eatyourpeas Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 Toddler pre-school during recess. The middle schoolers are on the lower right playground, where the cool kids hang. 6 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Your tank looks so fantastic, and what a shrimp saga! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 On 2/14/2022 at 6:20 PM, PineSong said: Your tank looks so fantastic, and what a shrimp saga! Thank you! Yes, they are the epitome of "tiny terrorists" as @Guppysnail calls them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Haha love the playground! Takes me back. 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 2/16/2022 at 4:43 AM, Hobbit said: Haha love the playground! Takes me back. 😆 I think the Riccia fluitans is their favorite swing set! 🤣 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 Cleaned the canister filter, and added some crushed coral because this tank was registering everything at zero! 0 ammonia, 0 NO2, 0 NO3, pH 5.5, KH 0, GH 60, so added a few things during the water change to bring them back to normal. I have a sponge on the intake of the filter, and yet, when I opened the canister, more than 50 shrimplets of different sizes (3mm to 6mm) and colors were living in there! They got relocated to E-Schi's tank (pea puffer), and a couple of hours later the little pea was looking like a balloon! I could not see any of the blues, so maybe they are like M&Ms to him! 😵 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphijmm Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 On 4/24/2022 at 8:46 PM, eatyourpeas said: I could not see any of the blues, so maybe they are like M&Ms to him! The blue ones are the best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGenusCaps Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 On 4/24/2022 at 9:46 PM, eatyourpeas said: this tank was registering everything at zero! Interesting. I can draw my KH down to 0 (and also bring the pH down pretty low at the same time) by letting my Colombian ramshorn snails grow in a tank without doing water changes. I learned that one accidentally on vacation this summer. It's quite a feat to go from 20KH to zero! Do you think you have enough Ca consumers in there that they are drawing it out of the water? Just curious if you have a hypothesized cause. I also wonder if the cc will keep us with demand, if draw down is the cause. I'll be putting some limestone in my tank with the CRS in hopes of greater stability, but we'll see how that goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 On 4/25/2022 at 4:59 AM, OnlyGenusCaps said: Interesting. I can draw my KH down to 0 (and also bring the pH down pretty low at the same time) by letting my Colombian ramshorn snails grow in a tank without doing water changes. I learned that one accidentally on vacation this summer. It's quite a feat to go from 20KH to zero! Do you think you have enough Ca consumers in there that they are drawing it out of the water? Just curious if you have a hypothesized cause. I also wonder if the cc will keep us with demand, if draw down is the cause. I'll be putting some limestone in my tank with the CRS in hopes of greater stability, but we'll see how that goes. It could be. The tank only has <2 gallos of water in it (6 gallons filled half way but with lots of wood for the crabs). Given that it is inhabited by calcium lovers, I am not surprised. But, this is the ridiculously efficient Neo factory, so I am perplexed that they would thrive in such conditions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted July 5, 2022 Author Share Posted July 5, 2022 An update on keeping parameters more stable. I added some crushed coral to the filter and it is helping maintain KH at a decent level. Thank you @Cory for the recommendation! 🦀 🐌 🦐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpoison Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 On 8/14/2021 at 6:27 AM, eatyourpeas said: Who could resist those eyes! OMG! Now I want one of these thankyouverymuch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 Baby! Baby! Baby!!! Almost missed him while doing a WC. He is so itty-bitty! Maybe 4mm body. Ohhhh, Gomez has been busy! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGenusCaps Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Congrats! Are you going to pull it or leave it in with the parents? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Wow, that's so cool. I had no idea you could breed these! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/5/2022 at 2:43 PM, OnlyGenusCaps said: Congrats! Are you going to pull it or leave it in with the parents? From what I have read, they should have a better survival rate if removed. I am going to leave them in because I never intended for them to breed. On 8/5/2022 at 4:36 PM, Patrick_G said: I had no idea you could breed these! Neither did I! 🙃 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 Morticia was dead yesterday. It did not take long for the tiny terrorists to consume the evidence, and there was no trace of her body this morning. However, I spotted three more crab babies! I did turn the mister off so that the hot water does not harm the babies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfish Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 So sorry. Thank you for sharing this awesome experience. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGenusCaps Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 On 8/14/2022 at 1:17 PM, eatyourpeas said: However, I spotted three more crab babies! At least that is becoming your unanticipated crab breeding project is going well. I find that breeding a species makes losses feel less absolute. It takes the sting of the loss away a bit - though I don't name my critters, so perhaps this does not apply as well here. Still, I look forward to seeing the progress of her offspring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 On 8/14/2022 at 6:04 PM, redfish said: So sorry. Thank you for sharing this awesome experience. It is Nature at its best, showing the cycle of life. I am prepared for losses like these because the critters have a somewhat short lifespan. The babies were a very sweet surprise, so I welcome the gift. 😍 On 8/15/2022 at 4:36 AM, OnlyGenusCaps said: Still, I look forward to seeing the progress of her offspring. So am I. The concept of a teenage crab going through the puberty drama should be entertaining! 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) This little one is growing quite well. I could not get pictures of the others because they went to hide behind the plant roots, which they are eating at a crazy pace! Curious as to whether there will be reversion to wild type from the Apricot parents. Edited August 19, 2022 by eatyourpeas 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGenusCaps Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 On 8/19/2022 at 3:34 PM, eatyourpeas said: Curious as to whether there will be reversion to wild type from the Apricot parents. Me too! Now... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 Still very shy and growing, but no coloring yet: 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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