My RCS setup

[Hamza]

Hello everyone,

Wanted to share a fun little setup I have been running for a while now.

I must mention that I am no pro shrimp keeper/breeder by any means. I like RCS and a few extra home bred shrimps come in handy for my other planted tanks. Thats basically why I keep them.

Its a
-15x12x12in(roughly 30l)
-filtered by a big sponge filter
-aquasoil substrate
-a couple of extra crypts from other tank
-a couple of driftwood pieces
-It has easily over 100 shrimps
-I change about 80% water weekly(2x40%)

I dedicated this tank to shrimps back in january this year when the population in community setup was declined to barely 6 RCS. Since then this is second generation of shrimps. Sometimes I do think about culling to improve the strain but couldnt do that yet full fledged.


A FTS

shrimps feasting on flakes..

one of the older generation adults

A bug that appeared out of nowhere into this setup. Very amusing to watch it swim, doesnt seem to prey on shrimps, I wonder how is it alive?

a close-up

Some old pictures from February..

You can see a mosquito larve enjoying algae wafer along weth shrimps, yep I have all sorts of critters in this tank.

Best shrimp in my lot

I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Cheers!
Hamza

 

[allan angus]

nice photos thanks for sharing

 

[Ryan Thang To]

Very nice. I like the colours

 

[Edvet]

Love the FTS,looks intriguing.

 

[kirk]

Is that a water boatman? If it is it must like your tank as I think they can fly.

 

[Nathaniel Whiteside]

Nice. Maybe the water boatman will be feeding on the mosquito larvae that's behind the smallest shrimp in the fourth to last photo? Although they apparently prefer algae and plants.

 

[Hamza]

Thank you all for viewing, liking and appreciating it!

Here are a couple of shots feasting on blanched spinach

 

[kirk]

Is that popeye I see in the middle.

 

[sciencefiction]

Your shrimp are spoiled

 

[Greenfinger2]

HI Hamza, Fab shrimp photos How the Water boat man Doing

 

[AverageWhiteBloke]

Sometimes I do think about culling to improve the strain but couldnt do that yet full fledged.

I think I read somewhere that culling of shrimp and selective breeding has little or no impact on the offspring of RCS. Really nice coloured shrimp will just have a whatever looking young it has so in effect you're not "fixing" a strain more just killing the ones you don't like the look of which doesn't sound nice however you look at it. Nice photos and shrimp though, really good photography.