Mystery snail eggs & inverts journal

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 5/15/2023 at 1:52 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Bought a 10 pack of nettle shrimp lollies. This within 2 minutes.

There are a lot of wilds in the 29, so I put one in there too, but they didn’t go for it. I think they are nervous about the fish. I don’t really want this to be an expensive snail treat, but I left it in there because I saw a shrimp or two near it, eyeing it. I did put it in a plant to hopefully make them feel more comfortable. I had to leave home. Later it will be gone and I won’t know who ate it. 🥲 Ah well.

Romeo and Bon Bon are enjoying it for now.

Been wondering what to do with my nettle-infested vegetable garden (also known as a nice place to put a deck chair and read)…I’ll look into it! 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I really love this thing. It was $5 and it’s great for leftover food, or splitting up brine shrimp batches. Last week I fed the shrimp on a day they weren’t hungry. I got the food out of the tank with a pipette and made cubes.

The size of a frozen store bought brine shrimp cube is too big for my fish also. So I thaw it and split it in my tray. Now I can feed the little portions and see how much they eat.

Size of cube:

 

This is marketed as an ice cube tray. I have found that candy molds are too big for most of my purposes.

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

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 5/18/2023 at 11:48 AM, TheSwissAquarist said:

Been wondering what to do with my nettle-infested vegetable garden (also known as a nice place to put a deck chair and read)…I’ll look into it! 

Yes! Marks Shrimp Tanks on YouTube harvests nettle from his garden. I believe he made a video. I wonder if you can just blanch a leaf and let the shrimp pick it apart? Just take care that there are no pesticides on the leaf.

[Lennie]

On 5/19/2023 at 1:58 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

I really love this thing. It was $5 and it’s great for leftover food, or splitting up brine shrimp batches. Last week I fed the shrimp on a day they weren’t hungry. I got the food out of the tank with a pipette and made cubes.

The size of a frozen store bought brine shrimp cube is too big for my fish also. So I thaw it and split it in my tray. Now I can feed the little portions and see how much they eat.

Size of cube:

 

This is marketed as an ice cube tray. I have found that candy molds are too big for most of my purposes.

This tray is way too simple for you. Just squares?

I'm surprised 😄 

Not sure your kiddos will go after basic squares after all those shapes you spoiled them with 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 5/19/2023 at 7:23 AM, Lennie said:

This tray is way too simple for you. Just squares?

I'm surprised 😄 

Not sure your kiddos will go after basic squares after all those shapes you spoiled them with 

Right?  I know it!  

The snellos will still be made in the cute trays, don't worry.

[nabokovfan87]

On 5/19/2023 at 4:04 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Marks Shrimp Tanks on YouTube harvests nettle from his garden. I believe he made a video.

 

He uses the dehydrator a lot for his foods due to longevity and storage.

From before, here's the video on the clay balls

 

Edited May 19, 2023 by nabokovfan87

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I just saw dehydrators in the thrift store for $7!

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Romeo is kissing her.

I can’t show what happens next! 🙈🙉🙊

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 5/20/2023 at 2:35 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Romeo is kissing her.

I can’t show what happens next! 🙈🙉🙊

Why on the glass of all places??? 😂🐌❤️

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 5/20/2023 at 8:43 AM, TheSwissAquarist said:

Why on the glass of all places??? 😂🐌❤️

Um… so they kind of tumbled off the glass after this kiss… I’m not saying anything else! 🫣

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Kratos makes an appearance! Right out in front! See how he is digging also.

 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

My friend gave me adorable shrimp houses! I traded her some alder cones.

 

 

They are made of unfinished ceramic and will “house” beneficial bacteria also.

Edited May 23, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 5/23/2023 at 1:12 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

My friend gave me adorable shrimp houses! I traded her some alder cones.

 

 

They are made of unfinished ceramic and will “house” beneficial bacteria also.

Ha! Those are hilarious! 
Imagine if you could do one big megastructure tho…

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Snorkelers

Barber

See @nabokovfan87, the shrimps like snails.

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

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Woodsy cabin retreat for wild skrimps 

with cobblestone path

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

[nabokovfan87]

On 5/24/2023 at 4:26 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

See @nabokovfan87, the shrimps like snails.

I don't see the shrimp smiling... That's the face of a shrimp hoping it gets some scraps.

On 5/26/2023 at 5:35 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Woodsy cabin retreat for wild skrimps 

with cobblestone path

Looks perfect. Nicely done. I enjoy those little shrimp things. It's the same stuff I have all my pleco caves made from.

Heck, you could put the little cubes inside the big house and that would give them a place where the snails and the Snoopy can't get to them. It'll be interesting to see how the interaction between all 3 develops and where the shrimplets end up hiding.

 

[Lennie]

On 5/26/2023 at 3:35 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Woodsy cabin retreat for wild skrimps 

with cobblestone path

Omg a pathway to home 🤣

You spoil these kids too hard sometimes 

 

 

Red carpet when?

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 5/26/2023 at 11:54 AM, nabokovfan87 said:

place where the snails and the Snoopy can't get to them

The entrances to this house are definitely too small for anyone but shrimp.

On 5/26/2023 at 11:57 AM, Lennie said:

You spoil these kids too hard sometimes

Just enough. 🙂 

On 5/26/2023 at 11:54 AM, nabokovfan87 said:

where the shrimplets end up hiding

They do spend a fair amount of time in the cholla wood and the plants. There are a couple fake logs in there too, but I can’t see into them to know if they are being used. Actually, I believe I did see a shrimp enter one when I was doing maintenance.

[Guppysnail]

On 5/26/2023 at 8:35 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

with cobblestone path

There just are not enough reactions for this. I love it. Very creative ❤️❤️❤️

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Shrimp eating a Repashy rose 🌹 

 

[nabokovfan87]

On 5/27/2023 at 5:52 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Shrimp eating a Repashy rose 🌹 

What is your ratio for water : repashy?

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 5/27/2023 at 2:50 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

What is your ratio for water : repashy?

For making it? I just follow the packaging.

Things do not come out of the molds well unless I freeze first.

[Cmike15]

On 5/27/2023 at 3:25 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

For making it? I just follow the packaging.

Things do not come out of the molds well unless I freeze first.

Good point on freezing, it wasn’t coming out for me and I froze it to keep it fresh longer. I did notice it came out easy after. 

(I’ve only made it once but I did make a gelatin homemade version years ago)

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I siphoned the front and now everybody wants to be there. Kinda makes it hard to clean the glass!