Teach me to let the lady who doesn't know shrimp to get my amanos.
Robert - red claws happen to be pretty much clear when young? That is what it looks like, a young red claw, but opaque/clear.
Damned thing can CLIMB, freaky. About walked off the net when I caught it to remove it.
brought home a contaminant.
he walked to the kitchen, check the fridge!
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Yup, fry and juveniles are clear, colors start showing about puberty or a bit before.
Of course they can climb! haven't you ever had an Amano on your shoulder? It startled the ### out of me the first time - took me a few seconds to figure it out.
But they get a lot bigger than Amanos and a lot darker. Red Claws for me are not the escape artists that Amanos are, in moderate sized tanks - 30s and 40s and up, they don't seem to ever walk out. they are not as good algae cleaners as Amanos either, but are not bad. It is not fast like loaches (who eat the adults), but they also seem to eat either the egg masses or baby snails of common pond and ramshorns, but not for me the adults or any MTS. I have seen them try MTS, but not succeed. The tanks where they have been established for a while have no baby/young snails other than MTS, but hold the adult populations of the commons.
I still have had no issues with any fish from them. They try to steal wafers from the wimpy Brachysynodontis, but he comes out of his cave and chases them down till they drop it - a hoot to watch. They don't even bother baby bristlenose.
Of course they can climb! haven't you ever had an Amano on your shoulder? It startled the ### out of me the first time - took me a few seconds to figure it out.
But they get a lot bigger than Amanos and a lot darker. Red Claws for me are not the escape artists that Amanos are, in moderate sized tanks - 30s and 40s and up, they don't seem to ever walk out. they are not as good algae cleaners as Amanos either, but are not bad. It is not fast like loaches (who eat the adults), but they also seem to eat either the egg masses or baby snails of common pond and ramshorns, but not for me the adults or any MTS. I have seen them try MTS, but not succeed. The tanks where they have been established for a while have no baby/young snails other than MTS, but hold the adult populations of the commons.
I still have had no issues with any fish from them. They try to steal wafers from the wimpy Brachysynodontis, but he comes out of his cave and chases them down till they drop it - a hoot to watch. They don't even bother baby bristlenose.
Where's the fish? Neptune
