Mystery snail eggs & inverts journal

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

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[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I don’t mean to be offensive, but some are pretty chubby. They did get the shrimp lolly today, which is gone.

Dark shrimp and shrimplet

 

Descending from the summit

 

Waddling:

 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

@Katherine this one’s for you.

And @nabokovfan87there are, I believe, TWO black shrimp. Also sometimes it appears there is a white or silver stripe running on top, the length of the shrimp. Then a grayish one which is the shrimplet. Black shrimp and shrimplet here:

I found a molt today but I don’t know if it may have been a shrimp that past because it had that reddish pink look to it. I removed it.

Also, a female is berried!  For sure this time. Because not only do I see the fanning I saw before, but I can see the eggs. So now I know the eggs are black.

I think the previous fanning I saw a few weeks ago was her “practicing”.

She must’ve found a boyfriend when I recently added more males to the tank.

Edited January 27, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Guppysnail]

On 1/25/2023 at 7:05 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

They did get the shrimp lolly today, which is gone.

Snello makes awesome shrimp lollies. I dip the sticks in it. 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I am supposed to leave for work in like 10 minutes and I am still at the fish tank in pajamas looking at shrimp. Story of my life. LOL

I’m just fascinated by these little creatures.

#nermlife

Edited January 27, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I guess she was tired of holding up the eggs, so she’s reclining in a hammock.

 Hey, whatever works.

[nabokovfan87]

On 1/27/2023 at 4:22 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

I am supposed to leave for work in like 10 minutes and I am still at the fish tank in pajamas looking at shrimp. Story of my life. LOL

I’m just fascinated by these little creatures.

#nermlife

Very good! 😂

Are you planning to cull the off color ones to a different tank?

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 1/27/2023 at 2:28 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

Very good! 😂

Are you planning to cull the off color ones to a different tank?

No.  I do not plan on trading or breeding for profit.  The video you sent, the guy says at the beginning he leaves the black shrimps in.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Mama shrimp hangs out in different spots in the tank, but always upside down. She doesn’t want to take the chance of dropping her eggs. She got startled by another shrimp the other day and bolted, but instinctually embraced the eggs. I wonder if she has done this before. Before I adopted her. Does anyone know the timeline for incubation-to-hatch?

 

[Guppysnail]

Roughly 20-30 days from being berried until they hatch. 

Edited January 31, 2023 by Guppysnail

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

@Katherine someone got creative…

Who do you think it was? 🙄

 

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 1/31/2023 at 12:17 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

@Katherine someone got creative…

Who do you think it was? 🙄

 

I see a lot of cute snail pics coming soon! 

Edited January 31, 2023 by TheSwissAquarist

[nabokovfan87]

On 1/31/2023 at 2:15 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Does anyone know the timeline for incubation-to-hatch?

I've heard 30 days.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Nibbles ☺️

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Hampshire 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Usually I do tank maintenance in the morning. Today I did it in the evening. Woodstock was front & center laying eggs the whole time.

 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

@Guppysnail I captured a shot of York’s operculum. What do you think? Today she is eating Repashy w/ a nice protein content.

I think it has improved since last week?

 

And here is Romeo’s operculum. And Snoopy’s nose.

 

[Guppysnail]

Snoopy 🥰

my big guys operculum slowly deteriorated the last 8 months or so of his long life. He ate very high protein and calcium his entire life. 
I have an off the wall theory. 
Though they can live up to 3 years in the wild (my guy was over 2) I think it’s like humans. The ? Telomere ? End strand of the dna start breaking down as we get old and our bodies don’t heal right or grow more etc. (grain (tablespoon/bucket🤣) of salt on my biology knowledge please) 

I don’t really think snails are meant to live long lives. They would crazy overpopulate even in their natural environment where they are a food source. 
 

 

[nabokovfan87]

On 2/2/2023 at 10:47 AM, Guppysnail said:

End strand of the dna start breaking down as we get old and our bodies don’t heal right or grow more etc.

Sounds about right... Same way wolverine stops healing.  Eventually he just can't anymore.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I shined the light on the black shrimp, and he could be navy blue???  I am not sure. 

Then there is this guy. Is he wild type??? @nabokovfan87 @Minanora @Guppysnail

And then here is the brownish guy that was culled yesterday. He was immediately at the Repashy as soon as I dropped it in. Glad to see he fits in with the community fish.

Edited February 4, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[nabokovfan87]

On 2/4/2023 at 7:28 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Then there is this guy. Is he wild type???

Yes. 100%.

On 2/4/2023 at 7:28 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

I shined the light on the black shrimp, and he could be navy blue???  I am not sure. 

Looks black to me. I don't see any brown or blue. Not royal, just black.

[TheSwissAquarist]

I agree with @nabokovfan87, black with a nice sheen to it! 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Ok, wild type went to join his buddy in the 29g community tank. I am certain Snoopy saw him, but she didn’t care and just went about her business. I watched the 30 minute blue dream culling video but he didn’t address black shrimp, so I went back to this one to reconfirm the black ones he leaves in there with the blue dreams. I am kind of beside myself with this; irritated that the LFS sold me various kinds of shrimp. Hence, no idea who my berried female mated with. 

Anyway.. my next question is what do I need to know about caring for the shrimplets when they are born? @Minanora 

ALSO- How do I do my maintenance on the sponge filter? Don’t they hide in those?

P.S. I like how Mark uses ceramic rings as shrimplet caves.  I wouldn’t mind getting a lotus pod though. They look pretty cool.

Edited February 4, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[nabokovfan87]

On 2/4/2023 at 9:58 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Anyway.. my next question is what do I need to know about caring for the shrimplets when they are born? @Minanora 

MST's recommends powder foods. He uses a blender bottle with bacterAE and a clay mix.  I would imagine doing the same thing with repashy powder works well.  The one I'd use for shrimp is..... Soilent Green + Super Gold.

I would try to feed them repashy or wafers (small amounts but broken up, or pellets that you can spread around.  If the shrimplettes are basically ignoring it then you'd want to try to have a powder food available.

 

 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 2/4/2023 at 2:29 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

MST's recommends powder foods. He uses a blender bottle with bacterAE and a clay mix.  I would imagine doing the same thing with repashy powder works well.  The one I'd use for shrimp is..... Soilent Green + Super Gold.

I would try to feed them repashy or wafers (small amounts but broken up, or pellets that you can spread around.  If the shrimplettes are basically ignoring it then you'd want to try to have a powder food available.

 

 

I’ve been wanting to get some bacter AE anyway for the king Koopa nerite in Geppetto’s tank. I shortened the lights but algae is his food. I had more algae than I’d like.

Edited February 4, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea