Mystery snail eggs & inverts journal

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Amethyst is moonwalking the lid!

Edited December 8, 2022 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I watched the shrimps manipulate some bloodworms in their pincers this morning. Very interesting how they turn it and turn it. Also Bon Bon gave me a scare.

She was open but her foot was curled. I got worried, but I checked on her 5 minutes later and she was up at the top in the water sprite, grazing. Seems she made it up there in record time (for a snail) so she’s just fine. 😊 I think she had just been slowly waking up. There is greenbean and bloodworms in there for when she is ready for breakfast.

[TheSwissAquarist]

My assassin snails like to do the same, but I don’t really get scared as they’ve killed off so many of my snails 😢!

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Came home to find Goliath and Bon Bon hangin out.  Goliath and Bon Bon hatched from the same clutch.

 

Meanwhile, the shrimp gals are busy snacking and doing some housekeeping for the upcoming holidays.

Edited December 9, 2022 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Bon Bon was doing that foot curl thing again today. I saw on another thread it was a pose that a paralyzed snail was stuck in. I am concerned this is the second time in a week. The first time she was zooming within 5 minutes of the stance. Today I put a Repashy cube right next to her and she woke right up and starting munching. What on earth is going on??

Edited December 11, 2022 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Guppysnail]

On 12/10/2022 at 10:03 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Bon Bon was doing that foot curl thing again today. I saw on another thread it was a pose that a paralyzed snail was stuck in. I am concerned this is the second time in a week. The first time she was zooming within 5 minutes of the stance. Today I put a Repashy cube right next to her and she woke right up and starting munching. What on earth is going on??

My kids sleep like this sometimes. In and of itself is nothing to be concerned over. When they stop moving about is when it is concerning. It is sometimes accompanied by swelling of the inside curl portion (bottom of the foot)  

Edited December 11, 2022 by Guppysnail

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Peek-a-boo Button.

Bon Bon

 

[TheSwissAquarist]

Where’s the Snoopy photobomb? 😂

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 12/11/2022 at 7:31 AM, TheSwissAquarist said:

Where’s the Snoopy photobomb? 😂

Snoopy is in the other tank. 🙂

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Big cleanup on the shrimp tank. I’m breaking up with anacharis. Erin is going to adopt it. She needs nitrate control for her axolotl. Anacharis is too unruly for me.

 

Shrimp taking an Uber.

Taking @nabokovfan87’s ladder suggestion for the new water. My lightweight ladder worked well and is the perfect height. Fingers crossed nobody checks out in the next day or so.

 

About 1/16 of this microsword was actually in the substrate. I used plant weights to tack the runners.

 

I left the water sprite in there. It is more manageable, and the shrimp appreciate floating plants.

I tried my best to hide equipment too. I plan to pick up some hardscape soon.

Is it fine to let the catappa dissolve? That’s what I’ve been doing.

Edited December 11, 2022 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[nabokovfan87]

On 12/11/2022 at 12:23 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Taking @nabokovfan87’s ladder suggestion for the new water. My lightweight ladder worked well and is the perfect height. Fingers crossed nobody checks out in the next day or so.

I've seen people mount shelves and stuff for it.  Nicely done! Fingers crossed.

 

On 12/11/2022 at 12:23 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Love it.  😂

[Guppysnail]

On 12/11/2022 at 3:23 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

I’m breaking up with anacharis.

I feel this. I redid the 29 in January and this is one of the clumps I pulled. I redid the tank sngain beginning of summer and had two-three times this. 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 12/11/2022 at 5:00 PM, Guppysnail said:

I feel this. I redid the 29 in January and this is one of the clumps I pulled. I redid the tank sngain beginning of summer and had two-three times this. 

Oh my! I had some long ones too. 
 

I can actually see my critters and other plants now. I spotted Nibbles today! First time in quite a while! 
 

Edited December 11, 2022 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Bev C]

@Chick-In-Of-TheSea best wishes on the shrimp I have red cherry shrimp started with 6 one accidentally died my doing at my first shrimp tank cleaning  he  was on the sponge without me seeing him found him died on the carpet ,, had 5 for a long time 

 but while I was tied up with my brother  that i help take care of  ( he is bed ridden ) I hardy pay attention to my tanks for 1-2 weeks except for feeding

then the first cleaning i noticed babies in cories and  shrimp i have more shrimp then cories

i did not have food for babies at first and feed rapashy powder and made up cubes and both babies eat the rapashy and flake food (made into a power with a rolling pin ) till i order the baby food  they still eat  the rapashy and vegetables better then the shrimp  food i got them  i noticed already a few of the the baby  shrimp on the zucchini slice yesterday 

Edited December 12, 2022 by Bev C

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 12/11/2022 at 9:23 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

it fine to let the catappa dissolve? That’s what I’ve been doing.

Shrimp eat it so there’s no problem with that.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 12/11/2022 at 8:10 PM, Bev C said:

i noticed babies in cories and  shrimp i have more shrimp then cories

Congrats Bev! That’s awesome.

Sorry to hear about your brother. That must be hard for both of you.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Erin received an early Christmas gift. So it appears either Goldie or Magenta (such creative names) is a dude.

 

[Guppysnail]

On 12/12/2022 at 8:19 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Erin received an early Christmas gift. So it appears either Goldie or Magenta (such creative names) is a dude.

 

Not necessarily.  Sometimes girls simply expel eggs. If they are fertilized or if she has seen one on top engaged in mating behavior would be the tell. 
I pulled one little one I hatched a few years ago for a  10 g qt just to keep it cycled when she was about pea size. She eventually started laying eggs even though she was not exposed to other snails. They were all too young for mating to have occurred. None of them hatched but I was working so only pulled the clutches off once a month or so. 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 12/12/2022 at 8:52 AM, Guppysnail said:

Not necessarily.  Sometimes girls simply expel eggs. If they are fertilized or if she has seen one on top engaged in mating behavior would be the tell. 
I pulled one little one I hatched a few years ago for a  10 g qt just to keep it cycled when she was about pea size. She eventually started laying eggs even though she was not exposed to other snails. They were all too young for mating to have occurred. None of them hatched but I was working so only pulled the clutches off once a month or so. 

Hence the name “mystery” snails. Always keep you guessin.

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 12/12/2022 at 2:19 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Erin received an early Christmas gift. So it appears either Goldie or Magenta (such creative names) is a dude.

 

Would be nice though, if she got a bunch of baby mysteries!

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Seems to be going well with the shrimps since the water change.  I can only seem to spot 2 at a time, because they intermittently hide. I found a molt also. It's a relief that somebody's molt was successful.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

York is sleeping but I left a surprise for her.

 

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 12/16/2022 at 2:52 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

York is sleeping but I left a surprise for her.

 

If it’s still there for her when she wakes up 😂!

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 12/16/2022 at 12:47 PM, TheSwissAquarist said:

If it’s still there for her when she wakes up 😂!

It was. She shared it with Amethyst.

Goliath had a growth spurt!

Last few days I’ve only seen 1 shrimp. So I don’t know if everyone’s ok in there. Looking around all the decor and substrate, I don’t see anything unusual though.

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 12/17/2022 at 1:33 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Amethyst

Still quite amused that you named her/him like that 😁