GoldeenTrix9898
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I recently had a tragic incident where I housed RCS with macrobrachium shrimp that I thought were ghost shrimp. As you may have guessed, the macros devoured my RCS. I have decided to try again, and this time I hope to be able to at least keep the ones I buy alive. Breeding isn't really important since they are being housed with rasboras and a Betta. The Betta is extremely laid back and doesn't care about the snails or the shrimp,but he's a glutton and will probably eat the baby shrimp.
Anywho, I drip acclimated them two days ago and they seem to be doing fine. They ignore the algae wafers I put in there and prefer to munch on my hornwort. Yesterday I noticed a few molted shells and so I assumed that they liked the water. Today however I noticed something funky. These are rather low grade RCS and weren't very bright red when I got them. They had only a light dusting of red, some were even brownish red. But today, they were all a vivid crimson. Like seriously, a very sharp red color. A few of them also developed a lighter strip of pink going down the centre of their backs. Their entire body is red and their bellies where no longer clear.
What the heck is going on? I heard that a bright red color means happy cherry shrimp, but that's a bit too drastic for comfort. Am I just being paranoid? Or is something wrong?
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Anywho, I drip acclimated them two days ago and they seem to be doing fine. They ignore the algae wafers I put in there and prefer to munch on my hornwort. Yesterday I noticed a few molted shells and so I assumed that they liked the water. Today however I noticed something funky. These are rather low grade RCS and weren't very bright red when I got them. They had only a light dusting of red, some were even brownish red. But today, they were all a vivid crimson. Like seriously, a very sharp red color. A few of them also developed a lighter strip of pink going down the centre of their backs. Their entire body is red and their bellies where no longer clear.
What the heck is going on? I heard that a bright red color means happy cherry shrimp, but that's a bit too drastic for comfort. Am I just being paranoid? Or is something wrong?
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