RCS tank

[Ben Ellison]

I just set up a 20 gallon tall and month or so back and moved in some season deco and sponge filter. I now have planted it and placed a handful of shrimp and a nerite snail. I am wondering about breeding ideas for that tank. I had considered BN plecos or maybe cory's. Anyone have better ideas? I am also considering it only being a shrimp colony.

[StephenP2003]

I have a 20 tall that's been breeding RCS, BN plecos, and endlers for the past year. The pleco breeding worked out too well, so I had to move that all to a 29 gallon to grow out the 150+ babies in there. My LFS wants to buy them only when they're 3 inches, so I may end up having to sell some of them elsewhere before that. I can't imagine growing out that many BN plecos in a 20 tall along with the endlers, but maybe if I had an auto water-change system. The RCS colony hasn't exploded, but they're breeding quite a bit. I am guessing the swarm of endlers in there now are keeping the shrimplet population down.  

Edited November 3, 2020 by StephenP2003

[Andy's Fish Den]

@StephenP2003I never found endlers to munch on the baby shrimps if at all. It's funny with shrimp, it will seem like for the longest time they aren't multiplying too fast, then all of a sudden there's a million of them in the tank.