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I got a few sponges algueing up (is that a word?) in my swamp/bog tank outside right now. There starting to green up pretty good.

Thanks for your $0.02 and let us know how long it takes for them to naw it clean...lol
Rick

Well then I better stock up while I can. It gets pretty frozen up here from november till march. Might get a couple 35 gallon garbage cans, 1 for treated water (wc) and 1 for old decomposing wood and run an airrater from the bottom of the log container. They munch till i figure thev'e eatten most of...

I went to the local backwaters of the Hudson river to collect some plant and driftwood...I also pick up some old decomposing tree branches from the bottom. This area is a combination of sand and silt and I collected everything near a colvert that brings clear water flowing to the area.I have the pla...

Hey everyone, I think I got it!! I can tell the difference between the males and females. My juvenile RCS are maturing enough now that I can see the saddles on the females. There are still some I think are to small to sex but I think I got about 12 females and 5 males. Hopefully I'll be over run by ...

Thanks for the picts Suzie..Wish my camera took such nice pictures, I have a Canon PowerShot A75...It was a hand me down from ma'ma...An Ebay queen. Well all I can do is wait now till my babies start to grow-up and hopefully become daddies. The good thing is I'll know they came from two different ge...

Thanks all, I think I got the male, female parts down now..The main thing I think to look at is to see if the females "skirt" hangs down even or below her swimmerettes, I'm still now sure of what the saddle looks like becuse when they eat it make a spot behind there head and down there dig...

Well I guess the verdict is in...Guilty of have an all female RCS tank...lol Ok...Now that we know that...Can I add all my baby RCS to the the adult RCS tank without the females killing the babies..There all between 3/16th and a 1/2 inck long..Both my tanks are at 74 degrees with slightly hard water...

Thank you Suzie. I wasn't sure what the saddle of the females looked like for sure but you might have solved that now...But some seem to be a translucent red more than the bright red of the one I thought was the female. Another question...do shrimp have to copulate (have sex) every time they get ber...

Here are my shrimp and tanks... LFS RCS Tank... http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x269/Beast1961/EddiesAdultCherries.jpg Ghost shrimp in pond water tank.. http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x269/Beast1961/GhostBabyTank1.jpg Ebay baby RCS.. http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x269/Beast1961/BabyTank1...

Thanks for all the answeres...Yes I do use a conditioner on all my water changes and I use it in my rinse bucket to dip my leaves and anything else I introduce into my tanks...It's from Aqueon and is called "Water Conditioner", "Nuteralizes clorine and cloramine in tap water and helps...

Hi everyone and glad to meet you all, I've been reading all of your threads and decided to ask some questions of my own but first here's a little about my situation. I've kept fish all my life and have been reading (here and other sites) about freshwater shrimp keeping and decided to set up a 20 hig...