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Baby RCS!

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its so amazing to see these babies. I semi posted to show people what RCS looked like since there are always questions on what they look like. Sorry i couldnt get a clearer shot i only have a point and shoot.

but ya i waited 6 months for this since the first 4 months i couldnt even keep my RCS alive till this:)
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sweet deal!
mine are still microscopic and flying about on the glass. I have noticed that some have grown large enough for me to identify a tail though. It's really quite fascinating for any live animal to breed under your captivity (except for maybe guppies, I somehow find that kind of monotonous and boring).
mine are still microscopic and flying about on the glass. I have noticed that some have grown large enough for me to identify a tail though. It's really quite fascinating for any live animal to breed under your captivity (except for maybe guppies, I somehow find that kind of monotonous and boring).
i agree. this is so interesting on how im basicly starting a "city" i provide the light/food/landscape and such.

my friend ask me how i feel playing "god" but i guess i am some what.
Baby RCS

cute babies and awesome pic! What are those plants in the background?
cute babies and awesome pic! What are those plants in the background?
they started out as HC, but for some reason the longer i grow them the bigger more bushy bigger leaves they are. i think i got a mutant kind. Not what i expected

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Mutant HC taking over the world one tank at a time.

Great picture, I think its as accurate as it gets to show how many pop out of nowhere!

Nice tank as well, that rock looks different!

-Andrew
oh man next to the sink? water changes must be awesome to do.
Omg! got any more pics of your tank?? I love the look of all the "bushes"

Very cool!
Very nice, thanks for the pictures. I too just had a RCS population boom, isn't it great?!
oh man next to the sink? water changes must be awesome to do.
they are! one of the reasons i put them there. I also have a dwarf puffer tank on teh other side. I love it water changes and adding water is a breeze.

Omg! got any more pics of your tank?? I love the look of all the "bushes"

Very cool!
those bushes are unintentional. Those pushes started out as small HC plants i planted there but instead of spreading they just grew all bushy and bigger idk what happened to them must be the actinic light. below is a pic from when i first planted it sorta.

Very nice, thanks for the pictures. I too just had a RCS population boom, isn't it great?!
oh yes im very very happy. This is my first population boom. I had problems keeping them alive for 4 months. I finally found out why 2 months ago and now im ready for shrimp city!

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Between the healthy coloring in your plants and the shrimp babies I would say that your tank gets an A+ for balance ! Great job... :thumbsup:
My CRS tank is in my bathroom easy water changes :).

Congrats on your shrimplets! Keep in mind even with a sponge filter, it seems shrimplets still wind up in your filter. I found some in 2 days, back to back. So I got an empty filter bag with no carbon and wrapped that around my HOB intake. Lets see if it will work.
I had problems keeping them alive for 4 months. I finally found out why 2 months ago and now im ready for shrimp city!
I too had problems in the beginning due to temperature but I was able to take care of it with a heater and a fan to maintain a constant steady temperature.

Do you mind me asking what problem you had and how you solved it?
Between the healthy coloring in your plants and the shrimp babies I would say that your tank gets an A+ for balance ! Great job... :thumbsup:
thx!! means alot

My CRS tank is in my bathroom easy water changes :).

Congrats on your shrimplets! Keep in mind even with a sponge filter, it seems shrimplets still wind up in your filter. I found some in 2 days, back to back. So I got an empty filter bag with no carbon and wrapped that around my HOB intake. Lets see if it will work.
i did find one shrimp but that was my fault i forgot it sucked one in when i had teh filter on trying to clean teh sponge. Ive been checking the filter about once a week but not for shrimp. The canister is making funny noises and i have to take it apart and wash it out for some reason.

I too had problems in the beginning due to temperature but I was able to take care of it with a heater and a fan to maintain a constant steady temperature.

Do you mind me asking what problem you had and how you solved it?
ya. im pretty new to this planted tank thing. I tried to do as much research as i could but i guess i got alot of miss information. i was told to do 2-3 bubbles per second for my 20 gallon. Well i guess that was to much and killed all my shrimp constantly. Finally i figured out why the shrimp only comes out at night out of the moss(night when everything is off only LED on) they were dying of Co2 poisoning.

i wish i could redo my tank again. Now since there is so many babies and such i dont want to take my plants out risking killing some of them. I would love to put another pack of substrate in there so i could have more dept or levels in the tank. With the success of this tank finally i want to start another tank for CRS and do it the way i want. I still got 20 lbs of seriyu stones left:eek:
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20lbs!!! I don't suppose u would sell some to some one. specifically me ;) lol

Anyway, that is a beautiful tank and yes, please do change that light. I have a saltwater coralife that I just switch with plant growing bulbs. They are great! Esspecially since your using pressurized co2.

btw, is that a 20 gal tank?

Man I wish I had a spar sink where I can put my tanks on. That is awesome! I carry 5 gallon buckets around the house when I have to change the water. I guess its like training.
Hehehe I wouldn't mind buying some rock as well :).
woah! Where did you get the seriyu stone!?!? I'm looking to start up a new tank soon and I need rocks xD
ha

no im not selling any of my rocks. Sorry guys. I was going to and i took pictures of it one day to sell then i realized how pretty they were and how well you cant find them anymore! i got 20 lbs left cause i stocked up on them when they were for sale 6 months ago:)
double dang. did u get them from screename? i wish i had some money back then to get some then. oh well good luck with shrimp city!

time to see if i can get some rocks like that locally or some knock offs in home depot
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