Rcs question

[xfactor6699]

So mine are hiding I hope lol will they come out at night to eat and clean

 

[GoneFishing]

So mine are hiding I hope lol will they come out at night to eat and clean

How new to the tank are they??

 

[xfactor6699]

About 8 hours

 

[GoneFishing]

About 8 hours

Oh wow really new. It will take time, they are very shy creatures. This is why lush cover should be in the tank. It took about a day or two for my ghosts and amanos to venture out.

 

[xfactor6699]

So their hiding mostly because their new and not the fish or both

 

[GoneFishing]

So their hiding mostly because their new and not the fish or both

It might be the other fish, what else do you have?

 

[xfactor6699]

Bleeding hearts
Guppies
Har. Rasborias
Peppered corys
Neons
Dwarf gourami
Farlowella cats
Flying foxes

 

[GoneFishing]

Bleeding hearts
Guppies
Har. Rasborias
Peppered corys
Neons
Dwarf gourami
Farlowella cats
Flying foxes

Sorry for the late reply. I think the gourami might be an issue, I think they are food for them.

 

[xfactor6699]

Sorry for the late reply. I think the gourami might be an issue, I think they are food for them.

He's a dwarf and the shrimp are fairly big...atleast bigger than his mouth

 

[xfactor6699]

Once my rcs colony takes off how many can I keep and will I see them more

 

[mfdrookie516]

They'll still pick at them... I had kerri tetras trying to eat mine. When I first got mine, they instantly hid. I didn't see them for a couple weeks. Then they started coming out. Once one felt comfortable, they all did. My male apisto ate them all though

 

[xfactor6699]

They'll still pick at them... I had kerri tetras trying to eat mine. When I first got mine, they instantly hid. I didn't see them for a couple weeks. Then they started coming out. Once one felt comfortable, they all did. My male apisto ate them all though

I have 8 in a 55g with a lot of places to hide there are 2 that wonder around and no one seems to bother them they get close but then become uninterested and swim off I'm just wondering how many I can have in my tank

 

[dskidmore]

I see my RCS mostly at feeding time. I drop in a sinking food and come back 20 minutes later to watch them cluster around and eat. I keep a shrimp and snails only tank, so no-one steals their food or eats their young. I currently have 12 in a 2.5 gallon, the below pic was taken in my 75 gallon before I took that down.