Mystery snail eggs & inverts journal

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 3/21/2023 at 9:19 AM, Theplatymaster said:

that much free samples...

Wow, i am really considering getting some food for my snails from them when i run out of crab cuisine, which i will soon.

Yep, click around on their website and you'll see the items with $0 price that are available to try.  Do you have gravel?  I'd suggest a feeding dish with these foods (like a terra cotta saucer).

Edited March 21, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Theplatymaster]

On 3/21/2023 at 9:33 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Do you have gravel?  I'd suggest a feeding dish with these foods (like a terra cotta saucer).

i do have gravel, lots of it.

i can try that tip when i get some.

[Guppysnail]

On 3/21/2023 at 8:57 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

What is a lazy pellet?

Crayfish empire sells it on EBay. @TeeJay contacted them and I believe they said that was a special blend they make for a specific customer request higher in amino acids I think???? They sell the extra on eBay. @TeeJaydid I explain that right?

Edited March 21, 2023 by Guppysnail

[nabokovfan87]

On 3/21/2023 at 5:34 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

I can just imagine how much fun the corydoras would have in this pile of food!

 

 

On 3/21/2023 at 5:34 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Reminds me of minions or something 🙂 .  Just wanted to mention it if it helps in any way at all....

The plant weights you should be able to roll them to try to hide the sharper edge as best you can.  I had to do this to wrap it around a plant and then a branch.  If you need to cut em I've seen (or heard from you as well I think!) about just cutting them and going that route also.

The new food looks really good, healthy, and seems to do well for feeding shrimp / snails.  Awesome recommendation and find!

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 3/21/2023 at 4:20 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

Reminds me of minions or something

They come out like this. This one is a Snello, but you get the idea. We play a $1 gift game at Christmas and my cousin had thrown these in the pile and I picked em. Little did she know they’d be great for making snail food!

[Guppysnail]

On 3/21/2023 at 4:20 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

Reminds me of minions or something 🙂

🤣🤣🤣

[Lennie]

On 3/22/2023 at 4:06 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

They come out like this. This one is a Snello, but you get the idea. We play a $1 gift game at Christmas and my cousin had thrown these in the pile and I picked em. Little did she know they’d be great for making snail food!

aww

you be the  parent turning veggies into a cute looking dish so kids eat it somehow 😄

Me? I cut them in cubes.

very adorable. especially with that scarf and the hat 🥰

You inspire me to own some cute looking ice trays

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Check it out @Lennie

• Suit of iron armor
• Lives at temps up to 750 degrees F  (398 C)
• Final boss

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/deep-sea-snail-iron-shell-first-creature-declared-endangered-ocean-mining-180972727/#:~:text=It builds the outer layer,hosts in a large gland.

Edited March 22, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Lennie]

On 3/22/2023 at 9:39 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/deep-sea-snail-iron-shell-first-creature-declared-endangered-ocean-mining-180972727/#:~:text=It builds the outer layer,hosts in a large gland.

Snail version of Wednesday???

I love it. Very interesting and super gothic looking!

Thanks for sharing with me

On 3/22/2023 at 9:39 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Final boss

Final boss level of "pest snails"

It dares you to RR him.

*gets tickled with bubbles*

@Guppysnail 😄

Edited March 22, 2023 by Lennie

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

 

 

 

 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I moved some ceramics into the shrimp tank just for the heck of it. Little shrimp houses or something. IMMEDIATELY shrimp were interested. I guess they have yummy stuff on there.

 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I caught Nibbles eating zucchini!

 

[nabokovfan87]

Those shrimp look like lions encircling their prey.... Just a little. 😂

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

That moment when you think it’s fine to put one zucchini and tell yourself, eh, they’ll just graze on & off throughout the day.

Did you count 5? There are 6.

Needless to say, more zucchini is cooking.

Meanwhile no shrimps complained when I cooked this one too much, pretended I didn’t, and just put a plant weight around the mush. Look at the massive female. She’s like the T Rex of the shrimp tank. She’s fanning as well.

 

A food fight broke out over the crab cuisine so I added some more bacter ae and everyone calmed down and resumed turning sand. I had just finished a water change, and this is the customary time for me to add the bacter ae anyway.

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

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Oh my gosh, @nabokovfan87! Look who it is in the 29g. There were 2 I culled there. I believe this is the one that I have NEVER seen since that day!

 

[Guppysnail]

Great photo of Nibbles. Definitely a filter feeder. Meaning most likely a livebearer. This is the way they filer feed. 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 3/25/2023 at 8:49 AM, Guppysnail said:

Great photo of Nibbles. Definitely a filter feeder. Meaning most likely a livebearer. This is the way they filer feed. 

I wish Nibbles would make more Nibbleses. S/he is so cute!

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 3/25/2023 at 3:41 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

I wish Nibbles would make more Nibbleses. S/he is so cute!

What would Nibbleses be called? Chomps? 🤣

[nabokovfan87]

On 3/25/2023 at 5:43 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

There were 2 I culled there. I believe this is the one that I have NEVER seen since that day!

Woot woot!!!  I still don't know how you have so much variation in your genepool, but it's fun to see the differences. You just need a lot of sorting bins. 😂

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 3/25/2023 at 12:10 PM, TheSwissAquarist said:

What would Nibbleses be called? Chomps? 🤣

Hehe. I don’t know! Tidbits?

I kind of missed the shot but Hampshire was just helping polish off the zucchini!

 

Update: He came back!

So both Nibbles and Hampshire like the rind.

 

Edited March 26, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Guppysnail]

On 3/25/2023 at 10:41 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

I wish Nibbles would make more Nibbleses. S/he is so cute!

If you ever figure out exactly what Nibbles is you can get them a significant other. Some things just can’t be done alone 🤣 (asexual species excluded) 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 3/25/2023 at 11:24 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

I still don't know how you have so much variation in your genepool

@nabokovfan87 I know! It’s like Heinz 57 varieties! Just removed 6 more different ones. These are going to the 29 since the jar already has a dozen shrimp. Jar offspring will go to the 29 as well.

Doing a drip due to 4 degree difference.

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 3/26/2023 at 5:18 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

It’s like Heinz 57 varieties! Just removed 6 more different ones. These are going to the 29

It’s like you spin a shrimp color wheel - what shall it be this time??😂

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I chickened out on putting these wilds in the 29 @nabokovfan87.  Into the jar they will go. I had all these thoughts running through my head about maintenance on the 29 taking 5x as long because I would have to check everything/all my sponges for shrimplets, and then not being able to vac the tank because I can’t see shrimplets,etc. All the problems I have in the shrimp only tank.

But there are 8 mysteries in the 29. And then would the tetras or Snoopy eat the shrimplets? Not necessarily a bad thing but then would that make me an accomplice to murder or something?! Sooo… idk what I’m doing lol. Now they are acclimating to the jar. Poor shrimps. What did I get myself into?

Edited March 26, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[nabokovfan87]

On 3/26/2023 at 8:18 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Doing a drip due to 4 degree difference.

As long as it's colder.... Might be fine. (I won't say should be)

That's either the world's most massive binder clip or it's a cup. Either one is quite funny.