rcs behavior

[jack]

i got 15 rcs a couple days ago and today i was lookin at my tank and i saw 2 rcs on a java fern leaf acting wierd. they both appeared to be males unless they were young females but neither was saddled. one of them had a hold of the leaf with his front feet, his tail was perpendicular to the leaf and he was fanning his stomach with his back legs... the other shrimp was an inch away on the leaf and was facing him perfectly still, i mean not moving at all. when the 1st shrimp stopped fanning, it just stayed there perp. to the leaf and didn't move a muscle. a min later, with the 1st one still there, the 2nd shrimp pulled its tail up to its mough and started to pick at its stomach is what it looked like. anybody ever seen this?

[nacra99]

Re: rcs behavior

yep.... they do that to clean themselves. Sometime they will even pick at each other.

[jack]

Re: rcs behavior

ok i see. at first i thought it was a female fanninf eggs, but it was a male so it made me wonder

[nacra99]

Re: rcs behavior

ok i see. at first i thought it was a female fanninf eggs, but it was a male so it made me wonder

Yeah.. it could be that too. But chances are if you don't see eggs when they fan, they're probably dudes.

[jack]

Re: rcs behavior

werd

[JStrider]

Re: rcs behavior

I see mine doing stuff like that...

wish I would see some fanning eggs...

need to cut back the java moss so I actually see more then a couple of the 15+ shrimp in the 3 gallon tank...

[jack]

Re: rcs behavior

haha