rcs question

[Utterdark]

About a month ago i bought a starter colony of rcs at a local fish auction. 3 or more of the females are clear. i thought i just had a lot of males but they saddled and berried. are these rcs or something else. i would post a pic but im still learning how to take one that isnt blurry.

 

[msjinkzd]

is your substrate light in color?

 

[Utterdark]

white. not all of them are clear.they will be transferred to one with black soon

 

[msjinkzd]

they will color back up. Its my opinion that they tend to blend into their environment as they are low on teh food chain. Put them in a tank with light substrate, they get paler..but them in tank with dark substrate or ample tannins, they color back up.

 

[dixienut]

also,... my young females are like the males, in color and darken as they mature,.. some saddled and even berried,......

 

[Utterdark]

thanks

 

[jabo01]

The Rcs that I have seem to color up as the mature like dixienuts shrimp. They seemed pale when I first got them but after a few months the matured and are now real red. I have my shrimp with flourite red gravel.

 

[feiyang]

feeding them color enriched fish food will help to bring up red color.

 

[Utterdark]

Switches my shrimp to a tank with black sand today. my shrimp started to show color within just a few hours thanks for every ones input