Mystery snail eggs & inverts journal

[Katherine]

On 2/16/2023 at 8:37 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Omg that sounds…..traumatic . 🤯

Their shells are very pretty though. I like the pink ones @Katherine has.

I'm not sure I would get them again either. At least not in a tank with mysteries. I'm controlling population through periodic removal. 

Visually, they're not too bad in my tank until the food for the mysteries goes in and then they swarm. 

Edited February 16, 2023 by Katherine

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Wow awesome

[TheSwissAquarist]

Love the pattern, but reminds me of a marbled cone snail…

The nerite is probably more human-friendly…less of a toxic personality! 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

My order from HarryShrimpStore (Etsy) came today. I’m happy with it! For ten bucks, I think these are nice-lookin pieces.

@TeeJay

A baby is immediately interested.

 

 

Edited February 18, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I just realized I have two different … litters(?) of shrimplets. Wow! One is practically invisible (grain of sand) and the other (see cholla photo above) is pretty apparent.

And this adult has eggs! 
Everything is happening so quickly!
 

Edited February 17, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[TeeJay]

On 2/17/2023 at 5:41 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

My order from HarryShrimpStore (Etsy) came today. I’m happy with it! For ten bucks, I think these are nice-lookin pieces.

@TeeJay

A baby is immediately interested.

 

 

Yes I have been very happy with both purchases I made from Harry's. I get my philo and alder cones from him. And I like his pleco caves. The caves are a bit pricey but I like the darker colors you can get from him. I want to get a couple more for the grow out tank. And I'm sure the peacock Gudgeons will like them when I get them later on as well 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Mama & baby share a beautiful morning breakfast together.

 

[TeeJay]

On 2/17/2023 at 6:02 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

I just realized I have two different … litters(?) of shrimplets. Wow! One is practically invisible (grain of sand) and the other (see cholla photo above) is pretty apparent.

And this adult has eggs! 
Everything is happening so quickly!
 

It does not take long. No as fast as guppys but pretty close lol. Good water quality and food and your off to the races. Only good thing is they have such a tiny bioload that it tanks a ton and a half before they would start to impact the balance of the ecosystem 

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 2/18/2023 at 3:42 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Mama & baby share a beautiful morning breakfast together.

 

@Lennie pointed out there’s a thirdlittle one 🥰

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 2/18/2023 at 11:26 AM, TheSwissAquarist said:

@Lennie pointed out there’s a thirdlittle one 🥰

Omg! An itty bitty one! That one must be from the second litter! ❤️

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

My friend Erin already said she would accept any culls, should I choose to cull at some point. No separate tank required for me! 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Oh hello.

 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I miss my pretty gold snail shells. Been trying to reduce lighting to reduce algae. Hopefully 🤞 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Why I can’t siphon….

I attempted to circle the smallest shrimplets. The juveniles you should be able to see pretty well. The littler ones are transparent.

 

Edited February 19, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[nabokovfan87]

On 2/19/2023 at 12:52 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Why I can’t siphon….

Do you have a food container that's empty or a small plastic thing?  He uses a tea strainer (fine mesh) which you could find a few things to sub in there.  Then you just tighten the lid down and you have a siphon.

It might not work as a gravel vac, but it might get some stuff up, depending.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 2/19/2023 at 8:47 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

Do you have a food container that's empty or a small plastic thing?  He uses a tea strainer (fine mesh) which you could find a few things to sub in there.  Then you just tighten the lid down and you have a siphon.

It might not work as a gravel vac, but it might get some stuff up, depending.

I have a “DEAN’S”  French Onion Dip

container! LOL But some of the new babies are just very difficult to see - I’ve been using the phone camera to zoom in and look at the substrate. I wouldn’t try siphoning yet. They need to grow some first. Then I would probably turkey baster into the dip container and watch for movement like @Bev C. Any kind of mesh or filter hinders mulm removal.

Ohh I see. I do have little condiment containers with screw on lids that look like what he’s using on the end of the hose

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Snails of the Round Table

 

[Katherine]

I just love the stripy gold shells. 🥰

[Miska]

I just love Mystery Snails. I can't even.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

1 juvenile, with baby shrimplets

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[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Well I guess I know what their favorite food is. (Repashy Snello)

[TheSwissAquarist]

They're everywhere! How big do you think your colony is? 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 2/22/2023 at 7:56 AM, TheSwissAquarist said:

They're everywhere! How big do you think your colony is? 

Hard to say because the little ones match the sand and there are a lot of hiding spots in the tank. At least 20.

I think I saw a lot of eyeballs under the berried female also

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Jackpot! 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

The shrimp are going in and out of the new cholla wood which makes my  ❤️ happy

Edited February 25, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea