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    Juniper booked a night at the bed & breakfast. Decided to sleep in a bit.
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    I’ve got the Marina Slim S10. I baffle it with a water bottle to reduce current.
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    Pretty cool pattern on that shrimp
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    Juniper discovered a green bean yesterday and spent the day on it. I would have preferred he eat the snail pellets for the calcium and protein, but he didn’t go for them or know about them, I guess. I didn’t want to move him. He moves quite slowly and I don’t think he’s at full health. I don’t want to stress him any further. Cadet spent the day hiding somewhere I couldn’t see. I hate that. But I allowed 24 hours to pass, since he had a good meal on adoption day. Today I found him behind the driftwood. He flinched when I moved it. That’s good. Placed the little one in the feeding fish, and he is eating, so I am hoping these guys build up strength so there can be more parasnailing and exploring in their future. He doesn’t come out far enough so I can see his little face, but hopefully he will feel more comfortable soon. Way overfed the tank today too. The fish, despite being fed, were going into the dish after the snail food, and I didn’t want anyone to get nipped by accident. So they got fed (again) in another area of the tank. Might have to do extra water changes til we get a better grip on things.
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    I never knew there was powder stuff. I rinse new things anyway just because I think it says to. Never knew why I was doing it (remove plain ol’ dust?) How about running some carbon? They eat shrimplets.
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    Also I realized I am not in the shrimp journal. Lol. This is not the tank with the new sponge filters.
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    Whew! 🥲
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    Oh man, your tank cycle crashed. Hopefully old media still in bucket? Can you swap back to that? Did you get the bottled bacteria added in? Is any ammonia present?
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    Guys- whoa. The bagworm is moving. It has travelled several branches over, every few days. Today was the first time I caught a glimpse of how that happens.
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    Aw RIP little shrimp. Sounds like the wheels are in motion with the new plan @nabokovfan87. I have had hydra. Green. Looked like algae. It was never a problem for me, not even with shrimps.
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    We thought you got bored with fishkeeping but you come back and have like 4 more tanks 🤣 I’m not sure what a blue galaxy guppy looks like, but it sounds cool. ⭐️
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    Today I moved my MTS to Geppetto’s tank. They had no heater, and we are about to get a cold snap. Plus I just like watching them. I couldn’t really do it very well on that bottom shelf tank. I acclimated them for a bit since there is a 7-10 degree temp difference. Then I rinsed out the whole container in Geppetto’s tank. Here’s how it went. He did bite the big one. But then it burrowed, so it is OK. Here is one of my rescue mysteries. He explored a little, then had to rest, poor fella. Needs to build up his strength. I can’t presently locate the other one, but it is brown like much of the hardscape. I’m sure I will see it exploring soon. Update: both kids are moving about. Juniper (names are completely random): Cadet (very shy)
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    The last photo right there of folding the hose inside a fist. That’s what I do. I use the gravel vac but I take the large part off and just use the hose, pinching to stop water as I go until I get the end over some debris. I spot clean the tank with a turkey baster and a sour cream container. Just emptying the baster into that. I use that for things such as uneaten food. Agree with this regarding coarse sponge filters. Fine sponge filters do better for me in getting particulates. And HOBs will trump those, but I find they make too much current in a small tank like a 5.5 You can consider a feeding dish to keep your mulm level down. Like a terra cotta saucer: the kind that goes under a flower pot. Or look up “shrimp feeding dish” for some glass options. Some people use glass ashtrays. See 3:38 in this video for tube pinch
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    This was when I adopted Dodger from big box and fed him good food.
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    Alrighty 2 snails have been picked up and are going through yet another acclimation. I worry a bit about transporting them twice in a day and going tank to tank to tank. Hopefully didn’t stress the little ones too much. I’m hoping they do well. I gave my friend the packet of Mystery Snail Guardians pellets I had just received, so they have some good nutrition in the days ahead. As well as some calcium chips. Update: she said they are moving all around exploring as they acclimate, so that’s great. She is doing a long drip for them ❤️🐌🐌 Said she may name them Ebony and Ivory 🤣 One snail that I kept, I felt was the weakest. It only explored within the dish for hours but when we came back from dinner it was on the sand, so it is getting used to the new environment and checking things out. It doesn’t quite know yet it’s in a big tank, and it’s not going to get attacked every 5 seconds. Everyone is now sleeping. 🌙
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    Try not to share nets, siphons, etc between tanks @Jaspyjasp. If it’s columnaris it will infect other tanks that way. A mild bleach solution will disinfect your equipment. Rinse well then dunk in dechlorinated water. Bleach=chlorine. The dechlorinator will take care of any residual bleach.
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    Once they have some good nutrition, their new shell growth will reveal how gorgeous they can be.
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    Hey @TeeJay! Great to see you and it’s exciting about emeralds. I’m glad the ghost didn’t get you because then who would take care of your fish tanks?
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    Friend very happy about her new kids and will pick them up tonight! So I will have 2 and she will have 2.❤️🐌🐌 I will let her have the ivory kid.
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    First meetup
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    I added everyone to the tank because their bags had ammonia. We will see what comes next for adoption.
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    Went to work then was going to go alllllll the way across town to LFS but was weak and drained, so I just went to Firehouse and picked up a sandwich. Getting out of their lot made me go into a big box lot, so I figured what the heck. Go and window shop. I did for awhile but then I saw a disturbing site, as is common at big box stores. Note: I usually only ever look at their equipment or media, etc - not the tanks. Anyway. I saw snails that have a bit of pitting and some were perished in the tank. Others were being bullied by parrot fish. I stared for a long time. Took pic. Texted friend. Would she rescue a snail with a sad shell? No response. I went back to the car and stewed, ate my sandwich, waited for a text back. No response. She is at work. 45 minutes have gone by. Me going through pros and cons of adoption. I want 2. But I think I should buy 4 in case she wants. She has been having trouble finding them. If she doesn’t like what I pick, I have 4. Higher bioload. Then again my other snails are old. Also should I rescue the other 3ish living snails in that tank? Anyway, the biggest con of not purchasing would be, I think they’d die. One fish in the tank has ammonia burn. And again, other snails in there already met their fate. I prayed for guidance but was interrupted before I could finish the request.. the interruption being the voice I hear “Buy 4 snails.” Very specific, eh? I wait a few more minutes, check for a text that didn’t come. Then I headed back in. Here are the rescue kids. I requested separate bags after texting my friend, “I got you snails. They need us.” 😝 And now we are acclimating.
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    Sharing a snail cookie The spirulina shrimp lolly from C.E. Is not a big hit. They like nettle and bee pollen from HarryShrimpStore though. Those would have been absolutely covered in shrimps, pushing and shoving. This one was a free sample, so it’s good to know what they think without having spent money. I just sat in my PJs and watched the tanks for awhile this morning. It was so nice. Today is the first day I’m not hacking up a lung upon waking. Finally got the Vicks vaporizer out of the closet and used that overnight (why didn’t I do that waaaay sooner? DUH). Almost 2 weeks dealing with flu. So annoying.
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    Well, looks like we are good. A day or two ago I found this on the surface which I believed was sneggs, but could have been sand. I was sure I knocked the sand off of things. Sneggs is more likely. (Looks gross, no?) Anyway, today see the floaty stuff? Empty shells. So.. happy birthday, snails! 🎉 I have found that bladder snails are important to my jar because they will eat the film on the top. They cruise over it upside down. I will probably add a small reptile heater to the jar like Walstad does, for winter. It looks like a tiny heat mat, but it is submersible. Here’s a photo of an adult snail. The dots to the left could be babies. Or dirt. Lol Hard to know at this stage.
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    I saw a brand new shrimplet in my blue dream tank yesterday. It has been 3 weeks, which seems like forever, since the shrimp have bred. 3 weeks ago was when I gave about 25 of them to a friend. I may have upset the remaining colony by sending away their girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses, teenager shrimps, etc...! Sorry guys! Also I culled some to the wild tank that have a black blotchy pattern (I call them "inkspot shrimp"). I did not send away blue dreams that were berried, except one inkspot one which I moved to the wild tank using a container, so she never left water. She did not drop any eggs in the transfer. Anyway, seems someone in the blue dream tank found some romance, had a fling in there, and now we have a little one roaming about, and probably more siblings in hiding. I was going to phase out of blue dreams and go straight wild, but I recently discovered that a friend lost all of her blue dreams due to a temperature issue. Therefore, I will keep this colony going in case she wants to start anew.
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