places were selling them 3 for a $1.00 so you got a pretty good deal.

I hope the next update is of your RCS!

(very nice RES )

lol I know, we had that talk about them but, I didn't buy them as pets I just bought them because I want shrimp in the tank really badly! And to observe the Ghost behaviors so I at least know a little of how shrimp are before I get the RCS! lol And yeah I guess I did get a pretty good deal

(Thanks, he is an attention whore )

Originally Posted by ~T~

Nice ghosts, im sure they will help keep the snail population down.Do ghost shrimp prey on smaller shrimp.Like are they safe to keep when breeding others(RCS,CRS,BB etc).

Btw its a pity your across the pond, since you like snails I could have given you a couple of my purple striped apple snails.Theres one currently in my shrimp tank and they sometimes hitch rides on him, he doesnt seem to mind.Heres an older pic of one.

I am not planning on keeping the Ghosts in the tank with the RCS, I have heard that they do prey on baby RCS (And other dwarf shrimp babies) aswell as fry (I actually saw a ghost picking on a guppy fry in my tank lol

And thank you for the offer, it is too bad you live over in the U.K (or vice-versa) That is a very beautiful Apple Snail, it must be quite a sight to see the shrimp hitching a ride

Originally Posted by Fish Newb

Generally its said don't house ghosts with smaller shrimp like CRS, RCS, BD, Snowballs... etc because they're scavangers and will eat young supposedly. I personally haven't witnessed them eating baby shrimp but I've seen them go after small things like copepods and snails. They're a really interesting shrimp though!
-Andrew

Yeah that is what I have heard from various people, and besides I want this tank to be s species only tank (At least for now).

It is going to be really hard to get all those ghost shrimp/guppies out once the RCS come in!

February 20, 2007 5:15 PM
Snail UPDATE: Okay, I am starting to see how fast these pond snails actually breed! I found 5 more egg sacs today! I know of 10 that I can actually see/I have found but who knows how much are actually in the tank! The sac on the glass (the one in the picture) is being picked on by some of the guppies (mainly the fry) but it seems alright for now, if they eat it I won't be very heart broken

Food UPDATE: I dropped in half of a Reptomin stick into the tank after seeing a topic on this earlier (by ~T~ I think) and everyone loved it! In a matter of second the guppies and ghost shrimp were fighting over it and they dragged it all over the tank taking it away from each other in an epic battle over the Reptomin lol I think I will add this to my RCS diet.
Current Food List:
Tetramin Tropical Flakes
100 % Spirulina Powder (donated by Neonshrimp)
Spinach Shrimp Food (donated by frozenbarb)
Reptomin
Blanched Spinach (suggested by Fish_Newb)
Algae
Other micro-organisms/beneficial bacteria

That's all for now!

[RESGuy]

February 21, 2007 4:41 PM
Shrimp UPDATE: The ghost shrimp are helping cut down on some snail eggs They demolished the one in the pictures because it is basically the most visible (on the glass in the front of the tank) and I got a picture as well as a small video of a ghost eating the eggs. Only 2 eggs are left in there I don't mind I had 14 egg sacs last I counted! (yesterday). On the RCS news, bad news, I have to wait ANOTHER week for the shrimp The seller has to wait for the PayPal payment to clear, which may take up to a week. So good thing I bought the Ghosts to entertain me ... tomorrow will be 1 month since I have had the tank setup/started this journal!

Maintenance UPDATE: Today I did a 25% WC to the tank and dosed 2 drops of Prime into the new water (as directed on bottle). All seems fine with the guppies, snails, and Ghost Shrimp.

Picture UPDATE: 12 new pictures and 2 new videos.
Ghost eating and destroying snail eggs


Ghost on the big black rock

Ghost behind an Aponogeton leaf

Ghost by the Sponge Filter outtake (strong current there)



Full tank shot

Red Banded Ghost Shrimp on the big black rock



Swimming Ghost Shrimp

Ghost Shrimp eating eggs (the camera gets out of focus when I film the tank)

Another video of the tank

I took these yesterday (those videos take forever to put on PhotoBucket!!!)

[frozenbarb]

hi could you post pics of ur turtle tanks? i wanna see how big the turtle is =D
o yea you should put some duckweed in the turtle tank they like those stuff.

atfer ur done with the ghost shrimps they going in with the turtles correct?
man watching turtles eating are cool i had baby ones before but i was very lazy