Mystery snail eggs & inverts journal

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

You know you love your nerite when you take hair algae out of one tank and place it on his head in another tank.

 

[TheSwissAquarist]

Aww 🥰 How thoughtful! Isn’t he in with Gepetto?

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 2/5/2023 at 7:30 AM, TheSwissAquarist said:

Aww 🥰 How thoughtful! Isn’t he in with Gepetto?

Yep!

[Lennie]

Love this! Why am I exploring this too late.

Your lil buddies are all looking adorable

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Mama shrimp. She seems to be doing well. 

 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Kratos

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Some shrimp changed outfits up in the water sprite.

 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I haven't seen the 2 culled shrimp in about 2 days, but the tank does have quite a few plants and it's hard to tell, especially since they are such little guys. Hopefully they are doing ok.  

The sword was all mopey today, and throwing a tantrum despite the root tab it got last week.  So I gave it 2 more today. @TeeJay you mentioned heavily feeding your sword. How much/how often have you been giving it root tabs?

[TeeJay]

On 2/8/2023 at 12:54 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

I haven't seen the 2 culled shrimp in about 2 days, but the tank does have quite a few plants and it's hard to tell, especially since they are such little guys. Hopefully they are doing ok.  

The sword was all mopey today, and throwing a tantrum despite the root tab it got last week.  So I gave it 2 more today. @TeeJay you mentioned heavily feeding your sword. How much/how often have you been giving it root tabs?

My sword has been dying back a bit. It has a fair amount of new growth in my tank water now. So it's bouncing back some. But also I'm pretty sure lemony and Luna like to munch in it some. But anyways I usually give it 3-4 tabs a month. The bigger it gets the more it eats. 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I think the snails are messing with the ludwigia. By that I mean uprooting it. It has a weak root system. I might pot them at least for awhile. I have rock wool. Is that what ACO uses in their pots? Just want to make sure it’s definitely tank safe.

[Katherine]

On 2/8/2023 at 6:42 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

I have rock wool. Is that what ACO uses in their pots?

Yup, it is.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

@A3M0N have your snails been eating lately? Have you found a food they like yet?

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Pardon me. Coming thru.

 

Edited February 11, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[A3M0N]

On 2/10/2023 at 8:33 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

@A3M0N have your snails been eating lately? Have you found a food they like yet?

Yeah! After she laid the egg clutch she started moving around a lot more and eating. She still seems to enjoy algae wafers more than the snello I made, but she has been eating both. Thanks for asking! 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Bit of food prep for the Super Bowl party today. Looked at the shrimp tank. Piles of mulm. Best get it halfway decent for the guests. Thankfully, got a new 2g bucket, a white one this time. This one should last. 

Gave the sponge filter a rinsing too in the old tank water. Headed outside. As I was about to dump the water out onto my new crepe myrtles (hard to see but they are bare root, dormant trees just getting a start - zoom in, you will see leaves.)

I notice…. a shrimplet!  So soon? Hasn’t been the 20-30 days yet for hatching. It’s been maybe about 14-15 days. But yeah! So back into the house I went. Flashlight is dead. 😑 Popped the batteries into the charging station for next time. Phone flashlight it is then, for inspecting the mulm bucket. Not ideal, but it works.

Shrimplet safely returned to tank. 🥳 Wasn’t obvious in the bucket, but I saw the blue color when he was under tank lighting.

Back outside to take advantage of daylight. One turkey baster at a time from bucket into white cup for observation. During this process, found second shrimplet in the bucket! (he/she didn’t get bastered because I saw him swimming). Safely returned to tank. So two confirmed.
 

Most likely more are in the tank. Mama is still packin, but has about half of the eggs she had previously. (ORD)

 

Edited February 12, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[TheSwissAquarist]

Is Super Bowl a big thing over there?

[Theplatymaster]

On 2/12/2023 at 11:36 AM, TheSwissAquarist said:

Is Super Bowl a big thing over there?

where, in the US?

Edited February 12, 2023 by Theplatymaster

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 2/12/2023 at 11:36 AM, TheSwissAquarist said:

Is Super Bowl a big thing over there?

Yep, it’s the championship football game, the last game of the season. 

[nabokovfan87]

It's one of the "bigger ones" because of the teams involved as well. Coach of the eagles for the past however long all went to KC and did well.

Congratulations on your shrimplet!

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 2/12/2023 at 12:47 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

Congratulations on your shrimplet

2 shrimplets!! (that I’ve seen so far)

Edited February 12, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 2/12/2023 at 7:10 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

2 shrimplets!! (that I’ve seen so far)

Something tells me there’s a number 3 hiding…

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Someone on Reddit got this horned nerite as a hitchhiker on plants. That’s lucky! Might be a bumblebee nerite?

 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I received a Valentine’s gift, a day early

 

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 2/14/2023 at 1:50 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

I received a Valentine’s gift, a day early

 

That’s hilarious 🤣 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Not to mention any names but we had “a situation” last night, and Kratos had to be moved to the 29g. He’s enjoying a buffet of filthy walls. 🤣