They are very easy to raise - but do not grow very fast until you get a "critical mass" of them. Just a bare bottom 10 gal without a filter - some hornwort or java moss if you want and just feed them a pinch of some cheap fish food each day. I add a little container or mesh bag of Ammonia/Nitrate resin as peace of mind as I do not have any plants in with them. -Dave W. -----Original Message----- From: Greenman [mailto:bnbjohns@home.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 5:41 PM To: gsas-member@thekrib.com Subject: RE: scuds I saw these on a website for sale. Are they easy to raise? What kind of a set up do you have for them? Brett Johnson Green Man Gardens bnbjohns@home.com