Any fishkeepers here? Saltwater or freshwater

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Originally Posted by Lumpy

Good idea by going w/ manual removal of the snails. Trumpet snails are pretty cool and, from what I hear, not very cheap.

I love the RCS!! They are entertaining as hell to watch, especially when the females are caring eggs. IIRC, I started out w/ 3 males and 1 female. That's all it took to get the colony started. I would guess that my colony is in the hundreds now and I just got them about 9 months ago.

Honestly, if you're wanting to expedite the breeding process, 2 males and 2 females would be a good mix. I would be careful housing them w/ certain types of fish though. The babies will hide until they get big enough to venture out on their own. However, if they're small enough to fit in a mouth, they could get gobbled up. I just added a Crowntail Betta to that tank and he hasn't eaten any, (that I know of anyway). He does tend to chase them, but the RCS quickly dash away.

The tank they will go in has 2 Kuhli loaches, 1 Yo Yo loach, 2 corydoras catfish, 3 white clouds, 5 glo-fish danios, and 3 killifish. Other than the Yo Yo, they're all tiny (1 inch or less).

I'd really only be worried about the Yo Yo but since he no longer eats snails, I can't imagine he'd eat RCS. The killifish might eat them if they're out in the open but they're not going to go hunting for them.