For 6 months after a copper spike killed off most of my RCS population, I've been trying to get them to start breeding again. Mixed distilled with my very hard, alkaline water, tried different temperatures, fed more, fed less, etc. I did all this very gradually, and still nothing. Not a single berried female.
Finally, I gave up. Switched back to what I had right after the copper spike: regular tap water, left the heater unplugged, overfed the tank for the blue ramshorns and just figured I'd buy more when mine croaked from old age. Then, tonight, out of the blue, I see 2 berried shrimp, and one is a fire red. Part of me feels like they were just waiting for me to give up so they could laugh at me. A big running practical shrimp joke.:duh:
Finally, I gave up. Switched back to what I had right after the copper spike: regular tap water, left the heater unplugged, overfed the tank for the blue ramshorns and just figured I'd buy more when mine croaked from old age. Then, tonight, out of the blue, I see 2 berried shrimp, and one is a fire red. Part of me feels like they were just waiting for me to give up so they could laugh at me. A big running practical shrimp joke.:duh:
