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October 25th, 2009
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| RCS- $1 each!
I've hit a milestone with over 100 Red Cherry Shrimp!!!
As a result I'm offering RCS for $1 a piece!
shipping charges are an additional $6, & your shrimp will be mailed with some sort of plant of my choice, water sprite or java moss
PM if interested! Will only mail on Mondays and Tuesdays | 
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October 25th, 2009
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| Definitely will be buying some when I finish moving! | 
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October 25th, 2009
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| Man, I'd love some RCS, I've been unable to find ANY invertibrates in NZ. I expect shipping over here might be a little too far though............. | |
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October 25th, 2009
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| I shipped to mexico for about 30 bucks... LOL | |
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October 25th, 2009
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| Dang. Just as I'm about to leave on vacation too. | |
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October 25th, 2009
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| Nick Goody,
I ship in priority mail flat-rate boxes & so anywhere in the continental 48 states will be treated all the same: 2-3 day shipping, at $6 
after i posted this ^ i seen you were from new zealand! sorry! the shipping could still happen, however i'm sure the price wouldnt be worth it!!!
Last edited by enthusiast; October 25th, 2009 at 01:16 PM.
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October 25th, 2009
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| Are they compatible with angelfish? How bout guppies? How bout african cichlids?? Sorry about all the ?'s!! I have 3 different tanks that are big plus 5 smaller betta tanks. Would they wrk with betta's? | |
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October 25th, 2009
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| can we see pics enthusiast? Quote:
Originally Posted by critter_fritter79  Are they compatible with angelfish? How bout guppies? How bout african cichlids?? Sorry about all the ?'s!! I have 3 different tanks that are big plus 5 smaller betta tanks. Would they wrk with betta's? | angels, africans, and bettas would snack on them  | |
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October 25th, 2009
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| that was what I thought! But if they will be ok with the guppies I might just have to get some! I have been having trouble finding anything to help keep the bottom clean that won't eat all my fry...had a new batch born 3 days ago | |
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October 26th, 2009
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| critter- like shawnie said those bigger fish would def eat these shrimp. I have kept them with guppies, tetras, loaches, & danios in my 75 gal planted. you wont have any luck with them reproducing though in a tank that isnt a species-only tank, and it'd actually IMO be worth going out and getting a new 10 gal for $13 just to keep these guys! they reproduce nicely and they're awesome to watch
will post pics up in a bit! | |
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October 26th, 2009
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| pics
these were taken a month or 2 ago I thought i had more pics on my comp but i dont, i'd have to take more if you'd like but this is what i had saved on my comp already.
the ones i'm selling are juvies and their color may not be as rich as some of the more mature adults shown: | |
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October 26th, 2009
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| after posting that and looking at it, it doesnt appear the color in any of them shown in the pic is "rich" lol, sorry they must be not the best pics? I have many that are a deep deep red, they look neat, like i said thats just what i had saved on my comp from what appears to be about 3 months ago, if you'd like to see better pics before you buy just ask! | |
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October 26th, 2009
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| as for them living with angels, i have a single ghost shrimp that has lived 6 months with a pair of angels in a 29g. im surprised anytime i spot him, but he must have the big guys figured out, live plants definitely help him hide out well.
im considering buying some of these guys from you, but i dont have the money right now, maybe in a couple of weeks i can splurge on them!
how big are they full grown? | |
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October 26th, 2009
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| I will still have them in a couple weeks! lol like i said i hit a milestone at over 100, so I'm figuring i can part with 20-30. Nobodys purchased any yet.
thats good to hear about your ghost shrimp! although these shrimps are a dwarf species of shrimp, & are much smaller full-grown than what the ghosts would be. Although it does definately help that your tank is planted. When i first got these guys I dumped them in my 75 gal community tank and didnt see any of them for weeks! I thought I had just purchased an expensive fish snack. But they are SOOO fast, even fish that I had expected would eat them didnt, they would try, but you see the fish going toward the shrimp and in a flash the shrimp are gone- they move extremely quickly!
the biggest they get full grown is just about an inch | |
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October 26th, 2009
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by enthusiast critter- like shawnie said those bigger fish would def eat these shrimp. I have kept them with guppies, tetras, loaches, & danios in my 75 gal planted. you wont have any luck with them reproducing though in a tank that isnt a species-only tank, and it'd actually IMO be worth going out and getting a new 10 gal for $13 just to keep these guys! they reproduce nicely and they're awesome to watch
will post pics up in a bit! | Actually I have 6 in with my kuhli loaches and white cloud minnows (the minnows ARE being moved to a colder tank this weekend). I already see babies around the tank that are surviving and growing. You won't get as many as fast but they do survive 
That being said, what would I be looking at for shipping to Canada? And enthusiast I LOVE the giant val you sold me. It's perking up wonderfully. One of the others didn't make the trip but (pennwort I think?) is starting to take root. I'll get you some pics.
And regarding the color, assuming you took them in the morning? When I first turn on the lights mine are kinda dull. They change shades of red as the day goes on lol
Last edited by Kitsune; October 26th, 2009 at 02:57 PM.
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October 26th, 2009
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| I had some in my 75 gal planted tank also and when i moved thats when i put them all in their own 10 gal. I'm sure mine did have babies also, though I never seen any, but the rcs and the ghosts regularly carried eggs & the tank was heavily planted. I coincidentally also keep kuhli loaches and white clouds
Glad you like the val! I'm moreso glad it got to you still alive! You were my 1st experience with shipping to a dif. country & even though it took longer than anticipated I'm glad a majority of the plants made it.
With the shrimp however I'm unsure of the costs; you've still been the only one I've dealt with living outside the US. But I'd almost have to say it'd cost more than what the plants did- which if i remember right was a considerably higher shipping cost than what anyone else paid me in the US lol. I'm assuming the cost would be higher because they're live animals, and we'd need to pay for a 2nd or 3rd day delivery. I can look this up if you are really considering buying quite a few shrimp, otherwise I couldn't see it worth your money to pay so much for shipping (i'm roughly estimating around $15-20? thinking your costs was $16 for the 6-10 days?) for just a few shrimp, however if you wanted 20 or so then it'd seem more reasonable?
As far as the color goes i never thought about it being pale because it was morning? The timestamp on the pics say I took those pics 3 months ago so i'm unsure of the time of day, but it makes sense to think that if it was early morning, just flipping on the lights and seeing a bunch out, turning on the lights would've startled them. | |
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October 26th, 2009
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Originally Posted by enthusiast As far as the color goes i never thought about it being pale because it was morning? The timestamp on the pics say I took those pics 3 months ago so i'm unsure of the time of day, but it makes sense to think that if it was early morning, just flipping on the lights and seeing a bunch out, turning on the lights would've startled them. | As far as I know a lot of fish will mimic their environment to an extend. They are brighter on darker substrate and are a little less vibrant at night (or right after the lights come on) as they are trying to camouflage in their environment. I totally hijacked your thread! Sorry bout that. | |
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October 29th, 2009
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| enthusiast
Just wanted you all to know if you have thoughts to purchase anything from Enthusiast, go ahead and do it, I was very happy with the purchase I made from him this week of a filter. | |
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