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    Yes, they do!
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    I found this algae eater blogpost that could be helpful @BenJames3445. https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/algae-eaters Love that you ran your stocking plan thru aqadvisor as an extra precaution too. Your tank is beautiful! Great job! I love it 😍❤️
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    Meanwhile in the bucket! MTS have bred. I’m excited. Here’s a cutie that came up to greet me.
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    Clever way to find hidden molts. Note to self: this is not a molt! 😅 I now wait a few extra seconds to see if “the molt” moves! But anyway! The tip. Squish water from the turkey baster into the area you want to look. I’ve found them behind sponge filters and airstones/other objects this way. (Shrimps may be surprised.. lol - sorry shrimps. It’s for your own good!) Hard for me to pick up my sponge filter. When I do, all the babies rush under it and then I can’t put it back down without a lot of shooing. Also we had some criminal activity in the wild tank (because, you know, they’re WILD). But not to worry. We caught the perp and booked him. He’s currently awaiting trial.
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    Very cool. 🙂 🤗
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    Baby snails! Congratulations! 🎉 I would have crumbled at the same time; once you see snails hatching it usually means it’s ready to go. @Cinnebuns and @Guppysnail may know best though, as they have done this quite a few times. I would take this guy out and put in a white cup/mug of tank water for observation, so as not to expose the other guys to the ammonia, if he had died. Hopefully he will start climbing the walls of the cup, but I also used a flashlight and a magnifying glass, or you can try using the Magnifier app. In the beginning I used too much egg yolk, and @Guppysnail gave me a tip to just moisten a toothpick, dip it in hard boiled egg yolk, and swirl it in the water. You want a dust to coat the walls but not chunks of egg yolk sitting in the tank. Egg yolk does tend to foul the water quicker than other things. The Repashy is a good choice; it does contain protein and veg for them, and they will eat the crumbled clutch for their calcium. Daily ammonia test. These little guys are sensitive to water quality. I think I remember my guys wall climbing a lot in the beginning, but do a water test just in case. Thank you! 🙏 I’m glad you like it! I’m surprised I wasn’t banned for too many snail pics. 😂. But I couldn’t help it. They are suuuuper cute! Especially when they are babies. Is the other clutch still incubating?
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    I use a turkey baster, but that’s tedious too.
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    😍
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    @xXInkedPhoenixX
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    I posted a comment on MST to ask what he does for SJ. Not sure how much he monitors comments though.
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    Thank you for updating the journal @nabokovfan87. I’m learning right along with you. I am sorry for the losses you had, and I hope that the rest of the shrimp are doing ok. In the race of the turtle and the hare, PraziPro is the turtle. I’ve committed to doing an extended treatment (~1 month including rest periods) because of another’s success, and during this time, I noticed it is ok with my microfauna, even detritus worms and MTS. This timeline corresponds to the Paraguard treatment Rachel O’Leary did also. As you know, most of this time is spent just observing and pulling molts. But your shrimp seem to have a more severe case than mine, based on your observations of them flipping around and twitching when the worms move, so it makes sense that you are exploring an expedited approach. Just yesterday I noticed that one of my shrimps that has an SJ flatworm on its head - well, the flatworm had died 🎉. It was all kind of shriveling up. I’m in the third course (week) of treatment at this time. But that tells me that the PraziPro is working. And maybe the detritus worms are not “flatworms” but some other type of worm and that’s why they didn’t die. But they also burrow which affords them protection. As well as the MTS. But I’ve seen MTS chilling on the surface too, alive. Hydra is ok, ostracods, copepods, etc. All good. Oh! And yesterday I did see a group of limpets! Which I thought had died, but nope. They are still alright. Again, yay! 🎉 @nabokovfan87, do keep an eye on your ammonia with the use of salt. Salt slows the BB down. The greater the dose, the more the BB slow and the longer for them to spring back, but they will. It may not be a big deal if you only have shrimp in there, since they have low bioload, but if you have any fish or whatnot in there, the slowing of the BB could be a problem and give you that ammonia reading.
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    I saw a SJ… dead! Still attached to shrimp’s head, but dead, withered*, lifeless. What a relief to see! *deflated-looking, thin like a hair, bent over, pale in color (not bright white like before)
  13. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    And outside of the tank.
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    Welcome! 🙂
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    I've read some advice that suggested to take the betta out, put the school of fish in, then in 30-60 minutes put the betta back in. So there is no immediate territorial dispute. You could also try, when adding the betta back in, to add him into a breeder box and see how he acts with the other fish there before releasing him.
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    The shrimp in the specimen container has swum up toward the top and found herself a perch where she is happily picking away at some algae on the plants. Yay! Go shrimp! Perhaps I can return her. Also there are limpets in the blue shrimp tank again! Or maybe there always were; I just hadn't been seeing them while using the Prazi. But the Prazi is now 50% diluted as we are on a break between treatments. I wonder if the limpets go into the sand while treatment is at full strength?
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    I got 2 shrimplets out of the jar this week, and put them in the wild-type shrimp tank. I just felt they should be with family/their parents. There is a "healthy population" of bladder snails in the jar. Yeah....😳 This is me feeding the fish tanks and then seeing the jar. Don't do it Chick! Don't feed the jar!
  19. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    No one said an air pump?? 😭 Excellent choice 😍
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    29 gal
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    You could try benzarid. It is used in hospitals and kills a lot of stuff. It’s available by mail from Walmart or Amazon. From Amazon description: BenzaRid Disinfectant is an Industrial Virucide, Mold Eliminator, and mildew stat. BenzaRid is used by professionals to remediate Flood/Water Damage to walls, floors, and ceilings. Safe to use in Homes, Nursing Homes, Offices, Daycares, and Schools while also being strong enough to eradicate bacteria and viruses in Hospitals, Ambulances, Clinics, Gyms, Pharmacies, Veterinary Offices, Waiting Areas, Airplanes, Buses, Trains, Boats, and even Cruise ships. And even still stable and blended to be safe for use on sensitive Medical Equipment.
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    I don't know either. Just learning as I go. I'm told that, on water change day, I should see the most molts, but that has not been the case for me. They hardly molt at all on that day. They just molt randomly. Oh, and their most favorite place to molt is in the food dish.
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